Carnage Video: Violent Sprint Car and Midget Wrecks
Apr 22, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: Violent Sprint Car and Midget Wrecks
It was bought to our attention that Sprint Car and Midget racing season was cranking up and this video was tipped off to us as a way to mark that. You may think it odd to mark the start of the season...
Old Stock Car Goodness: The Historic Grand National Stock Car Association
Apr 22, 2010Brian Lohnes1
We find old cars to be exceptionally bad ass. There are few things neater in our nostalgia lovin’ hearts than the big iron that raced on road courses and ovals during decades past. We’ve...
BREAKING NEWS: Tasca Ford’s 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang Runs 8.97/153mph!
Apr 21, 2010Brian Lohnes4
Carl Tasca, wheeling 2010 Cobra Jet #27, made the first run in the eight-second zone for the limited edition factory drag cars today at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire. As best we know...
Just Because Video: A Tuff Truck Gets Huge Air on a Jump
Apr 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Just Because Video: A Tuff Truck Gets Huge Air on a Jump
Tuff Truck races are normally a good time. The competitions are basically an off-road style obstacle course complete with jumps, mud, and other impedances. The trucks are all home-built creations and...
Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
Apr 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Goliath Update: Our Perfect Plan Goes to Hell
It was all going to be so perfect. We were going to re-ring one cylinder in Goliath’s 292ci straight six and then it would be off to the shop to have the rotted cab floors repaired. That pipe...
NASCAR Track Operator Calls Start and Park Drivers Thieves
Apr 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on NASCAR Track Operator Calls Start and Park Drivers Thieves
The president of Texas Motor Speedway accused start-and-park NASCAR teams of “stealing money” and said that NASCAR needs to find ways to stop the practice. Eddie Gossage, the guy in...
Historic Doorslammer Footage: The Cars That Created Pro Mod Circa 1989
Apr 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Historic Doorslammer Footage: The Cars That Created Pro Mod Circa 1989
After seeing the photos of Ellis Vial putting his killer Pro Mod up on two wheels, we went hunting for some cool video showing the early days of the class. We did even better than that, we found some...
Great Save Photos: Elllis Vial Does Some Unintentional Stunt Driving at VMP
Apr 21, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Save Photos: Elllis Vial Does Some Unintentional Stunt Driving at VMP
We were cruising through the website of the wildest drag racing series in America, ADRL.us, the other day and came across an item on their blog we had to share with you. Ellis Vial, a racer in the...
Shop Tour: We hang out at Diversified Creations
Apr 20, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Shop Tour: We hang out at Diversified Creations
While covering the fabled Detroit Autorama a few weeks ago, we were lucky enough to get some time with several friends in the Detroit area. And as you would expect from us, these guys are all hard...
Project Car Update: Eddie Krawiec’s Project Radial-ation Camaro
Apr 20, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Project Car Update: Eddie Krawiec’s Project Radial-ation Camaro
A while back we introduced you to 2008 NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle champion Eddie Kraweic’s bitchin’ drag radial project car. It’s being built by DMC Racing in Halifax,...
Crazy Screaming Video: A Two-Stroke V8 Powered Sand Rail On the Dyno
Apr 20, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Screaming Video: A Two-Stroke V8 Powered Sand Rail On the Dyno
We’ve heard screaming motors before, but never in our lives have we heard anything like the sound of this Evinrude two-stroke V8 powered sand car (not the one pictured). The engine is actually...
Cool Drag Car Gallery With Video: The MegaSquirt Guys Do a Drag Pak Challenger
Apr 20, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Drag Car Gallery With Video: The MegaSquirt Guys Do a Drag Pak Challenger
The guys at DIYAutoTune.com are the mad geniuses who developed and brought to the world the diabolically accessible MegaSquirt EFI system. By using commonly available parts, basic mechanical skills,...
eBay Find: A Totally Killer 1953 Ford COE Hauler
Apr 20, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Totally Killer 1953 Ford COE Hauler
We were tipped off to the coolest looking 1953 Ford cab-over-engine hauler we’ve seen in some time by a loyal BangShift.com reader. It is for sale on eBay currently and by the looks of the...
Wreck Video: A Swamp Buggy Stuffs It Hard
Apr 19, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Wreck Video: A Swamp Buggy Stuffs It Hard
Naples, Florida, is home to the Florida Sports Park. It’s a motorsports facility best known as the home of the world famous Swamp Buggy races. There are seven classes that range from 4-banger...












