Rough Start: Flip Nader The Bird In This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza
Sep 20, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
For once, seeing a model of a car die just as it was becoming great wasn’t completely the fault of General Motors. Plenty of the blame had to be laid on the head of one Mr. Ralph Nader, who had...
PDRA Drag Wars Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park: Doors Were Slammed And Horsepower Was Wrought
Sep 20, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon) – There are lots of people out there on social media who love to complain about drag racing. They beat the same, tired, idiotic drum that the sport peaked decades ago...
Morning Symphony: The Burnout Contest From LS Fest East 2018!
Sep 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: The Burnout Contest From LS Fest East 2018!
We brought you photographs from the burnout contest from LS Fest East 2018, but let’s face facts: no photograph is ever going to compare to seeing the madness in action while hearing the...
Howell EFI Announces Expanded TBI Kit Coverage – Fuel Inject All The Things!
Sep 19, 2018Brian LohnesComments Off on Howell EFI Announces Expanded TBI Kit Coverage – Fuel Inject All The Things!
Howell EFI Has long established itself as a premier place to go when making the switch from a carb to EFI. The company has diversified itself so many times and over such a large swath of engines...
Rough Start: This 1973 Chrysler New Yorker Is The Perfect Vessel To Cruise With!
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
I’ve recounted many times before the story of my cousin Vance, his 1973 Chrysler Newport, and how he used to take me on hell rides on side streets in Colorado Springs when I was a young kid. I...
Video: How Stevie Fast Jackson Won The 2018 NHRA US Nationals – An Amazingly Improbable Victory
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes2
It was ugly. It was worse than ugly. This was embarrassing. Stevie Fast Jackson was cruising toward his third DNQ in a row as part of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series. This was after building...
Turn 6, The Car Crusher: Some Of The Strongest Impacts From Sandown Raceway’s Infamous Corner
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
Sandown Raceway in Melbourne, Victoria is effectively two drag strips connected by a few corners. You’d think that for a road racer, that’d be heaven. Here’s the truth, though: when...
2018 PDRA Drag Wars Coverage: GALOT Motorsports Park Was Packed With The Fastest Doorslammers On Earth
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon) – The 2018 PDRA Drag Wars event is in the books and we have some fantastic photo coverage from the race to dazzle you with today. David Whealon was at GALOT...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Do You Have Any Good Station Wagon Memories?
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart15
The timing was off, I guess. When it comes to discussions on who rode in what growing up as a kid, most people my age rode around in minivans or the early smaller SUVs of the early 1990s. Older than...
Jim Oberhofer released from Kalitta Motorsports – Veteran Crew Chief Departs Team With 5 Races Remaining In NHRA Season
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes5
In news that has taken the NHRA drag racing world by surprise, veteran Kalitta Motorsports crew chief Jim Oberhofer has been released from the team effective immediately. The crew chief role will be...
Reawakening The Dead: This Leyland P76 Is Brought Out Of A 35-Year Rest And Back To Life!
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Let’s say you hit the proverbial lottery and find a barn find worth mentioning. The car has been down for many years, but from the looks of things, a quick wash and detail will take care of the...
Texas Brought The Trucks – More C10s In The Park Photo Gallery Coverage!
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with more Charles Wickam snaps from the 2018 C10s In The Park presented by Brothers Trucks. There were more than 850 entries into the event in...
Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Lighting The Candles One Last Time, Part One
Sep 19, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Rocky Mountain Raceways’ Night Of Fire: Lighting The Candles One Last Time, Part One
It didn’t matter if they had two or two hundred jet cars on the property, it was very apparent what the crowd that had filtered into Rocky Mountain Raceway had come to see: jet cars. We had...
BangShift Drives: The 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI Is The Perfect Mix Of Fun And Practicality
Sep 19, 2018Brian Lohnes3
Earlier this year, I got chucked the keys to a 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI by the fine people at VW and rather than just zip around town in it, we hit the highways and byways of New England to have some...












