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Pro Mod Photos: ADRL Memphis Drags IV Blower, Nitrous, and Turbo Car Action Shots
If you like fire, nitrous purges, blower whine and 3 second 1/8th mile drag racing passes, then you are going to want to check out this great gallery of photos we got from Benoit “The...
The Doomsday Scenario…What Happens Next?
Boy, that sure sounds ominous, huh? We got a shockingly emotional response from the blog item we ran earlier in the week that announced the news that Ford was leaving NHRA drag racing as a...
Project Car Spotlight: Squirrel’s SMAV 1957 Suburban Goes From Blah To Beautiful In Weeks. An Inspirational Tale.
What’s an SMAV you ask? Well it’s the nickname BangShift Contributor Scott Liggett gave to Jim’s 1957 Suburban project. What does it mean? Soccer Mom Assault Vehicle. With 454 cubic...
Ford Announces End Of All NHRA Professional Drag Racing Sponsorships At Close Of 2014 Season
Ford Racing has announced that the close of the 2014 season will mark the end of their sponsorship programs with NHRA racers like John Force (and his fleet of cars), Tim Wilkerson, Bob Tasca, and the...
Craigslist Find: If Wanting This Is Wrong We Don’t Want To Be Right. Jumping It Would RULE!
So who’s loaning us the money for this bad boy? With 444 horsepower at the tires, a great cage, tons of spares, and perfect black paint, we’ll look good jumping this thing for all...
Gallery: Hotchkis Sport Suspension All GM Open House And Car Show 2013 – Tons Of Cars, Tons Of Prizes!
We had a heat wave going on in Southern California last weekend, and temps at Hotchkis Sport Suspension’s Santa Fe Springs headquarters were over 100 degrees, when I rolled in for their annual...
Barnstormin’: Mangled Memories
Every hot rodder seems to do it. I know I do and now I know Art Arfons did as well. We all hang on to blown up, busted, or otherwise destroyed parts and pieces of cars that we used to ow or race, or...
Magnante Speaks: The Story Of The Bad Seed Chevette – Cheap Project Car Insanity – Part 2
(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – 11 Seconds For $2,000 Fast & Cheap! Editors Go Insane! This is the continued story of the Bad Seed Caddy 500 powered Chevy Chevette, one of the more...
Sideways with Rodney Prouty: Remember Where You Came From
(Words and Photos by Rodney Prouty) Every day I walk into work at a speed shop where I see black and white images of our racing legacy. We have tattered old posters of racing events at historic...
BangShift Feature Exclusive: The Cars And Trucks Of Extreme Doomsday On Wheels
We laugh at the freaks on Doomsday Preppers every time we see that show on tv, but we’re probably not going to laugh at the guys on Doomsday on Wheels nearly as much, because they have cool...
New Product: NHRA Approved Bolt-In Driveshaft Safety Loops From Trans Dapt
Anyone with slicks or a legitimately quick car is required by NHRA to have a Driveshaft Safety Loop. And since I’m the guy who has launched a driveshaft out of a car that DIDN’t have a...
BangShift Exclusive: Never Before Published Photos Of The Bill Thomas FIA Fast Back Novas!
(Photos from the Steve Magnante archive) – Our recent feature of Kelvin Cannon’s home-built replica of an ultra rare Bill Thomas “fastback” Nova had lots of people talking and...
New England’s Newest Pro Mod Is Going To Be A Tim McAmis Lightweight Bad Ass!
Very few classes in drag racing have had the kind of incredible groundswell of development and performance gains as Pro Mod has had over the last 10 years. From the technology in the suspension and...
Art Malone – Drag Racing Pioneer and American Racing Legend Dead At 76 Years Old
(Photo credit: Mike Carter) Today we have the sad duty to report to you that Art Malone, one of the great drag racing drivers of all time, a life long friend of Don Garlits, the first man to break...