NHRA Chief Starter Mark Lyle Passes While Vacationing With Family In Mexico – Was Attempting To Rescue Friend
Mark Lyle, the Chief Starter for the NHRA passed away yesterday while vacationing in Mexico with friends and family. Reports from around the web are stating that Lyle drowned while attempting to help...
Watch The Quickest And Fastest Injected Nitro Fuel Altered Reset Its Own Records – The Wild Rat Is BangShift Perfection
This is not the first time we have showed you video of the truly awesome Wild Rat injected nitro fuel altered and it will not be the last. Why are we back with more cackling madness from this Fiat...
eBay Find: This 1982 Dodge Power Ram 350 Wrecker Isn’t Restored, Just Well-Worn!
When did pickup-based tow trucks disappear? As a kid, I remember seeing Fords, Dodges and GM trucks kitted out with wrecker units, massive push bumpers, and custom painted logos all over the place....
Watch A Staging Duel Turn Into Starting Line Drama – Choke Holds And All!
As long as there has been drag racing there have been people willing to try to get a psychological or mechanical edge on their opponent at the starting line. There are a million ways to do it and...
Kaboom! This Nissan’s Differential Makes A Grand Exit On The Starting Line At TX2K16!
Test and tune runs aren’t supposed to be brutal on parts unless you just flat-oh didn’t bother to tune up your ride. You line up, make a pass and double-check your setup…not...
eBay Find: This Q-Code 1963 Galaxie Is Ford Performance Heritage Perfection
Long before there were Hellcats, Cobra Jets, COPOs, to anything else, the factory drag racing wars were fought on much more clandestine terms. Rather than lead with cars that had flashy names and...
We Found A 1984 Ford XE Falcon With A 460 Under The Hood For Sale In Boulder, Colorado…Interested?
Many people are aware that Ford built some awesome cars in Australia that we didn’t get here in the States. While we built Mavericks, Granadas, Fairmonts, and such, Ford Australia stuck with...
Looking For A Job In Drag Racing? The IHRA Is Hiring A Bunch Of People
We know that there are lots of you who sit at your job, stare out the window, and wish that you could make a change and get involved full-time in something that you love. Well, you may have a chance...
Bangshift Project Files: This 1979 Mercury Zephyr Z-7 Is Going To Become A Land Speed Car!
The leading edge of Ford’s Fox platform was the Ford Fairmont/Mercury Zephyr twins. Replacing the Ford Maverick/Mercury Comet, they first appeared in two door sedan, four-door sedan and station...
This Coffin Hot Rod Appears To Be Morbidly Quick – Tunnel Rammed Small Block!
Ever see a car and think, “I know just the guy!” That is the mental revelation I have when Andrew Banks sent a note to the BangShift tip line alerting us to this wild coffin based hot rod...
Records Destroyed! Rob Valden Drives Andrew Alpea Corvette To A PAIR Of 3.85/212 Drag Radial Record Runs!
(Photo credit: Radial Tire Racing Association) – It was late last night when we were declaring Kyle Huettel the king of the drag radial world after running a pair of 3.87 elapsed times in his...
Money No Object: This 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 Has Us Drooling…572ci Hemi Goodness!
Finding the words for this 2009 Dodge Challenger SRT-8 that are printable is an honest exercise in restraint. From the supercharged 572 cubic inch Hemi under the hood to the 20×15″ wheels...
Easter Egg: This Radical Geo Tracker Is A Mudding Machine! Watch It Shred The Earth In Michigan!
Here’s a fun riddle: what’s tiny and sketchy, roars like a hungry lion, and rips up more turf than a box full of gophers on caffeine? This little Geo Tracker, nicknamed...
Not Quite The Easter Bunny: This Violent Volkswagen Is Hopping Around Like A March Hare!
When building a racing car, starting with the lightest possible platform is always a good way to go. A first-generation Volkswagen Golf (Rabbit for us Yanks) is a great platform: it weighs as much as...
