Update: Speed Demon Runs 451 MPH! Now Has Highest Speed Record In SCTA Record Book
Update Friday August 16th, 10am: After qualifying yesterday with a 436 mph 5th mile speed, and exit speed of 448, the Speed Demon backed it up this morning with a 438 mile per hour 5th mile and 451...
The Parting Shift: Take A Ride Underneath A Screaming Super Stock/L Stick Shift Mustang!
We’ve featured the slick shifting Bobby Fazio on the pages of BangShift before but never like this! In one of the more unique angles you’ll ever see stick shift super stocker run down the...
Summer Show Action Gallery: The 2013 National Street Rod Association Nationals – Louisville, Kentucky
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – The first weekend of August has been the time for the NSRA Street Rod Nationals for quite some time. It’s one of the biggest car shows in the country,...
Video: Bringing An Old Army Truck Back To Life And Four Wheeling It In Alabama – Dirt Every Day!
I’ve been enjoying the Dirt Every Day series of videos that have been appearing on the MotorTrend YouTube channel. Fred Williams of 4-Wheel and Off Road magazine is the lead man on these and...
Videos: The Motorcycle Engined Mini-Slingshot Hits The Dyno And A Clandestine Testing Location In England!
The Postman Pat guys have their new tiny slingshot dragster pretty well sorted out and are making final prep to get the car onto a drag strip asap. These two videos below show the car running at a...
Insane: This Is The Craziest Drag Racing Promotion We Have Ever Seen – A Pro Drag Race In Cuba With A Million Dollar Purse
There have been some wild drag racing promotions over the years and very few of them have ended up being what the promoter planned or intended. There was the infamous “AutoFest 2000” held...
eBay Find: Mickey Thompson’s Famous “Big Red” 1972 Chevy C20 Baja Truck! Big Block Power And Big History!
We’ve found several old Mickey Thompson race cars and trucks on eBay over the years but this one may be the coolest yet. The truck you’ll see below is Mickey’s famed “Big...
Wreckage: This Is The Worst Mud Bog Racing Crash We Have Ever Seen – Driver Walks Away!
We’ve got to thank the guys from Lucas Oil on this one as they were the folks that pit the footage of this amazingly violent wreck up on YouTube. The video shows a racer with the ironic last...
Gallery: The 57th Annual Sycamore, Illinois Threshing Bee – Huge Engines, Cool Tractors, BangShifty Stuff Galore!
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – This year was the 57th annual Threshing Bee put on by the Northern Illinois Steam Power Club. It’s held on the Taylor Marshall Farm north of Sycamore,...
BangShift Question of the Day: Are You a Driver or a Crew Chief?
The racing world is full of interesting characters on both sides of the coin. From the publicity loving drivers to the crew chiefs who’d prefer that they dealt with dynos and data only. There...
Video: An Incredible Look At Art Arfons Quest For The LSR Record In The 1960s – Ultra Rare Interviews, Period Footage, Must See!
With Bonneville Speed Week nearing its end tomorrow, I’m still living on a salt high from our time at the event. As such I wanted to share one of the coolest Bonneville and land speed racing...
Wild Video: A History Of Insane Rally Crashes At WRC Finland From The 1980s To Today!
I’ve begun wading through all the emails and notes we received on the tip line over the last week since Chad and I have been AWOL in Bonneville and there’s some real gold in this mine!...
Freaky or Fun? An Edsel Speedster From Bonneville Speed Week 2013
If this car doesn’t support the notion of, “you never know what the hell you’re going to see at Bonneville” than nothing really does. While certainly not a racing vehicle,...
The Underdogs: Can They Knock Out The Speed Demon? Or Will They Be It’s Next Victim?
We’ve already discussed the Battle Royale that was/is expected between the Poteet and Main Speed Demon and the Team Vesco Turbinator. What we haven’t told you is that there are two...
