Tag Archive: spotlight
Exclusive Video: Frankie “The Madman” Taylor Runs 5.550 at 260 MPH… Quickest Door Slammer In History
During BangShift.com’s exclusive LIVE Streaming Video of the Street Car Super Nationals “Anarchy at the Arch” at Gateway Motorsports Park in St. Louis, Frankie “The...
Mini-Feature: The Original Arfons Brothers Green Monster 5 – Allison Power, Great History!
Before their relationship turned cold and distant, Art and Walt Arfons created and raced together. Their machines were completely hand built, home engineered, and capable of running with virtually...
2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals: From Pro Street to Pro Weird – Our Last Look At The Massive Show
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – You know when there are this many awesome rides at an event its just really hard to capture everything you’d like to and at the same time give everyone...
Y Ask Y, Part 1: We Build A Big Inch Stroker LS3 So We Can Make Big Power With A Supercharger!!
(Ok, this guy seems a little TOO excited about the prospect of adding a Vortech supercharger to the stroker LS3, but who can blame him?) Words & Photos By: Richard Holdener – OnTheDyno.com...
The Ultimate Pro Touring Car Is A 1932 Ford Bodied Formula One Racer – Meet The F132
I appreciate evolution, especially when it comes to cars and racing so I don’t like to skip to the end of stuff before we get there, but guys like Aaron Beck make that awfully hard to do. See,...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod/Big Dog Pro Mod Extravaganza Coverage: Pro Mods A-Plenty At Piedmont
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – On August seven, Piedmont Dragway’s Big Dog and Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod, EOPM, joined forces for the very first time. Big Dog is a monthly event and...
Roadkill Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Find And Save A 1950 GMC From Eternal Junkyard Purgatory…Kind Of
Junkyards are the places where so many hot rod dreams start. They are also the places where the end of many hot rod dreams land. No matter where you are from of what you are into, a ‘yard is a...
2014 Mopar Nationals Coverage: Odd, Cool, And Interesting Mopars Were Stacked Far And Wide in Columbus
The 2014 Mopar Nationals in Columbus, Ohio marks the 34th running of the event and we were….not there. While Brian and Chad were trying to organize a sailboat class for Bonneville, McTaggart...
Watch An Icelandic Maniac In A Formula Off Road Truck Travel More Than 1,000ft Over Water
(If there were a standing record for a wheeled vehicle skittering atop water, this Jeep would have it and it would be on the salt RIGHT NOW resetting the damned thing) There are certain things that...
Square Peg: This Bitchin Square Body Blazer Doesn’t Fit The Round Hole. NOW FOR SALE!
When the economy took a dump a few years ago, the truck market seemed to take one of the biggest his in the aftermarket, but that is a changin’! We dig trucks around here, whether laid out on...
Bonneville Speed Week 2014 Coverage: Friday Nugget Car Show
(Photos by Chad and Brian) – Well even though the Great Salt Lake is actually a Great Lake Lake currently there’s still plenty of awesome hot rods and race cars here at Bonneville Speed...
Copart Cadavers: A Look Into Big Rig Morgues All Over The Country – Incredible Destruction
We’re sure that you’ve heard of Copart before. The massive network of wrecking yards started by Willis Johnson from very humble beginnings and has grown into a behemoth. Copart was one of...
Here’s All Of Our Bonneville Speed Week 2013 Photos From The Track, The Pits, And More.
(Editor’s note: To whet your whistle for what’s hopefully coming this weekend and into next week, we’re going to show you all of our 2013 photo coverage from Speed Week. All the...
In 1935 Ab Jenkins Went 68mph On An Allis Chalmers Tractor And In 2014 There’s a Modified 8N Showing Up To Blow That Away
The man you see hunkered over the steering wheel of that (literally) speeding Allis-Chalmers tractor is the legendary Ab Jenkins. In 1935 Jenkins drove that tractor to a terminal speed of just under...