Action Gallery: The TS Performance Diesel Drags, Beech Bend Raceway – Crazy, Sideways, Smoking Diesel Action
(Words and photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Question: What has enough torque to slow the Earth’s rotation, enough smoke to justify suspicion of an oil derrick fire, and enough turbine noise to...
Photos: Donut Derelicts Sunrise Cruise – Huntington Beach, California
There are certain things worth getting up for and if you are a gearhead in southern California, one of those things is the famed Donut Derelicts cruise that happens at dawn every Saturday morning in...
Watch Steve Matusek Handle A No Parachute Situation In A Pro Mod Like A Boss
There are few things more hairy than seeing a very fast drag race car head through the timing traps and then not seeing the parachutes blossom. While some tracks are longer than others, you know that...
Hot Rodding Icon And Speed Industry Titan “Speedy” Bill Smith Has Died At 84
The world of hot rodding has lost one of its true icons as “Speedy” Bill Smith, the founder and owner of Speedway Motors has died at 84 years old. Smith’s passion and wisdom took a...
Tommy Johnson Jr Suffers A Boomer Of A Funny Car Explosion At Englishtown
Tommy Johnson Jr. suffered a pretty nasty explosion while driving the Make A Wish funny car at the Toyota NHRA Summernationals yesterday. The car was on what seemed to be a nice, clean run when it...
Watch a Dirt Track Dwarf Car Become a Single Seat Stunt Plane – The Landing Sucks
We got tipped off to this video by BS reader OldSchoolCamaro who is a member in a dirt track racing club that competes with dwarf cars. As you’ll see, these little motorcycle engine powered...
Watch An Old IROC Second Generation Camaro Formerly Raced By Al Unser Eat The Hay HARD At Goodwood
Driver John Truslove was giving this cool black Camaro a pretty good run up the course to the delight of the massive crowds at the event when he lost the handle on the car and put it face first into...
Crazy Photos: The Most Insanely Used Up Brake Rotor in the History of Mankind
(Photos by Jay Spinella) – Admittedly, when I got these photos from Jay Spinella on Saturday, I had imbibed a few adult beverages, so you’ll understand when I was wondering what in the...
Noted Car Collector Ron Pratte Is Selling His Entire Collection At Barrett-Jackson In Scottsdale!
Barrett-Jackson has just announced that ultra famous car collector Ron Pratte is going to be selling off his entire collection at the Barrett-Jackson Auction in Scottsdale. Pratte is known for being...
This Winnebago Burns The Hides Better Than John Force! A Motorhome Burnout Video You Won’t Believe.
You know how much we dig old motorhomes around here, and since the kids are all getting out of school and parent’s should be embarking on road trips, we are hoping that some of you BangShifters...
The Parting Shift: Powershifting Second Gear From Third Gear Is Not Good
Thus far we’ve showcased guys really getting it done with manual transmissions with our Parting Shift items. Today we take an ominous turn into the world of fail. See that tach needle buried...
Friday BOOM: Here’s A Massive Nitrous Explosion From The 2009 Shakedown At E-Town
This is Jeff Rodgers’ Executioner Pro Mod at the 2009 Shakedown at E-Town in Englishtown, New Jersey and at that race the car suffered one of the more massive nitrous pops we have ever...
A Classic Camaro Hit This Camry And The Camry Exploded Like It Was In A Jerry Bruckheimer Movie
We’ve been trying to dig up more photos and information on this crash that happened the other day in Kentucky but at this point we’re coming up empty handed. Basically the story is that a...
Craigslist Find: Is This 383 Chevy Powered, 1984 Pontiac T1000 Worth $4,000?
BangShifter Chris Cabe gets the credit for finding this mean spirited little car for sale on Craigslist and sharing it with us. The mean machine is a 1984 Pontiac T1000 which packs a 383 Chevy small...
