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Pioneering Drag Racer Bobby Langley Passes
Texan Bobby Langley, one of drag racing’s original traveling racers and a true pioneer of the sport, passed away last week at the age of 79. His career began in the mid 1950s and carried on...
Drag Video: A Day in the Life of Carl Tasca and his Cobra Jet(s)
In a scant few days we will be bringing your the low down on the Camaro drag package car from SEMA. That car will provide the first real competition for the Ford Mustang Cobra Jets that have been...
What was the Best or Coolest Gearhead Thing You Did This Season?
As I write this, snow is falling in various parts of Massachusetts, BangShift readers in Texas have the white death on the ground, and the average temperature is dropping like a lawn dart. With those...
Great Read: A Detailed Look at the Factors That Led Up to Dan Wheldon’s Untimely Death
Dan Wheldon’s death at the IndyCar season finale raised many questions about virtually every aspect of IndyCar racing. Were the cars safe? Was the idea to load the field up with cars safe? Was...
Grassroots Drag Racing Scores Another Win in Canada – Local Gov’t Approves Airport Event in 2012
Earlier this month the Municipal Council of Wawa, Ontario, Canada approved a plan to hold a drag racing event at the Wawa Airport in 2012. This is a great thing for drag racers and hot rodders in the...
Killer Car: A Road Race Spec 1955 Chevy
We’ve seen old school stock car 1955 Chevys. We’ve seen drag race 1955 Chevys. What we have not seen is a full-on, tube chassis, modern spec road race 1955 Chevy, that is until now. We...
Worst of SEMA: A Preemptive Strike
So each year that we cover the SEMA show, we compile a “worst of” list to go along with all the awesome stuff that we see. Hey, in the gazillion square foot Las Vegas Convention Center,...
Racing Junk Find: Billy Moffitt’s Bottoms Up Wheelstander
My unnatural love for exhibition drag racing machinery means that I immediately dream and salivate over the possibility of owning something as cool as Billy Moffitt’s “Bottoms Up”...
Show Gallery: The Pomona Swap Meet – October 2011
And the hits just keep on coming! Bob Chiluk didn’t sleep all that much on his California adventure and here’s more proof. He was up before dawn yet again to shoot this gallery of photos...
Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Road Kings Car Club Show
The Road Kings Car Club of Burbank, California has a long and storied history. Started in 1952 as a drag racing club, the group had members like Tommy Ivo, Don Prudhomme, Bob Muravez, Tony Nancy, and...
eBay Find: A Crazy 20-Foot, Two Man Battleship With 120-Horse!
Yes, we know that this is not a car or a truck, but this mini-battleship, designed to carry two people is so wild, we had to share it. For sale on eBay for the princely sum of $80,000, it is a hand...
Car Show Gallery: Jalopyrama – Annapolis, Maryland
There’s nothing like an old school car show at an old school location. During the formative years of the hot rod crazy, National Guard Armory buildings proved to be among the most popular...
Car Show Gallery: 2011 Chrysler Performance West Fall Fling
The Chrysler Performance West Car Club puts on two big Mopar shows every year. Their Spring and Fall Fling events draw people from all over the USA, Canada, and points even farther off than that. The...
Mud Slingin’ Video: Bad Ass Mud Bog Action From 1987
The mud boggin’ scene in the 1980s was pretty wild. Horsepower was becoming easier and easier to find, trucks were getting larger, faster, and more capable and the Budweiser bowtie logo was...