Vintage Drag Photos: These Images Were Taken By A Happy 13 Year Old Kid Working In The Parking Lot Of US30 Drag Strip!
(By Greg Rourke) – Imagine being 13 years old and getting a job at US30 Dragstrip in Indiana. I recently met a man who did exactly that. His job was assisting in the parking lot, but this also...
Money No Object: Find A More Perfect 1953 Studebaker, We Dare You! This Caddy-Powered Beauty Is Dream Material!
Of all of the cars I took in during my one trip to Bonneville nearly ten years ago, only a handful made any real impact on me at the time. That’s not to say I wasn’t looking…I was...
This 1975 Chevy C30 Dually Truck And Camper Combo Are Beyond The Pale! How Much Did It Fetch?
By the time most of you read this blog item, the eBay auction for one of the most magnificently awesome truck and camper combos we have ever seen will be over. We’re wondering right now as we...
AFCO Terminator Series Struts Can Turn Your Drag Car Into A Certified Killer (With Video)
When it comes to bleeding edge drag racing suspension technology and products, AFCO Racing has been the industry leader for years. Employing the best engineering, the best materials, and one of the...
Tractor Pulling Action Gallery: United Pullers of The Carolinas Got After It At The NC State Fairgrounds
(Words and photos by David Whealon DW-Photo) – Well we’re back to the NC State Fairgrounds with some wicked tractor pulling but unlike the atmosphere that we have in October when the NC...
Hot Rod Power Tour 2018 Coverage: The Brooks Boys Pour On The Photo Love!
(Photos by Mike and Jon Brooks) – Sorry for the break we experienced in sharing Mike and Jon Brooks’ photos form the 2018 Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour. The fellas long hauled that baby in...
Money No Object: The Sleepiest Pro Touring Buick Skylark We’ve Ever Seen
Hearing a car called a Pro Touring build evokes certain images. Cars like Mary Pozzi’s Camaro, the RideTech “48 Hour” cars, or just about any of the cars that run in Optima come to...
This Kind Of Gross, Moldy, Mossy Escape is Harboring A Strange Secret – Someone Needs This!
First of all we have to thank AMP EFI’s Matt Cramer for sending us the tip on this interesting little Craigslist find.The vehicle is a 2001 Ford Escape and it is harboring a weird secret. At...
Haas Driver Santino Ferrucci Gets Four-Race Ban, 66,000 Euros In Fines, Claims “Mental Lapse” The Reason
Formula 2 driver Santino Ferrucci isn’t having a good week…or month…or, far as we can tell, year. The results of this weekend’s activities certainly aren’t helping...
This 1962 Pontiac Catalina May Not Be Your Definition Of A Survivor But It Is Amazingly Cool!
As has been well documented here on BangShift over the years, I have a soft spot as wide as the Grand Canyon for early 1960s Pontiacs. It was then that the brand was really at the pinnacle of its...
BangShift Tune-Up: “Heavy Metal (Takin’ A Ride) by Don Felder (1981)
(To this day, I don’t think that I was ever in the right state of mind to watch the 1981 flick “Heavy Metal”. I’ve seen it, yes. I’ve beat steering wheels into...
Doing It Wrong Video: Watch This Cackling Funny Car Throw The Rods Out And Put On A Flame Show
Now, this is both a scary example and a valuable lesson regarding stuff that burns nitro. The scary example part is when the engine barfs the rods out the bottom and throws fire all over the place...
Watch All Three of Travis Pastrana’s Las Vegas Jumps With Replays Right Here – He Did It!
It was pretty wild to watch. Travis Pastrana, decked out in identical leathers to his iconic hero Evel Knievel completed a series of three jumps in Las Vegas last night that were done as tributes to...
Big News: Kansas City International Raceway Is Coming Back – New Location, Vintage Name – Missouri Drag Racing Fans Have A Track On The Way
Well here’s some happy news from the world of drag racing AND dirt track racing. Chris Payne, the guy behind the rebirth of Heartland Motorsports Park and National Trail Raceway has announced...
