Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, RACING & ACTION
Event Coverage: Cacklefest Video And Nitro Cars At Ardmore Dragway Hot Rod Reunion
You already saw the crash photo sequence from Ardmore, where Bebo Chandler crashed his Outlaw Pro Mod car, but here are some photos, and video, from the race that will let you in on how cool the...
Video Bonanza: Insane Wrecks, Saves, and Wheelstands From the 2012 YellowBullet Nationals
While the US Nationals was a rain filled disaster, the YellowBullet Nationals held at Cecil County Dragway was another epic success. With a huge field of doorslammers in every shape and size...
Ride Along On A 277Mph Bonneville Run in Lee Sicilio’s Dodge Charger Daytona – This Thing Is NUTS
If you followed BangShift’s 2012 Bonneville Speed Week coverage (and a zillion of you did!) you know that we closely followed the week of Lee Sicilio, our pal Scott Clark, and the rest of the...
COPO Camaro In Car Video: Aeromotive Fueled Patterson Racing Engines COPO Runs 9.78
The guys at Husky Liner are faithful customers of Patterson Racing Engines and Aeromotive, and shot cool video of their new COPO Camaro running 9.78 at Topeka this past weekend. You saw us showing...
Watch A 1960s Vintage Triumph Drag Bike Try To Launch Its Rider Onto The Strip
The first time I ever spoke to EJ Potter we were having a discussion about drag racing motorcycles in the 1960s. EJ said that there wasn’t a lot of love for two wheel competitors back then. In...
Video: Rocky’s Evil Twin Dual Motor Small Block Dragster Running At Billetproof 2012
When Rocky Phillips first started working on his twin-engine Rocky’s Evil Twin dragster, he started a Project Build Thread on our forums that allowed us to follow along as he created this...
Historic Drag Video: Amazing 8MM Footage of National Challenge ’72 – Every Pro Legend You Can Imagine!!
Forty years ago this coming weekend, the greatest protest drag race ever staged was run at what was then called Tulsa International Raceway. Don Garlits and the PRA (Professional Racers Association)...
Video: Victor Cagnazzi Owned, Dave Connolly Driven, Grumpy Jenkins Tribute COPO Dive Bombs The A/Stock Auto Record in Testing
Pure COPO porno, that’s what this is. A gritty, short, no nonsense video shows Dave Connolly, the multi-time NHRA national event Pro Stock winner at the wheel of Victor Cagnazzi’s new...
Watch the Hot Rod Thump Truck Kenworth Dump Truck Dominate At the Big Rig Drags in Canada!
We featured Leon Smith’s crazy ass Kenworth dump truck last winter and the interwebs went wild for it. Leon sent us a note recently that he was racing up in Canada at another of the awesome big...
The Parting Shift: Lenco, Small-Block, Wheelstand… Do We Have To Say Anything Else?
The funny thing is we have actually run this car before for a parting shift. In fact, I’m going to cut and paste Brian’s previous text below this cause he knows the dude. I don’t...
Burnout Insanity Videos: The Americans Have Spoken. Apparently We Weren’t Listening!
In our efforts to strengthen the bond between American and Aussie hot rodders, we started a bit of a pissing contest with regards to burnouts. For horsepower hounds the only thing more sacred than...
Nitro Is Back! Saturday Night Nitro Under The Lights At Famoso Raceway In Bakersfield
My plan was just to post a blog item that Darr Hawthorne sent us about Famoso Raceway’s new for 2012 Saturday Night Nitro Series along with a video from Les Mayhew, but I just couldn’t do...
Aussie Vs. American Burnout Video: We Fuel The Fire In Search Of Truth, Conflict, and Video!
On Monday this week we ran yet another great Australian burnout video. On Tuesday we ran an American burnout video. The comments, bashing, and bragging started up immediately and we love it. So today...
Tuesday Burnout Video: We Americans Know How To Make Smoke, But Are The Aussie’s Better?
I think it depends on your definition of burnout. In Australia they do donuts and all kinds of stuff and it is a riot to watch. Here we are about lots of tire smoke, and not as much movement. I do...