Tag Archive: spotlight
Stock And Super Stock Action From Maple Grove Raceway – Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Meet
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The NHRA’s Division One has long been the most densely packed of all the seven divisions that are spread across the country. Because of the tight geography, there...
The 2014 Spring Throwdown In T-Town – Drag Action At The Biggest Event In The History Of Tulsa Raceway Park
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen with additional photos from Tish Dingman and Bland Bridenstine) – When spring time in Oklahoma rolls around it means it’s time for another Throwdown in...
Wheels Up, Gear Banging Drag Action From Central Illinois Dragway – Awesome Cars At An Awesome Track
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – A friend of mine at home recently asked me what the attraction to visiting new drag strips was because at the end of the day, they were all just a pair of lanes headed...
Vision Quest: This Period Perfect 1971 Demon Was Built By A Kid Born 20 Years Late
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We all do the hot rodding thing for different reasons. We have different tastes, different motivations, and different opinions on how to best capture the right look...
Awesome Under Hood Video Of A COPO Camaro Making A Drag Strip – Watch What Happens To The Belt Tensioner
Ok, this video is pretty nuts and not because something explodes, catches on fire, or crashes, but because get a great look at what exactly happens to a serpentine belt during a drag strip pass with...
Breaking News: Follow A Dream Racing Team Debuts First 5th Generation Camaro Funny Car Body
It is funny how the cosmos works. At exactly 5:30pm Eastern Standard Time on this date 17 years ago, Jay Blake was involved in an industrial accident that took his sight, his sense of smell, his...
This Wheelstanding ’65 Chevelle Street Car Runs Mid-9’s On The Motor…And It’s A Wagon!
When I saw Mike Moore’s clean 1965 Chevelle Station Wagon at Fontana during the PSCA race, I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. First off it’s a wagon, and I’m a sucker for long...
Some Douchebag Stole A Landspeed Racing Motorcycle From El Mirage. Help Us Find It!
I got an email last night from Jill Iversen, who works as a starter for the SCTA at El Mirage and also races her own 1941 Indian motorcycle, telling me that their other race bike was stolen from El...
The Complete Collection Of Insanity From The 2014 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals
I am writing this while sitting in the Atlanta airport on my way home from the 2014 Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals. The race has not been completed as of yet because of a truly...
Watch Dan Stevenson’s Pro Mod Crash From The Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals!
We’ve got to give major props to the NHRA’s social media department as they have been cranking out some cool highlight videos of the insane weekend we have been having here in Atlanta. We...
Great Save! Watch This Aussie Drag Racer Do Everything In His Power To Keep His Falcon Off The Wall
So as I sit here in the tower at Atlanta Dragway watching the rain fall on the drag strip that we should be racing the Summit Racing Equipment NHRA Southern Nationals, I’m trolling YouTube and...
Event Gallery: The SCTA’s May El Mirage Meet – Big Speeds On The Famous Dry Lake
This weekend, the first SCTA land speed meet of the 2014 season is underway on the El Mirage dry lake in California. While we don’t have results quite yet, we do have some fantastic photos...
REPLAY: BangShift’s LIVE Streaming Coverage From The Throwdown In T-Town
WE’RE LIVE WITH SATURDAY ACTION NOW!!! TUNE IN! If you like Outlaw 10.5, 235 Drag Radial, and 275 Drag Radial racing you are going to love this event as well because we have plenty of action...
BangShift Exclusive: Support Your Local Sign Painter – The Greatest Documentation Of Hand Lettering And Striping A Funny Car Ever!
(Words and video by Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian) – A little over a month ago, I received a text message stating that several mutual friendswere going to collaborate on a paint scheme for a 1972 Vega...