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Update: The Hot Rod Magazine Special Camaro With a Supercharged Two Cylinder Big Block Chevy Runs 32.414 MPH – Qualifies for Record
Well this is oddly cool! When Keith Turk and Hot Rod Magazine’s David Freiburger fragged the 1100hp blown big block Chevy in their Camaro at Bonneville, all hope seemed lost for the week. The...
Donate if You Can: Bitchin’ Mike Charlton Documentary Film Makers Looking to Group Source Funding for Final Filming
Back in March we told you about and showed you a trailer for a documentary being made about Ohio resident Mike Charlton and his home-brewed quest to set the LSR record for motorcycles with his crazy...
Project Fat Cad Update 6: Adding a Cold Air Intake and a Measly Pound!
Project Fat Cad Update 1 Project Fat Cad Update 2 Project Fat Cad Update 3 Project Fat Cad Update 4 Project Fat Cad Update 5 At Spectre Performance, we not only design and build...
LSR Video: Pam Beineke Runs 205mph at Loring in the 1971 Wing Car She and Her Husband Gary Built
Gary and Pam Beineke built their “never was” 1971 wing car tribute to the K&K Insurance machine of Bobby Issac for one reason…to haul ass. Crafted in their home shop, the car...
Ludicrous Speed: Bill Warner Goes 311mph at Loring – Sets New LSR Record for Traditional Motorcycles
Floridian Bill Warner set a new land speed record for traditional (read: non-streamliner) motorcycles at the 2011 LTA meet in Loring, Maine last weekend. His mount was a 1300cc turbocharged Suzuki...
Video: Blows Cold, Goes Fast, Makes an LS Swap a Breeze… Vintage Air
Vintage Air has long been known for cold air and big speed thanks to SCTA Speed Records at Bonneville at well over 200mph with the air blowing cold. Vintage Air is also installed on the highest...
Funny Car Panic Video: The Steering Wheel Falls Off in the Driver’s Hands During a Run!
This is some wild stuff! As if driving a Funny Car isn’t tough enough, this video shows a dude trying to turn the trick with no steering wheel! We’ve seen more than our fair share of...
Project FatCad: The Pleasure (and mostly) Pain of Acquiring Project FatCad
Click here to read the introduction of Project FatCad I decided I wanted a new Cadillac because I met all of their requirements. I just turned 50. Hey, that’s young by Cadillac...
Author Scotty Gosson Interviews BangShift’s Chad Reynolds and Cole Coonce
Automotive author, and all around cool car guy, Scotty Gosson recently asked myself and BangShift Contributor Cole Coonce if he could interview us on his blog page, Scotty Gosson Exposed. The request...
SEMA and Others Form the Save the Salt Coalition
The Bonneville Salt Flats stand as one of the most historic and important places in the history of hot rodding and motorsports in general. The health and long term survival of the place is of...
Bitchin’ Event Gallery: ORSA Speed Weekend – Land Speed Racing on Ice From Sweden!
This is one of the neater galleries we’ve posted in a while! The photos come directly from Sweden, courtesy of BangShifter Jobergg and they were taken at ORSA Speed Weekend, a huge land speed...
Frozen Speed Video: ORSA Weekend Ice Land Speed Racing From Sweden
As we mentioned, we’ll have a big gallery of photos from the ORSA Weekend event held in Sweden last weekend. This is land speed racing on a massive frozen lake in Sweden. Everything from rocket...
Event Gallery: Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night
Despite the horrific weather that the Northeastern US has been experiencing, die hard hot rodders are still finding ways to have fun. Take this gallery by our own photo maven Joe Grippo for example....