Tag Archive: spotlight
Pro Touring Tech: High Performance Tires 101 With the Experts at BFG
(Words by Dave Nutting) – Hello and welcome to the second installment in our on-going Pro-touring tech series, a little something that we like to call “Pro-touring 101”. Think less...
Maryland’s Capitol Raceway Closed Over Apparent Land/Lease Dispute
The drag strip operated by NHRA Pro Stock team owner Jim Cunningham, Capitol Raceway is currently closed. The reasons for this closure appear to stem from a dispute over the lease on the track. The...
Watch a Big Rig and a Huge Tow Truck Fall 200 Feet Over an Icy Cliff
This video has been on the web for a day or two, so we’re late to the party, but it is amazing to watch. Apparently filmed in Norway, the video shows a big rig being towed up a mountain road....
Caption This Photo: What’s Everyone Lookin’ For?
(Photo by Charles Wickam) – It takes a veritable village to run a high power drag car like one of the entries in the ADRL’s Pro Extreme or Pro Nitrous class. Those 2,000+hp beasts...
Watch Bob Riggle Take the Hemi Under Glass Wheelstander Up the Hill at Goodwood Circa 2007
When I ran the video of Ron Hope’s crash in the Rat Trap AA/FA at a road course type event in New Zealand the other day, I knew that the video was going to get picked up and run everywhere. I...
Gallery: Hotckis Suspension and Hotckis H-Team Track Day
(Photos by Khan Media) – One of the coolest aspects of working for a company that designs and builds high performance suspension systems is the fact that those components need to be tested and...
Junkyard Stagger: We Hit Another Yard and Find More Cool Old Junk, Plus Parts for Buford t Justice
We once again went junkyard hunting for Caprice parts and while at the yard, some cool stuff jumped up and caught our eye. While there are not any true gems like we found during our last scavenging...
ADRL Houston 2012 – Eliminations Galleries and Race Results HERE!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was a wild weekend in Baytown, Texas last weekend at the ADRL’s CarSafe Dragpalooza VIII run on the strip at Royal Purple Raceway. Charles Wickam was there...
Drag Gallery: Opening Day at New England Dragway 2012
Hot rodders from around New England converged on the small town of Epping, NH yesterday as New England Dragway threw the gates open for the first time in 2012 to kick off the racing season and we...
BangShift’s ADRL Houston 2012 Coverage: Tons of Killer Photos and Results!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The ADRL season kicked off in fine fashion yesterday at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Our man Charles Wickam was on the wall for the whole day shooting...
Win the Lottery and Buy the Friggin’ A-Team Van!
We remember Mike Meyers for his funny TV characters, being the voice of Shrek, starring in such cinematic hits as, So I Married an Ax Murderer, and generally being as funny as a Canadian can be....
Watch the Rat Trap Fuel Altered Fly Off a Road and Nearly Crash Into a Lake!
This video is pretty damned wild. Apparently Ron Hope and the rest of the Rat Trap crew were in New Zealand to participate in an event called the Leadfoot Festival. From what we can discern this is a...
Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins, One of Drag Racing’s Greatest Drivers and Innovators Passes at 81
The man who was on the vanguard of stock/super stock, and Pro Stock drag racing from the inception of the class to the modern race cars of today has passed away. Bill “Grumpy” Jenkins...
