Category Archive: BangShift XL, RACING & ACTION, Videos, XL Videos
Face Towards The Floor: A Driver’s Eye View In A Monster Truck Freestyle!
I have been to exactly one monster truck show, ever: Monster Jam in the Tacoma Dome, back around 1996-ish. As I walked around with the adults who brought me to the venue, I learned a lot about...
The Art Of Small Tire Racing: This Cinematic Look At Light Out 10 Is Stunning In Every Way
Jake Simmons is a freaking bad ass. Let’s just get that right out of the way. He is the guy who shot this film and put it all together and it really is a piece of drag racing artistry that you...
Hard Landings: Check Out These Smashing Knight Rider Outtakes – Turbo Jumps!
It was a show that many of us watched. It was a show that I lived on as a kid. It was a show that made “The Hof” an international celebrity. That show was Knight Rider and while we like...
This 1956 Video Shows Parnelli Jones Racing Jalopies And Getting Into A Fight At Gardena Stadium
If there is an American racer who personified toughness above perhaps all else in his career, it’s Parnelli Jones. He has a lot in common with AJ Foyt. An amazingly accomplished and varied...
In-Buggy Video: Ride Along In The Pressure’s On Swamp Buggy As It Roars Around The Mile O’ Mud!
As the season of racing across American limbers up and gets great to start going great guns, we have been seeking out more and more cool in-car videos. In this case we got our hands on an in-buggy...
The Way It Was: Watch The Green Elephant Funny Car Win The 1973 NHRA World Finals In Amarillo
To start, we should explain something that many people don’t really know or understand. Before 1970 there was no such thing as a funny car championship in NHRA drag racing. Then, between 1970...
SAFE! Watch This No-Prep Racing Mustang Go Into A Top End Slide After Breaking The Tires Loose
No-prep style drag racing has brought an amazing number of young people into the sport and that’s a great thing. They are attracted by the unpredictable nature of the action, the cool cars, the...
Morning Symphony: A Second-Gen Camaro’s Exercise In Simplicity
We cover a lot of racing events throughout the year. We see a lot of combinations that all work out beautifully. We see nitrous cars that take a dentist office’s monthly supply and turn it into...
Sometimes It Gets Weird Video: Odd Moments, Crazy Moments, and Bizarre Moments At The Drags – Must Watch Stuff
Drag racing is the simplest of motorsports. Fixed distance, straight line, two (ok, sometimes four cars), first guy or girl to the end wins. There’s this weird thing about humanity, though. We...
Take it From A Champion: This 1956 Film From Champion Spark Plugs Rules With Indy 500 And Stock Car Action!
There has been a spark plug war for the hearts and minds of racing fans in America that’s lasted for about a century now and shows no signs of abating. Don’t believe us? Let’s just...
Horsepower, Flight And Mud: Mega Truck Mud Racing From Florida!
Ever since I learned what a “mega truck” was, I’ve seen them in two versions: the super-tall creations that seem happy to just kind of romp in the swampy mud water and look...
Seasoned With Salt: Land-Speed Runs At Lake Gairdner!
Every year, when Bonneville kicks off, you hear nothing but about how magical it is to race on the salt. I haven’t raced on the salt. In fact, I’ve only been on the grounds of Bonneville...
How To Make $101,000 In A Day: Every Radial vs The World Elimination Run From The DuckX Sweet 16 2.0!
In terms of raw performance numbers, there may never be another small tire drag race like Sweet 16 2.0. The event happened last weekend at South Georgia Motorsports Park and it featured two classes....
