Watch This Crazy Diesel Powered Nova Wreck Hard At The Top End Of Woodburn Drag Strip
Feb 20, 2016Brian Lohnes4
Rob Coddens has long been known as one of the best guys in the country at making big power with the GM Duramax diesel engine. He had a series of ever quicker pickup trucks before he graduated to a...
Carnage Footage: Touring Car Masters Crashes – Australia’s Grand Master Class Of Touring Cars Still Play As Hard As Ever!
Feb 20, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
We are glad to see race cars actually racing instead of collecting dust and sitting on the lawn at shows. They were built to run, so run ’em. The Touring Car Masters series in Australia is one...
Mud Bog Time Machine: Let’s Take A Trip Back To The Gumbo Of Hennessey, Oklahoma 1983/84
Feb 20, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Mud Bog Time Machine: Let’s Take A Trip Back To The Gumbo Of Hennessey, Oklahoma 1983/84
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the second in a new, throwback (wow…) series I put together from my photo archive. First stop is a mud bog near Hennessey, OK situated on the...
ChallengerFest 7: Two Days Of Racing, One Show, Four Race Classes, And Now A Forged 426ci Gen 3 Hemi Prize Motor!
Feb 20, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on ChallengerFest 7: Two Days Of Racing, One Show, Four Race Classes, And Now A Forged 426ci Gen 3 Hemi Prize Motor!
We might be going a touch overboard with the preliminary coverage of ChallengerFest 7, but when you have a show that brings cars in from all over the country to one location….Bowling Green,...
Charlie Cooper’s Turbocharged Cobra Jet Is A Real Rocket – See It Run Here
Feb 20, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Charlie Cooper’s Turbocharged Cobra Jet Is A Real Rocket – See It Run Here
(Video Credit: VictoryRedColorado YouTube channel) – Those of you that are really up on your drag racing geekery will know that the quickest “legal” Mustang Cobra Jet in the NHRA...
BangShift Speed Records: A Brief History Of Plymouth Duster Jingles Past and Past-er
Feb 20, 2016Brian Lohnes1
(By Eric Rood) – Plymouth used the Duster moniker not once but twice in the space of a couple decades and managed to churn out some quality of-their-time jingles for the respective...
Cruising Memories: Joe Grippo Takes Us Back To Pottstown, PA Circa 1993 And A Nationally Recognized Scene (Videos)
Feb 19, 2016Brian Lohnes14
(By Joe Grippo) – “Where were you in ’62?” was the question posed by arguably the greatest car cruising movie of all time, American Graffiti. Well, today Bangshift is asking where were...
Mud Bog Time Machine: Early 1980s Mud Bog Action From Oklahoma – Awesome Rigs!
Feb 19, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Mud Bog Time Machine: Early 1980s Mud Bog Action From Oklahoma – Awesome Rigs!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Part one of our expedition to yesteryear takes us to Perry, OK. Situated just off Interstate 35, Perry is home to the Cherokee Strip Museum and the...
Unique Beauty: Check Out This Unique 1961 Vignale Bodied Corvette And The Story Behind It
Feb 19, 2016Brian Lohnes2
It is kind of sad that we live in the post coach builder era. Yes, there are amazing metal artists that are still making things. Guys like Rob Ida, the Marcels, and others still have the old world...
Bimmer Kart: This V12 Powered Rig Looks Fun! Why Has No One Made A Race Series Yet?
Feb 19, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Ok we can’t stand it any longer. After watching this video of something that have dubbed the “Bimmer Kart” we’re demanding that someone out there make a racing series for...
Watch Vincent Nobile Have A Rough Ride At Pomona – Wall Slapping, Tire Shaking, Badness
Feb 19, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Vincent Nobile Have A Rough Ride At Pomona – Wall Slapping, Tire Shaking, Badness
Vincent Nobile managed to do something at the NHRA Winternationals that Erica Enders-Stevens did not while racing the same Camaro for a championship in 2015. Touch the wall. During a run against Drew...
This All-Motor Viper Laid Out A Record-Breaking 9.95@140 MPH Blast In Texas At The Viper Nationals!
Feb 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
This isn’t the fastest Dodge Viper in the quarter mile. Not even close…recently Jeff Lutz laid down a 6.78@211 MPH blast in Shawn Beard’s twin-turbocharged 1997 Viper coupe. What...
Funny Car History Video: Lewis Bloom Talks With 1969 NHRA Winternationals Winner Clare Sanders
Feb 19, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Funny Car History Video: Lewis Bloom Talks With 1969 NHRA Winternationals Winner Clare Sanders
The origins of the funny car class are widely known. Escalations among the manufacturer through the stock and then the super stock ranks caused everyone to lose their collective minds in the middle...
This 1973 Plymouth Fury Has Our Interest…Thunderbolt And Lightfoot Family Sedan?!
Feb 19, 2016Bryan McTaggart3
A few days ago, I brought up the idea of a “moonshine runner” build after being inspired by a couple of Internet finds. The premise is simple enough: a visually under-the-radar car that...












