BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Best Burnout Machine You Have Ever Owned?
Burnouts. They’re not proof your junk is fast, or that your junk is any good at all, but they rule. They rule in a straight line, in circles, backward, forward, and sideways. They’re...
Video: Dick Johnson, Tearing It Up At Bathurst 1983. Listen To The Clevelan Scream.
This is one of those videos that you just want to watch over and over again. At the famed Mt. Panorama in Bathurst Australia, this is one hell of a race track. At the end of the video Dick wads this...
Last Blast: Our Final Gallery From The World Series Of Drag Racing – Nitro At Night!
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside….we’re back with a last blast of bad ass photos from the 60th running of the World Series of...
Blind Man Sets Record At Bonneville! On A Motorcycle No Less
Former Pro Mod racer Dan Parker, who lost his sight during a horrific crash behind the wheel of his Corvette Pro Mod car in early 2012, has entered the record books on the Bonneville Salt Flats....
Is This The Most Powerful Buick Small Block Of All Time? It Was Once…And It Is Coming Back To Life!
Well, the tri-shield guys are probably going to fry my ass for calling it a Buick, but the NHRA saw fit to classify it as one and the parts and pieces were sold as Buick items, so I’m telling...
Video: Watch The Install Of An Aeromotive Phantom Fuel System Pump And See Just How Simple It Is!
Aeromotive’s Phantom fuel system set SEMA on its ear last year and the company has been working overtime to keep them on the shelf as orders from customers and distributors all over the country...
Dyno Video: Watch The Wally’s World GTO Make 450 At The Tire Thanks To COMP, Land Speed, And Dynatech
When Wally sent me the video of his car on the chassis dyno making pulls, he told me it gave him lumber. We don’t blame him! This little GTO went from making 333 horsepower and 330 pound feet...
eBay Find: Mike Mitchell “The World’s Fastest Hippie” Funny Car Hauling Ramp Truck
This is a super cool find, and has great history. Someone needs to buy this and then haul their Nostalgia Funny Car to Famoso on it. That would rule. We want this one bad. It’s Mike...
Craigslist Find: An Oddball AMC Pacer Sleeper That We Really, Really Want! Cool Build!
Hey, there are cars that we don’t have to understand to love, right? Take this 1978 AMC Pacer wagon for example. It has the entire drivetrain from a 1990s Ford Thunderbird Super Coupe. That...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Worst Auto Parts Store Add On?
When we ran the blog item yesterday with the photo of the super cool Ute from Australia, the comments were mostly favorable, but Matt Cramer from DIYAutoTune made one interesting observation. He said...
Is A Pamplona Style Bull Run At A Drag Strip Promotion Genius Or The Dumbest Thing Ever? It Happened.
So my west coast friends are all freaking out of this deal that went down at Virginia Motorsports Park last weekend where a promoter came in, set up a course and unleashed a bunch of bulls onto...
XDRL Cancels Races, Blames Internet, Releases Statement, Is More Than Likely Dead And Gone
While we were in prep mode for the 60th World Series of Drag Racing at Cordova, news was coming out regarding the short and long term future of one door slammer drag racing league. The ADRL and XDRL...
Gasser Gallery: The Gold Cup Nostalgia Race At NY’s Empire Dragway – Bitchin’ Cars!!
(Photos by Jose Ferrer) – Any time you get a bunch of nostalgia guys, gasser guys, A/FX guys, and generally awesome hot rodders all jammed into one place, you’re guaranteed a good...
AutoMeter, And Everyone With A Soul, Have Answered Today’s BangShift Question Of The Day.
The dudes at AutoMeter are always putting up great photos on their Facebook page, and quite often some of the best captions ever. This one was up on their Facebook page yesterday and made us laugh so...
