The Parting Shift: Stretching the Legs of a Dual Quad 1964 Buick Wildcat
This week’s Parting Shift is a change of pace. We’re stepping away from the race track and all the transmission violence in favor of some good old fashioned muscle getting a leg stretch....
Crazy Video: An Alky-Burning Drag Race Lawn Tractor
You’d laugh at us if we told you that there are lunatics out there racing 100hp, alky burning, two-step equipped lawn tractors. Impossible, right? Wrong. The escaped mental patient driving the...
NHRA Unleashed Teams Up with ORSCA
NHRA has teamed up with the Outlaw Racing Street Car Association to solidify the racing operations end of the new “NHRA Unleashed” series. This four-race series will feature heads-up...
Fuego Video: Little Car, Big Flames
After getting all nostalgic for LACR we decided to go hunting for some cool video action from the track. Unfortunately we only got as far as the staging lanes. This video shows a cool old Lloyd that...
Will A Mega-Strip Replace The Void Left by the Closing of Los Angeles County Raceway?
While it is always great news to hear of new drag strips being proposed in California, our happiness is tempered by the bleak track record of such projects in recent history. The latest project that...
Craigslist Find: A Nicely Done 1989 Cammer-motored ‘Stang
We’re starting to come around to the whole, “stick a DOHC Cobra motor in a Fox-bodied Mustang” thing. Even if just for the crowd reactions at car shows and the strip, it’s...
Speedway Motorsports Announces First Quarter Earnings
It’s safe to say that the racetrack business is still profitable, but not as much as it was in 2009. Speedway Motorsports Inc, otherwise known as O. Bruton Smith’s company, made a pile of...
Ridetech Announces Cool Power Tour Shirt Offer
The boys at Ridetech are at it again! If you’ve been around BangShift.com since we first launched you know that Ridetech has been with us from the get go. They’re always thinking up and...
NHRA Says Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Still on For Beech Bend Raceway
The NHRA has announced that the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion is still on for Father’s Day weekend and will be held at the currently submerged Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green,...
Weirdly Cool Video: A Monster Truck Event in Time Lapse Photography
We admire people with artistic talent and vision. Since ours kind of stunted after we were introduced to finger painting, it’s our sworn duty to highlight the works of people who do neat stuff....
Carnage Video: Mustang Pole Vault Attempt
Let’s face it, we are at the dragstrip more than anyone but the touring pros, so it only makes sense that we’ve seen a lot of funny and weird things go down while at the track. One that...
Indiana State Troopers Get Hemi-fied
In what seems to be a growing trend among police forces across the country, the Indiana State Police have opted to purchase a bunch of Dodge Charger police package cars for their officers. The...
Neat Old Truck Ad: Introducing the 1953 Ford F800 Dump Truck
We have unabashed love for old medium- and heavy-duty trucks, so when we saw this ad for the 1953 Ford F-800, we had to share it. Using the construction of the New York Thruway as the backdrop, this...
