Relive Robert Hight’s Massive Explosion From The NHRA St Louis Race Last Year – Body Hit The Jumbotron!
This weekend the NHRA tour rolls back into St Louis for a weekend of intense playoff-series drag racing as the Mello Yello series continues to hammer on to its ultimate finish in Pomona, California....
Overkill: Using A NASCAR To Throw A 140 MPH Bowling Strike Is Awesome!
Alright, it’s a PR rub, plain and simple. You meet NASCAR driver Aric Almirola, you meet professional bowler Jason Belmonte, and you get the idea that things are going to be fun. And of course...
Random Car Review: The 2005 (sigh, do I have to say it?) Bad Boy Heavy Muscle Truck
Considering that I didn’t spend the better part of 2004-2005 in the United States, when I returned the first thing I did was to scratch my head and wonder what the hell was going on. The big...
BangShift-worthy Aircraft: The XFC-130H Hercules “Operation Credible Sport” – Just Add Rockets!
The taking of hostages in Iran in late 1979 set the U.S. military into motion with the goal of freeing the hostages that were held in the American embassy in Tehran. The first attempt was the...
The 14th Annual Fall Redneck Rumble: Come One, Come All!
The general rule of the Redneck Rumble: If it’s older than 1980, there’s a very solid chance you will see it, and the older it gets, the higher the likelihood that you’ll see it....
Kiss The Rings: Inside Audi’s Automotive Vault (Where The Good Stuff Is!)
You know that every manufacturer keeps a small horde of cars they do not want to let go for various reasons. Think about the cars that GM was forced to sell off as part of the 2008 restructuring...
America The Beautiful: The Library Of Congress Has Published Thousands Of Color Photos From
There’s an incredible new thing for you to spend some time on and it’s a window into the past of America unlike anything you have ever seen. See, back in the 1930s and 40s, the government...
Big Evil: Watch This Twin Turbocharged, Big Block Powered 1970 Ford Ranchero Make 1,500hp To The Tires
There’s big, there’s bad, and then there’s this. Honestly I have never been a fan of the styling around the 1970 Ranchero or Torino. I think they are just too big and there’s...
Watch Brittany Force Make The Quickest Run In Top Fuel History At Maple Grove
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, BAM new top fuel national record. This time it was the tandem of David Grubnic and Brittany Force putting their collective skills together to reset...
This Video Of Gary Phillips Blowing Up A Funny Car And Ending Up In A Farmer’s Garden At National Trail Raceway In 1986 Is Nuts – Driver OK
Australian driver Gary Phillips had one of the scariest rides in NHRA history during the 1986 Columbus national event. National Trail Raceway is a pretty short place and when this event had taken...
Survives And Thrives: This 1980 Ford Fiesta Has Somehow Managed To Live!
As soon as I saw the picture come up, I started to laugh. Memories came flooding back of the one I had a hand in converting into a micro pickup-truck years and years ago. These were throwaway cars...
BangShift Question Of The Day: When Did Your Heart Sink The Lowest?
Without a doubt, the most stressful thing I’ve ever done with a car was the moments when the Imperial’s new engine was fired off for the first time and we started breaking in the...
Scrapple, Your Guide To The “meh”-Worthy News! This Week: Battering…Horse?
A little after two in the morning, we officially entered Autumn. Enjoy these days of warmth, of reasonably long sunny periods, of the very early leaves falling in bright color, and the faintest...
Morning Symphony: All Of The Fun Of Fuel Altereds At Sydney Dragway – We Want More!
“They’re violent and twitchy, unpredictable and scary, they’re exceptionally hairy, Fuel Altereds for the win!” Yeah, I know…the autumnal equinox is hours away as I type...
