Big News: Alexis DeJoria Set to Return to NHRA Funny Car Competition – Full Time In 2020
In news that took the drag racing world by surprise yesterday, Alexis DeJoria announced that she would be making a return to full time NHRA nitro funny car competition with her own team in 2020. The...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Bob Tasca III and Austin Prock Talk About Being 79 Points Out of First, Drag Racing’s Future, and More
This week’s NHRA Insider podcast is a good one. I called it The -79 Club because the guests are Austin Prock and Bob Tasca III who are both 79 points out of first in their respective categories...
All-Terrain, Not Anti-Gravity: Extreme ATV Hillclimb At Bikini Bottoms ORV
Jump a dirt bike? Sure. Power-slide a three-wheeler with half of my body seemingly cocked-off of one side? All day long. Take a 4×4 quad into a “puddle” on a trail so damn deep that...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: And You Only Thought LS Swaps Could Drift
Love or hate drifting, it doesn’t matter. It draws the crowds like none other. As soon as it’s ten minutes before showtime, the benches fill up, the fenceline fills up, and the...
The British Beast: 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 Sebring – Sports Car Sure Shot
Prior to the early 1950s, you didn’t see many cars like this 1963 Austin-Healey 3000 manufactured in the States. The major players were catching up on designs that had been shelved when auto...
Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: 1984 Ford Mustang 20th Anniversary Dominator GT
Even if there hadn’t been a billboard in sight proclaiming what this 1984 Ford Mustang was all about, I could tell you that it was something special. And no, the “G.T. 350” stripes...
BangShift’s Question Of The Day: Which Of These Two Cars Represents The 1970s More?
We’ve played the “car from the year you were born” game here. 1983 was a crap year for cars, unless you wanted a Jeep Scrambler or have a pang in your chest for a four-eye Fox-body...
The Sound Of Money Disappearing: The Ferrari 250 GTO Crash At The 2017 Goodwood Revival
The value of a Ferrari 250 GTO currently lies between $48-$70 million. Each of the 36 production cars are different, each are beautiful, each are eye-wateringly expensive, and any time any owner...
OPGI’s Pre-Columbus Day Sale Means That You Can Save 15% Off Thousands Of Parts!
We’re back with more good news from OPGI. These guys and girls are all about making deals and helping you save money. Welp, with their Pre-Columbus Day sale that’s raging at the moment,...
Monster Truckin’: Action Photos From The GALOT Motorsports Park Monster Truck Throwdown!
(Photos by David Whealon) – You know when the boys and girls at GALOT Motorsports Park throw a monster truck party it is going to be a good one, right? That was the case with the recent...
Kentucky Truck Tuggers Action Coverage: 4-Wheel Drive Combat At 4,300 and 6,000lbs!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Truck Tug-o-war. This is an event that likely began once there were two trucks in the same vicinity as a handy length of rope. The Kentucky Truck...
Historic Charge: Watch Dean Marinis Make The First Nitrous Pro Mod Run Into The 5.50s! 5.57/255 – Insane
We have talked about Dean Marinis here at BangShift plenty over the years. The guy has been an absolute killer in a multitude of drag racing classes, most famously X275 with his orange Mustang, but...
Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: More Photos From The Blue Oval Throwdown!
I struggled all day on Sunday to shoot a photo of anything that wasn’t a Mustang on the drag strip. I know, NMRA and Mustangs go hand-in-hand, but with the Ford Fest going on as well, I was...
Rough Start: This 1990 Pontiac Firebird Formula Is A Great Blank Canvas. How Would You Build It?
As Rough Start finds go, this 1990 Pontiac Firebird Formula is a peach. What’s there to need? It’s a five-speed V8 car with a solid roof, the WS6 package, four-wheel disc brakes, and is...
