RideTech Race Report: From Texas To Pittsburgh, It Was A Busy Weekend For RideTech Equipped Competitors
There’s busy and then there’s what the guys and girls who work and race for RideTech have been this summer and that is B U S Y. They have been traversing the country, competing at USCA...
Caption This: If You Think This Drag Racing Skateboard Is Impressive, You Oughta See The Ramp He’s Aiming For
We’ve showcased many things over the years that simply shouldn’t belong on a dragstrip…be it golf cart, lawn mower, even a jet-propelled porta-potty. But this one just might be the...
Ebay Find: Factory-Built Dodge SRT-4 SCCA T2 Race Car
Old race cars are cool, I don’t care what they are. If it’s got a history to it and is legitimate, I’m all about it. In the case of this particular Dodge Neon SRT-4 ACR, I’m...
Ride With Tony Bartone On His 271mph Run In Epping – The Listen To Him Issue Vow, “Wait ‘Till Bakersfield”
Tony Bartone, Steve Boggs, and the rest of the crew have been romping and stomping their way through every round of competition they have seen this year. The car has won ever race it has appeared at...
BREAKING NEWS! Hot Rod Releases Proposed Drag Week Rules For 2015 And Beyond!
We all knew it was coming, and it’s now official as Freiburger released the new proposed set of rules for Hot Rod’s Drag Week. While it’s not finalized, this is a heads-up of what...
Throwback Photos: The 1986 NSRA Nationals Through The Lens Of An 18-Year Old Doug Gregory
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – What were you doing in August of 1986…? I was 18 and one year out of High School trying to figure out what to do with my life. The one thread that...
Turbine Engine Fitted To Bloodhound SSC – Quest For 1,000 MPH On Land Continues On Schedule
In a project that promises to rewrite the definition of “fast” on land if it is successful, the Bloodhound SSC undertaking made another significant step forward recently with the fitment...
Race Coverage: The 2014 Nitro Nationals At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park – Funny Cars, Dragsters, Altereds, And More
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – I’m sure all you fellow Bangshifter’s are familiar with Tulsa Raceway Park’s bi-annual Throwdown in T-Town eighth mile Pro Mod Races streamed live...
Ride In A Cool Hot Rod For A Few Laps Down The Beach During the 2014 Oilers Car Club Race Of Gentlemen
The Oilers Car Club Race Of Gentleman is officially a automotive cultural phenomenon. Three years after the initial running of the event, it is drawing cars and people from across the country to...
Shakedown At The Summit 2014: Out Last Flaming Blast Of Images From The Doorslammer Battle In Norwalk
(Photos by Dom Damato/DRD Photos) – Well, we have come to the end of Dom Damato’s fantastic images from the Shakedown At The Summit 2014 which was held under conditions that had racers...
The Coolest Pontiac In America And Trucks We Love – A Last Blast Of Photos From The Hot Rod Riot In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – This last collection of images from the Victoria, Texas Hot Rod Riot car show has some of our favorite stuff in it, including one of the coolest Pontiacs in the...
Toledo, Ohio Isn’t Losing Jeep Production Without A Fight
Jeeps have been produced in Toledo, Ohio since the inception of the original Willys-Overland MB series, and you can bet anything you have that Toledo is extremely proud of that heritage. So when the...
Craigslist Find: Think a Viper Weighs Too Much? We Have A Solution!
Do you remember the Corvette that Hot Rod hacked up a couple of years ago for the sake of proving that any weight removed from a vehicle can improve performance? Did you look at the finished result...
Powermaster Teams Up With A Bunch Of Manufacturers To Celebrate The 75th Anniversary Of The 1940 Ford In Style – Freshen Your Forty
It is always cool when automotive historical milestones come up. The 1940 Ford is set to turn 75 years old soon and a bunch of companies have teamed up to put together a prize pack that any 1940 Ford...
