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Epic Wheelstand Video: One For the Record Book at Sanair Dragway in Canada
This is the wheelstand video to end wheelstand videos. Personally, my favorite before I laid eyes on this one was Steve Blue’s epic wheels up run from the Byron Power Wheelstanding World...
Mad Matt Graves Joins American Powertrain: New Products, Announcements, and More to Come!
I met Matt Graves several years ago at the Car Craft Summer Nationals while standing by the grill and pouring drinks. To say we were fast friends would be like saying french fries like salt....
Good Read: Car and Driver Interviews Monster Truck Icon Dennis Anderson
Dennis Anderson is a true American success story. From the most humble of beginnings he has become the most famous guy in modern monster truck racing and the face of the Grave Digger brand that has...
PRI 2011: A Neato Slider Driveshaft for Demo Derby Cars From Wiles Driveshafts
Consider this a BangShifty moment. I was cruising the 2011 PRI show when I ran into pals Keith and Tonya Turk. They were conducting some ECTA business, well Tonya was. Keith, as per usual was goofing...
Event Coverage: 2011 John Force Holiday Car Show
Every December the car junkies of Southern California come out in force, pun intended, for the John Force Holiday Car Show. Celebs of all kinds, including some of the most famous cars on the planet,...
Pioneering Drag Race Chassis Builder Ron Scrima Passes
Ron Scrima, the chassis builder behind some of drag racing’s most iconic cars has passed away at age 76. Scrima’s career can really be broken into two sections. The first was as a...
BangShift Question of the Day: What is Your Coolest Piece of Personal Automotive/Racing Memorabilia
I’ve never been lucky enough to fight my way into victory lane at a race track. My several year bracket racing career was marked with a couple near misses, but no race wins. On one such near...
Champions Crowned at 7th PSCA Street Car Super Nationals – Thrills and Chills During Wild Race Weekend
It was an amazing weekend of racing at the 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The cool Nevada weekend was marked by some incredible performances, like...
SEMA 2011 VIDEO: Chad Talks New Parts With Liz Miles of Holley
Chad has been heavy breathing about the new stuff from Holley for a couple weeks now, so when the opportunity came up for him to hang out with Liz Miles and get the inside scoop on their new fuel...
Optima Batteries to Step Up as Primary Sponsor of Dave Grubnic’s Kalitta Motorsports Dragster in 2012
Great news from SEMA today as Optima Batteries announced that they are going to be the primary sponsor on David Grubnic’s Kalitta Motorsports Top Fuel Dragster in 2012. Grubnic, the fan...
Great Read: A Detailed Look at the Factors That Led Up to Dan Wheldon’s Untimely Death
Dan Wheldon’s death at the IndyCar season finale raised many questions about virtually every aspect of IndyCar racing. Were the cars safe? Was the idea to load the field up with cars safe? Was...
MSD Rolls Out a New Logo and a New Approach to the Aftermarket
MSD has announced that they’ve tweaked their familiar logo and more importantly that they are taking a fresh approach to the aftermarket in general, becoming a company that handles all aspects...
Update Detroit Speed Project Car: Gordon McGilton’s Too Hot Chevy II
To see the latest update on the Too Hot Chevy II, click here. At the 2010 Goodguys Show in Charlotte, we were lucky enough to be able to spend some time at the Detroit Speed and Engineering open...
Event Coverage: 2011 Byron Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos, Video, and More
The Byron Dragway Power Wheelstanding Championships have become one of the coolest, craziest, events on the planet, and are on our bucket list of places to attend. Unfortunately for us 2011’s...