Tag Archive: spotlight
This Actually Happened – Watch A Guy Ride On Top Of A Dragster For A Quarter Mile Pass!
Yes, you are about to watch a guy ride on top of a dragster for a full quarter mile pass with his ass perched the base of the scoop and his hands wrapped around the top of the dragster chassis in a...
THE Original Goodguy Is Gone: Gary Meadors, Goodguys Founder, Has Passed.
It is with a heavy heart that I write this. Gary Meadors, the Founder and Chairman of Goodguys Rod and Custom Association died suddenly today. When I got the news this afternoon I found myself...
Best Of BangShift 2015: What To Do With A 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara During The Winter From Hell
(Photos and snow to the face by Dave Nutting) – I’m by no means an overly intelligent guy but when the chance to nab the keys to a 2015 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Sahara presented...
Plant Tour: A Visit To FK Rod Ends And Fragola Performance Systems – Making Components In The USA The Right Way
Sometimes even the best laid plans take a while to play out and because of Ma Nature’s open assault on the New England area this winter, it took way too long for me to make the couple hour...
Best Of BangShift: Harvest Brigade – How Government, Industry, And Farmers Fed The Country During WWII
The story of the Massey-Harris Harvest Brigade is an interesting one because it combines elements of opportunistic business practices, an honest measure of good will and forward thinking, the...
Best Of BangShift 2015: Mark Rebilas Captured The Greatest Crash Sequence In Drag Racing History – Dixon Disaster Frame By Frame
(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – It is a span of minutes that I will not forget for the rest of my earthly days. Watching Larry Dixon’s top fuel dragster fold up and embark on a sickening...
This Racepak Christmas Video Combines Santa, Nitro, and Red Lights For Gearhead Comedy Perfection!
Tim Anderson and the crew at Racepak have outdone themselves with this video because it had us literally rolling when we first watched it…and the second and third times as well. This...
2015 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: Benoit Pigeon’s Favorite Shots From The Year That Was
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It is hard to believe that we’re already at that point in the calendar to start running our contributor 2015 photo highlight reels but the simple fact is that...
Mystery: Help Us Find The History Of This Incredible Homebuilt Sports Car/Hot Rod At Gates Salvage (Video)
When BestRide.com’s Craig Fitzgerald and I were romping through Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont looking for cool stuff we found lots but nothing prepared us for what you see above and in the...
Is This Operating W-32 Engine The Greatest Miniature Of All Time? Construction And “Run” Video –
47cc displacement, 2,500 work hours, 850 pieces, and 650 screws. That is what Motores Patelo put int constructing this amazing W-32 engine that we think could be the greatest miniature ever built....
Don Schumacher Racing Didn’t Buy Them All! The New TBS500 Top Fuel Billet Intake Is Awesome!
Looking at a Top Fuel Dragster or Funny Car, one might think that ANY intake manifold would work with that much blower on top. And to some extent that’s correct. Stuff air and fuel through it...
This Barn Find 1965 Gasser Corvette Is Awesome, Regardless Of What Other Magazines Say!
When one of our readers sent us a story on this eBay find 1965 Corvette Gasser style street machine, where the author bashed this bitchin ride because of it’s gasser vibe and killer paint, we...
Check Out The Dusold Designs Guys Flaming A Chevy Pickup! Tons Of Work But Bitchin!
On Facebook the other day Mike Dusold said he was going to be painting flames on a customer’s Chevy pickup and that he was going to do things up a little different. When he started posting...
This Is Our Final Gallery Of Photos From The Mooneyes X-Mas Party And Drags!
That’s all folks! Until next year, when we do it all over again. Although we’re wondering where the new home of the Mooneyes X-Mas Party and Drags will be for 2016 since Irwindale will...