We Test Out The Brand New NHRA App! Live Timing From Anywhere In The World…And It’s Free!
(By Darr Hawthorne) – This weekend at the National Hot Rod Association Circle K Winternationals, NHRA officials released their latest version of a Fan App to run on iPhones and Android phones...
CLICK HERE To Watch The Wild Florida Street Outlaws Race LIVE Starting At 12PM Eastern
FYI – Due to impending rain all day tomorrow, the Florida Street Outlaws drag race will be held on Sunday rather than Saturday as planned. We are going to be bringing you all the action,...
Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014 Schedule Announced
Hot Rod Magazine has announced the tracks for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014. Now for the important stuff, the tracks! There has been rampant speculation on where the race would be held in 2014...
Video Bonanza: Huge Ford Trucks Carrying Huge Wheelies On The Pulling Course And Slogging Through The Mud Pit
I am an unapologetic supporter of the growing movement of building huge trucks the old school way with 2.5-ton Rockwell axles, crazy leaf springs and big cubic inch fat block motors. The tube chassis...
Incredible Shop Tour Gallery: A Peek at the Inventory of Then and Now Automotive
(Editor’s Note: This story ran in April of 2010 — Since it is a Saturday, I decided to drag it out again. This place is absolutely incredible. Hit the link below to skip to the gallery...
Classic Video: Footage From Mickey Thompson’s SCORE Off Road Races At Riverside California In the 1980s
The idea of racing off road trucks in stadiums and arenas all over the country was born from the fertile mind of Mickey Thompson. The guys was obsessed with off road racing and even more so, he was...
UPDATE: Capps Suffers Massive Explosion At NHRA Winternationals Qualifying VIDEO!
Minutes ago, Ron Capps completed a 4.01-second nitro funny car lap to grab the number two qualifying position at the 2014 NHRA Winternationals but for obvious reasons he was not all smiles in the...
Awesome Old Video: Ride Along With Aussie Racing Legend Norm Beechey In A 1964 Holden As He Hauls Ass While Banging Gears On The Column!
Norm Beechey was the 1965 and 1970 Australian Touring Car champ and he is a V8 Supercar hall of famer. Down under, the guy is one of the greats of all time. When you watch this video and see Beechey...
The Island Nation Of Madagascar Has A Drag Strip And Some Pretty Fast Cars! (Video)
Most people hear the word Madagascar and probably think of the kid’s movie that shares the same name as the 4th largest island in the world. Located off the coast of Africa in the Indian Ocean,...
Buddy Holly + Fuel Altereds, Dragster, and Sportsman Cars Racing At Eagle Field = Another Nitro America Hit Video!
The Eagle Field Drags are an event we’ve been trying to get to for years now. The race is held on an old airfield and really is an affair that harks back to the days when the sport was about...
Big News: Lingenfelter Performance Engineering Joins As Newest BangShift Sponsor!
We are very proud to announce that Lingenfelter Performance Engineering has joined the ever expanding BangShift family of sponsors. A company that needs nearly no introduction, Lingenfelter...
BangShift Question Of The Day: At What Point Does Modifying A Vehicle “Ruin” It?
Today’s Question Of The Day stems from an age-old dilemma that I’ve personally faced many times with many cars and I’m sure that the majority of you fellow BangShifters have faced...
FMC Built These Cool, Wildly Expensive RVs in the 1970s – The Cool Story Of FMCs RV Division
In the 1970s, a whole lot of car and truck manufacturers wanted to get into the recreational vehicle game. Instead of just shipping bare chassis to Indiana to have an RV builder throw a 1/4-inch...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy Installment One – An Open Memo To Customers, Auto Designers, And Everyone Else
(The axe wielding lunatic you see at the bottom of the page is an actual parts counter guy at an actual large chain parts store. For obvious reasons, he’s writing under the guise of anonymity....
