Drag Gallery: Killer Sportsman Action From RT 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – BangShift’s two man photog platoon, Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke took to the famous Rt 66 Raceway in Joliet, Illinois last weekend to shoot some...
Watch the Totally Bitchin’ Trailer to a Documentary About the Famous Big Red 1969 Camaro of RJ Gottlieb
Big Red is one of if not the single greatest road legal 1969 Camaro in history. Built by Dan and RJ Gottlieb and used to compete in dozens of different events, the car can run 220mph flat out during...
BangShift ADRL Gallery: Action Photos from the ADRL Spring Drags at Maple Grove Raceway
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’ve been covering the hell out of the ADRL this season and for good reason, the series rules the school when it comes to doorslammer action. Last weekend the...
Buford T Justice Hits the Chassis Dyno Today…Guess the Rear Wheel HP!
So color us obsessed if you want, but after our 15-second stock drag romp with Buford a little more than a week ago, we were really interested in putting this car on a dyno to get a rear wheel hp...
Watch Hot Rod Magazine’s David Freiburger Drive a Lingenfelter Tuned Camaro ZL1 202mph!
Like everyone else, we saw the announcement the other day from Hot Rod Magazine, that Freiburger ran a ZL1 tuned by Lingenfelter Performance Engineering to a terminal speed of over 202mph at the...
FREE LIVE Streaming Video From Battle at the Banks Starts Saturday Morning
SCHEDULE UPDATE SCHEDULE UPDATE: WE WILL BE LIVE BY 7:45 AM DUE TO A SCHEDULE CHANGE HERE AT THE EVENT RATHER THAN 7AM. If you want to see what is arguably the coolest Pro Touring Event on the...
Watch Some Great Video From the Goodguys Del Mar Autocross!
We got tipped off to some sweet video from the 2012 Goodguys Del Mar, California event that focuses on the autocross, and specifically some of the hottest iron on it, the Hotchkis Camaro, Challenger,...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: AA/Dale Armstrong
When the dust settles and the big book of drag racing history is finally written, Dale Armstrong will stand alone among a group of five or six men judged to be the greatest crewchiefs of all time....
Question of the Day: What is the Most Pointless Automotive Competition?
After that flaming burnout contest video, I got to thinking about all the different automotive type competitions out there. Outside of the normal racing type stuff, there are lots of pointless...
Watch a Mustang’s Burnout Contest Performance Come to a Flaming End!
We got tipped off to this video by the guys at ReplayXD cameras. A ReplayXD was mounted at ankle height during the burnout contest at the NMCA Nationals in Commerce, Georgia. The camera captured a...
Gallery: Vintage Parts From the Spring Carlisle Swap Meet 2012
(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Having shown you a couple of great galleries of the cars in the huge corral at the 2012 Spring Carlisle Collector Car Swap Meet, we’re turning our guns to the...
Watch A Nelson Racing Engines Custom, Billet, Twin Turbo Hemi Makes 2500hp on the Dyno!
We have featured some cool engines and cars from the shop of Tom Nelson, but this one may take the cake. Using a CAD designed, billet aluminum block, a set of his “mirror image” twin...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Art Arfons
Let’s get one thing straight before we go any further: Art Arfons was a genuine American hero, and not just in the theater of speed. Arfons was a WWII vet and saw combat during the invasion of...
Watch the World’s Fastest Hybrid Big Rig Set Land Speed Records
While we think that hybrid cars are a complete and utter farce that ultimately do more harm than good for the world, the idea of a hybrid big rig makes a lot of sense to us. Easing the fuel costs of...
