UNFC Championship Series “Double Point” Finale at Spokane County Raceway This Weekend!
(Photos by Dyan Lover) – This year, the Inaugural Good Vibrations Motorsports United Nitro Funny Car Championship Series has been dominated by one nitro funny car. With four of five races...
The Hits Keep On Coming: More Bonneville Photos For Your Viewing Pleasure
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) – Thursday is a very unique day at SCTA Speed Week and that is because it is the final day to qualify for a record. If you go fast enough to make impound you will...
Classic YouTube: Using A Dodge Intrepid As A Rally Car!
You can blame this one on my recent fixation of converting a Dodge Intrepid into a rear-drive, V8-powered hide-in-plain-sight kind of machine. I’ve shown you before just what that can look...
Video: Running Over The Christmas Tree In Brainerd
It’s time again for the Lucas Oil Northern Nationals. For all the drag races I have been to, reported from, and announced at, I had never actually seen someone crash into the Christmas Tree in...
Bet 88 MPH Isn’t A Problem: This Holden Kingswood Is Good For A Megawatt Of Power!
Power ratings for engines can be strange. Most of the time the unit is horsepower: 550 ft/lbs per second. Sometimes you’ll see a different system, like PS or other terms, which are metric...
SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2018: More Photos From The Salt As The Week Heads To A Crazy Conclusion
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) – As the week wears on during SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2018, some really interesting stories are developing. Yesterday the Flashpoint streamliner made its best run...
Money No Object: The “Chemical City Coupe” 1932 Ford 5-Window With Buick Nailhead Power Would Look Great In Your Driveway!
I’d love to sit down one day and figure out where Chad, Lohnes and I sit on typical cars. Not big trucks, not rusted Chevrolets, and not weird-ass Mopars…builds that really matter. Builds...
Want To Buy An Icon? The MOB Fuel Altered Is For Sale – Great History, Nitro Burning Madness
It is not often that an awesome and historic legacy name in drag racing comes up for sale. In this case it is not just the name but the latest iteration of the car that made it so famous. The MOB was...
Got A 2018 Jeep? Flowmaster Has The Outlaw Exhaust System To Wake It Up and Make It Sound Great
Your Jeep is awesome, right? You got it from the factory with the options you wanted, you added some cool accessories to make it work better both on and off-road. Know what it needs now? Attitude....
SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2018: More Photos, More Cool Cars, Trucks, and Unique Hot Rods
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) – What’s weird in this current stage of BangShift’s life is the fact that Chad and I only physically see each other a few times a year. We’re at...
Got Aero? This Video Shows Off The NASA Ames Research Wind Tunnel – World’s Largest
Having just spent the better part of a week on the Bonneville salt flats looking at race cars, listening to engineers and race car builders, and considering the role of aerodynamics on everything...
Classic YouTube: The Walkthrough Of The C4 Corvette, From Sketch To Street
One of the fun things that come with living in the Bowling Green area is the link to the Chevrolet Corvette. GM can try to hide their mules all they want but sooner or later, it’s a little city...
This Colorful Glimpse At Bonneville Racing In The 1950s Is A Window Into The Evolution Of Speed
There are many elements of SCTA Bonneville Speed Week that really cannot be described as much as they can be experienced. The size and scope of the salt flats is one but the “size” of the...
That’s Just Embarrassing: Check Out One Of Volkswagen’s “Electrify America” Pro-EV Commercials
Make no mistake that Volkswagen was going to pay the moment that the defeat device was found at work on many popular diesel-equipped models. Cars that had been sold on the merits of “clean...
