Tag Archive: spotlight
NITRO GALLERY: PRO Winter Warm Up 2013 -Early Thursday Action Photos!
We’re here at PBIR for the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up and the teams are making runs hot and heavy. All of the NHRA’s big nitro hitters are making runs and working on their combos for the...
Gallery: 50 Photos of Slingshot Dragsters
The first age of the front engine dragster was a long one. Until Big Daddy Don Garlits got the whole rear engine situation sorted out, the front engine “slingshot” dragster was the hot...
100% BS Approved: 2012 Video Highlight Reel From The Wild Postman Pat Kiddie Ride Drag Car! Insane!
Back in September we introduced you to the awesome British creation that melded a custom chassis, hot little motor, and the body from a stationary kiddie ride into a drag racing machine. Tom Armitage...
Project Buford T Justice: We Go On Hot Pursuit Of Horsepower-Our 9C1 Caprice’s 350 Gets A Slap!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re going for a long ride. If you remember a couple of months back, we had a grand plan of hitting the drag strip, and then the...
BangShift Exlusive: George Poteet’s, Rad Rides Built, Talladega Inspired ’69 Torino Assembly Pics
(Photos by Rob McGaffin) The famed 1969 Torino, owned by George Poteet, that is being built at Rad Rides By Troy, has been the talk of the hot rodding world for the past couple years. And thanks to...
Craigslist Find: David Freiburger’s Hot Rod Magazine Cheap Thrills Dodge Dart – A Low Buck Pioneer!
Thanks to a tip from BangShift forum member Rush, I found the infamous 1968 Dodge Dart Hot Rod Magazine project car known as Cheap Thrills for sale in Arizona on Craigslist. Built in the early...
Bitchin’ Video:Jim Pace Eats Up Full Race Vipers and Porsches On The VIR Road Course In A Stock Car
Jim Pace is a guy whose talents we have showcased on BangShift before. Pace is a super talented road racer and we’ve showed him driving vintage Can-Am cars, historic road racing iron, and other...
Video: Watch Don Garlits Make Passes In A Very Quick Electric Dragster – Don Gives Us The Scoop!
When we saw YouTube videos of Don Garlits making hits in an electric rear “motor” dragster we had to follow up with Big Daddy and get the inside dirt on just how well this brand new...
Good News: Firebird International Raceway Looks To Have A Future – NHRA Planning on 2014 Event
A recent memo from the operator of Firebird International Raceway in Chandler, Arizona is being refuted by news reports and statements from Tom Compton. The facility published a memo quoting Charlie...
BS Photo Highlight Reel: Scott Liggett’s Favorite Photos of 2012 – Road trips, Wrenching, and the Drags!
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – When Brian texted me just before Christmas to send in some of my favorite pics that I took over the last year, I was a bit worried because I didn’t...
Gallery: The Cordova Dragway Park 2013 Hangover Nationals – Drag Strip Action At 14-Degrees! BRRR!
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Cordova Dragway Park in Cordova, Illinois again hosted the Hangover Nationals. Held on New Years Day for the past 14 years, they plow snow off the track,...
ALL BURNOUTS! Nostalgia Video From The California Hot Rod Reunion. Les Mayhew Has Outdone Himself
If you are like me and don’t give a damn about all the football games going on today, then here is something that will make your day go much, much better. Les Mayhew has put together another...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!! From All Of Us At BANGSHIFT.COM!
Happy New Year!!! It’s been a wild and crazy but super bitchin ride in 2012 for us here at BangShift.com and we hope that you have enjoyed it as much as we have. We also hope that 2012 has been...
BS Photo Highlight Reel: Greg Rourke’s Favorite Photos From 2012 – Autocross, Drags, and More!
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Not long ago I would try to get access to the wall at drag strips to take photos. The answer was always “no”. Then I started sending a few...