The Way It Was: This Video Profile Of A 1950s Era Frank Kurtis Indy Car Is Awesome On Every Level
May 28, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on The Way It Was: This Video Profile Of A 1950s Era Frank Kurtis Indy Car Is Awesome On Every Level
Tomorrow some of the world’s best drivers will get in some of the world’s best race cars and do something that men have been doing for more than 100 years. They are going to race. Like...
Best Overtake Ever? This Go-Kart Racer Leapfrogs His Competition At A Race In Canada!
May 28, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
There are some things you never, ever want to see in the middle of a go-kart race: an animal on the track you weren’t expecting. A solid, non-moving object, like a racer that spun out. A banana...
Rough Start: Someone Had Big Plans For This 1978 Chevrolet Malibu At One Point!
May 28, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
Clean, isn’t it? You’d suspect we found a bone-stock, 69,000 mile 1978 Chevrolet Malibu with the F41 suspension and ran with it, and normally, you’d be right: finding one of the...
Money Spent In All Of The Right Places: This 2JZ-Powered Datsun 260Z Is Loud, Fast And Capable, But Pretty It Ain’t!
May 28, 2016Bryan McTaggart4
If you are a purist hot rodder, then the basic premise of whatever you build should follow one mantra: speed first. How do you do that properly? Start with something that was thrown away or left for...
The Ultimate Camper? This 1994 Oshkosh M1070 HET Expandable Van Just Might Be It!
May 28, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Ultimate Camper? This 1994 Oshkosh M1070 HET Expandable Van Just Might Be It!
If you haven’t been paying attention around here, there has been a kind of competition between Brian and Chad over what constitutes the best recreational vehicle. We’ve seen it all, from...
Funnies and Fuel Altereds at Barona Drags – Worsham, Densham, & Lee in May 28th Epic Nitro Battle!
May 27, 2016Darr Hawthorne6
When Mello Yello nitro drag racers get some time off for the Memorial Day weekend, the last weekend off the NHRA circuit from now till July, instead of taking a break Del Worsham, Gary Densham...
Shop Tour: A Look At The Awesome Operation Inside Aerospace Components – Made In The USA!
May 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Earlier this Spring we took an opportunity to spend a day with Kim and Al Kussy who are the founders and leadership at Aerospace Components in St. Petersburg, Florida. The company has been a massive...
Earl’s New Vapor Guard Hose Is Formulated To Handle Today’s Modern Fuels – No Permeation!
May 27, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Earl’s New Vapor Guard Hose Is Formulated To Handle Today’s Modern Fuels – No Permeation!
While people often have concerns about what modern fuels can do to the insides of a carburetor or fuel pump there is another aspect of modern fuels that seems to escape most people…literally....
Action Gallery: The NTPA/UPOC Pinetops 300 – Pro Pullers Square Off On A Dirt Road, Literally!
May 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – Street racing has been around for decades in some of the most exotic and interesting places. Monaco, Long Beach, Ilse of Man and even nowadays the 405...
Drag Coverage: More Cool Cars and Great History From The Nostalgia Nationals At US60 Dragway In Kentucky!
May 27, 2016Brian Lohnes1
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Despite the threat of rain and unseasonably-cool temperatures lots of cars came out to play. In this gallery we’re featuring older stuff from the car...
Ultimate Indy Debacle Video: The Kevin Cogan Wreck Before the Green Flag Dropped in 1982
May 27, 2016Brian Lohnes3
Earlier we showed you some Indy 500 competitors spinning out their junk during the parade laps before the race started. That was comical, but this footage from the 1982 Indy 500 is downright wild....
Take a helmet-cam ride in a bike-powered sports racer up a Spanish hill climb course
Bike-engined hill climb cars are a bit of a European specialty with a number of companies like Wolf, Norma, and Osella producing what are essentially miniature Le Mans prototypes. With featherweight...
Craigslist Find of The Year! An Unrestored 1969 Hurst Olds Survivor – 13,000 Original Miles!
May 26, 2016Brian Lohnes12
This is one of 913 1969 Hurst Olds models ever produced and it is a 13,000 original mile survivor that is now being sold on Craigslist. Restored versions of this car garner very large sums of money....
Here’s your BangShift guide to a motorsports-stuffed Memorial Day weekend
The biggest weekend in motorsports has arrived and the truly dedicated and/or insane racing fan can, if he or she desires, spend almost the entire weekend watching racing. As with any weekend from...












