BREAKING NEWS: Tasca Ford’s 2010 Cobra Jet Mustang Runs 8.97/153mph!
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...
Cool Photos: A Load of Cool Aerial Shots From the 2010 NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals
We were tipped off to some awesome aerial photography from the 2010 NHRA O’Reilly Spring Nationals, held in Houston, Texas, and had to share. The race was held a few weeks back but this is the...
Great Underdog Read: North American Eagle Land Speed Project Making Progress
Currently, the ultimate land speed record for an Earth-bound vehicle is owned by the Thrust SSC team of Englishman Richard Noble. It was back in the 1990s when their multi-gazillion dollar effort...
