Wreckage Video: Watch A 1930 Ford Drag Car Skid, Spin, and Flip at the 2012 Jalopy Showdown
Oct 02, 2012Brian Lohnes1
Pal o’ BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian was at Beaver Springs Dragway recently to shoot photos and video of the 2012 Jalopy Showdown nostalgia drags. Being her normal awesome self, she got lots of...
Video: Champion Speed Shop’s Gov.’s Cup Win Puts Them In The Lead Going Into Bakersfield
Oct 01, 2012Chad Reynolds4
The Champion Speed Shop Small Block Chevrolet Powered Top Fuel Dragster has done it again! The rolled into the Governor’s Cup race at Sacramento and not only qualified in the top spot, but also...
Forum Tech Section How To: Holley Float Bowl Screw Thread Repair… So Easy A Ford Guy Did It!
Oct 01, 2012Chad Reynolds2
I know, I know, Ford guys are smart too. I’m only busting Big Block Ranger’s stones because I can, and because he will expect it. Especially since he even has a hammer, aka Ford Tool, in...
Event Coverage: Thousands Of Hot Rods Drive The Bay To Birdwood Cruise in Adelaide Australia
Oct 01, 2012Chad Reynolds1
The Tearle brothers send us an email on Sunday saying that they had been to a super cool cruise in Adelaide, Australia and had photos to share if we were interested. Well of course we were!...
Video: Seriously Sexy Hillclimb Video From Formula Offroad’s Team No Limit Racing
Oct 01, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Seriously Sexy Hillclimb Video From Formula Offroad’s Team No Limit Racing
The guys at InsaneRacing.no certainly know how to capture some cool footage, so we had to share this one with you. Seeing a Jeep leap straight into the air, while climbing a 60 degree plus angle...
Epic Ebay Find!: 1970 Challenger Logghe Chassis Funny Car That We Want Bad!
Oct 01, 2012Chad Reynolds8
Dudes we need this!!!! How bitchin would this bad boy ’70-’74 Challenger Funny Car look with BangShift down the side! It’s a Logghe Chassis, 120″ wheelbase, Funny Car from the...
Mo-Kan Dragway: 50 Years of Mid West Drag Racing Greatness Including Photos!
Oct 01, 2012Chad Reynolds2
When Chris Graves, of Max Cackle Photography, sends us stuff we are always excited. He takes great photos and, like us, has an amazing appreciation for the history of drag racing. So when Chris sent...
Event Coverage: Tulsa Nitro Nationals Photos Including Derek Snelson’s Fiery Funny Car Run
Oct 01, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Event Coverage: Tulsa Nitro Nationals Photos Including Derek Snelson’s Fiery Funny Car Run
Tulsa Raceway Park puts on great events each and every week, and last weekends Nitro Nationals were as exciting as we expected. It may have been a little more exciting than Derek Snelson was...
Gallery: Tri-Five Chevys and Fords From Goodguys Columbus
Sep 28, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Gallery: Tri-Five Chevys and Fords From Goodguys Columbus
(Photos by Doug Garrison) – If there were one era of styling in American automotive history that we wish could be bottled up and re-released at some point, it is the middle 1950s. The chrome,...
LIVE STREAMING VIDEO NOW: Radial Revolution “No Mercy 3” Door Slammers In Georgia
Sep 28, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on LIVE STREAMING VIDEO NOW: Radial Revolution “No Mercy 3” Door Slammers In Georgia
Radial Revolution “No Mercy 3” is on as we speak. And all weekend our buddy Mark Walters, with Drag Story, will be broadcasting live. We’ve got it here as well, so stay tuned all...
Classic Trucks At Goodguys Columbus 2012 – Chevys, Fords, Even A Classic Van or Two!
Sep 28, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Classic Trucks At Goodguys Columbus 2012 – Chevys, Fords, Even A Classic Van or Two!
(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Like station wagons, trucks are a super popular sub-set of the hot rodding hobby. As you know from being a loyal BangShift reader, we love ’em in all of their...
Gallery: Cool Station Wagons At Goodguys Columbus 2012
Sep 28, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Doug Garrison recently send us a load of photos from the 2012 Goodguys event in Columbus, Ohio. Instead of dropping them all on you at once, we have broken them up...
Bob Newton – Founder of Hoosier Tire Passes At Age 85
Sep 28, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Bob Newton – Founder of Hoosier Tire Passes At Age 85
Bob Newton, the founder of Hoosier Racing Tires has died. Newton started the company in 1957 and targeted circle track racers in the south and midwest on both asphalt and dirt tracks. The company...
Chris Economaki – Greatest American Auto Racing Journalist Who Ever Lived – Dead at 91
Sep 28, 2012Brian Lohnes5
It is our sad duty to report that Chris Economaki, the legenadary editor and guiding force of the National Speed Sport News has died at age 91. Amazingly, Economaki began selling copies of the NSSN...












