Video: Cacklefest at the 2009 Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion
The BangShift.com daily coverage of the 2009 Holley/NHRA Hot Rod Reunion continues! Here’s the radical cacklefest that went down on Saturday. Since it was held at night, you get header flames...
Event Coverage: Saturday at the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, 248 Photos!
Saturday at the 2009 Holley/NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky, was action-packed, hot, humid, hazy, and hella cool. The car show was more massive than ever we could have...
Event Coverage: Friday at the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, With Video
We’re here and we’re delivering the goods from the 2009 NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion being held at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, KY. We were shooting photos and video of day one...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Viper Plant Reopens, USA Today Writer is a Killjoy
This week’s Friday Excuse to go Home Early and Drink touches on both happiness and anger. The good news is that the Dodge Viper plant is back up and running in Detroit, cranking out...
More Amazing NHRA Photos by Mark Rebilas
While the NHRA event at Topeka, Kansas, was heldsome time ago, we still found it worthy to direct you to another amazing collection of photos from Mark Rebilas, who was on the scene at that race....
The Internet is Serious Business: Mud Bogging Websites in the New York Times
When we ran across a story about mud-bogging websites being covered in the New York Times, we knew something interesting had to be going on. It’s not like the paper would (Heaven forbid!) send...
Don Garlits Explains how to Fix Professional Drag Racing
Thanks to Dave Wallace for pointing us towards this link to an interview with Don Garlits where he expresses his ideas for “fixing” professional drag racing. Although he offers no...
See The Veale/Brown BangShift.com A/Fuel Dragster at Schepel Motor Group This Saturday
This weekend the Veale/Brown Motorsports A/Fuel dragster, which flies the BangShift.com colors loud and proud, will be appearing at their primary sponsor’s yearly car show. The show, being held...
Video: Lucas Oil’s 800 Horsepower, 515ci Test Engine
The crew over at Lucas Oil, including BangShift.com friend Tom Bogner, is always trying to keep ahead of the competition, which means lots of oil testing. “Oil testing” means horsepower...
Cool Old Press Photos: 1928 vs. 1957 Plymouths
This week’s cool old press photo raises an interesting question: Which would you rather have? In 1957, the factory PR team drummed up this comparison of the 1928 and 1957 Plymouths. On one hand...
Cool Heavy-Duty Hot Rod
We saw this awesome truck over at CarDomain and it’s been keeping us up at night with the sweats. It looks like a 1956 Chevy, and the cab is, but it is sitting on a 6500-series...
Champion Speed Shop at the National Hot Rod Reunion
Journalist and PR hack Mike Bumbeck recently sent us this announcement of the San Francisco’s Champion Speed Shop attending the National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky: The Champion...
Around-the-World Road Trip
Imagine the ultimate road trip. Now take your wildest thought and crumple it up and throw it away because you’ve not even begun to touch the trip that Jan and Leone Vorster have been on for the...
