2014 NHRA Winternationals – Photos From The Explosive Opening Weekend Of The 2014 NHRA Season
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Love him or hate him, 16-time nitro funny car Champion John Force isn’t going anywhere, except down the dragstrip, 1,000...
Unknown Parts Counter Guy: The Winter Car Crash – Mystery, Intrigue, and Public Urination
(Unknown Parts Counter Guy is our new series written by an actual parts counter guy at a large chain auto parts store. He’s writing anonymously so his ass doesn’t get fired. If you missed...
Drag Week 2014: All The Dates, All The Tracks, All The Info You Want And Need – Photos From The Original 2005 Event HERE!
So the news broke on Saturday about what race tracks and what dates that Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2014 would be happening at and on. I happened to be in the car when that news came out traveling...
The Movies of the 1960s and 1970s Were an Automotive Goldmine, and Not Just in the Movies You Know
These days — especially in places where it snows — it’s rare to see someone driving around in a modern Challenger or Camaro SS as a daily driver. Most of the time, those cars will...
A Video Peek At The Jet Hot Double Down Roadster From Full Hot Rods
See if you can follow us on this one. We came across this video made by the Eastwood company that features the Double Down Ford roadster being built by Bryan Fuller Hot Rods for the Jet-Hot...
BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Had To Build A Hot Rod SUV, What Would You Build?
Not surprisingly, today’s BangShift Question Of The Day came into being thanks to a particularly oddball thought that I had while driving past the Mitsubishi Outlander in my neighbor’s...
Rough Weekend For Tony and Cruz Pedregon At Pomona – Fire And Explosion Make For Expensive Outing
(Images from ESPN3 live stream) – It was an exciting and expensive weekend for both Cruz and Tony Pedregon as the brothers experienced some hairy mechanical failures during the freshly...
Rocket Revival: 2014 Looks Like The Year Hydrogen Peroxide Rockets Will Return To US Strips In Force
Maybe we can mark November of 2013 as the rough date that the revival of hydrogen peroxide rocket vehicles on drag strips began. It was in November that the noted French rocket motorcycle rider Eric...
Someone In Iowa Is Daily Driving A 1980 Bradley Electric GT II – We Have Photo Proof
BangShift reader and Iowa native Chris Johnson gets the gold star of the day for whipping his cell phone out and blasting photos of this amazingly rare and totally freakish 1980 Bradley Electric GT...
Drag Art: A Fantastic High Definition Video Highlighting The Nitro Drivers Of Don Schumacher Racing
During the 2014 PRO Winter Warm Up, Chad and I weren’t the only two guys filming the action from above the track. A film crew from Oakley was there to gather footage for a series of upcoming...
Craigslist Find: This 1970 ‘Cuda Packs A Hemi, Cool Old Race Paint, And Some Giant Rear Slicks
Thanks to Chris Chenlo, we have this totally sweet ‘Cuda to show you that is currently for sale on Craigslist. The car has apparently been for sale for some time as we did some rooting around...
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...
