BangShift Question of the Day: Blower, Nitrous, or Turbocharger?
One of the more debate inducing topics here in the hallowed halls of Bangshift centers around power adders for engines. Guys and girls are firmly entrenched in their allegiance and affinity to...
BangShift Welcomes Holley as Our Newest Sponsor!
BangShift is proud to announce that Holley, one of the most iconic brand names in hot rodding is the newest member of our family of sponsors. Their foundation was built on the hardest charging, most...
Best of BangShift 2010: Hugh Scott Bathed in Fire at Houston!
Alabama-based Pro Extreme racer Hugh Scott suffered a horrifying crash during the final round of qualifying at the ADRL’s UTI Texas Drags in Houston, Texas. The car apparently got fuel under...
Best of BangShift 2010 : A Pile of Potential Projects For Less Than $2500
We hear people complaining all the time about how expensive and inaccessible the car hobby is. While it isn’t as cheap as dedicating your life to playing World of Warcraft, there are literally...
Best of BangShift 2010: A 1991 Mustang That Looks Like Hell and Runs Like Stink
Sleepers rule. True sleepers rule even harder and this Mustang that belongs to BangShift.com forum member Affordillac is proof positive of that. Other than the big fat drag radials on the rear...
Best of BangShift 2010: Two Cars Smashing the Guardrail at the 2010 March Meet
In our photos of the 2010 March Meet at Auto Club Famoso Raceway, we happened to catch two photo sequences of cars hanging a hard right into the pit side guardrail. We don’t have details on the...
Best of BangShift 2010: Up Close and Personal With Carl Tasca’s 2010 Mustang Cobra Jet
When we heard that 2010 Cobra Jet #27 (of 50) was at Tube Chassis Designz for the installation of a parachute, we dropped everything and headed over to check out the car. The 2010 edition of the...
Best of BangShift 2010: Insane Icelandic Hillclimb Action
Icelandic hillclimb racers must hate gravity. There’s just no other way to explain why they attempt to race their tube chassis Jeeps and trucks up near vertical cliff faces, often with...
Best of BangShift 2010: Jason Calderon Climbs the Ladder in a Beautiful Chevy II
One of the great benefits of drag racing in New England is the fall weather. Cool air and moderate temperatures create situations where motors can be set on kill and the track hooks like it is coated...
Video Bonanza: Hurst Drag Racing Film Collection – The Best Set of Old Drag Racing Movies We’ve Ever Seen
We think we’ve found the end of the internet in terms of vintage drag racing videos. This nearly hour long compendium of videos was produced by the Hurst Company and it chronicles the US...
Video: The Mystery of the Psycho Pulling Truck Has Been Solved, Sadly
Long about a year ago, we ran an item on the blog about George Stinnett’s legendary Psycho pulling truck. The old Ford Econoline truck became famous for dragging the sled with the front...
PHR’s Johnny Hunkins Releases Rock and Roll Album…and it Actually Rocks!
Most musclecar guys are familiar with the name Johnny Hunkins, the editor of Popular Hot Rodding magazine. Each month PHR endeavors to bring us a steady stream of industry and product news,...
Epic Drag Video Bonanza: The 1980 Popular Hot Rodding Championships
This is the longest and most complete set of videos we have ever found on YouTube with respect to a single drag race. It’ll blow your afternoon up and you will thank us for it. Run at US 131...
NEWS: George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip is Up For Sale
In news that really hit us out of nowhere, George Ray’s Wildcat Drag Strip in Paragould, Arkansas is for sale. The historic track has been in operation since 1961, when the late George Ray...
