Tag Archive: spotlight
Breaking News: Al-Anabi Racing Funding Terminated For All USA Racing Teams – From Top Fuel On Down
(Charles Wickam Photo) Wow! Rumors of a potential cut in funding for Al-Anabi Racing teams have persisted for a short time but we’re not sure anyone saw this announcement coming. The word on...
Driveway Tech: How To Tune Your Carb Like A Pro With An Air/Fuel Ratio Gauge – We Show You How!
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – If you have ever tuned a car with EFI, one of your basic tools used is an AFR gauge. Did you know you could use the same AFR gauge to tune a car with a...
Miracle Video: Guy Wrecks Pro Street 1955 Chevy, Legs Hanging Out Of The Windshield And Walks Away!
During the recent “Colorado Street Outlaws” event at Pikes Peak International Speedway a driver crashed his immaculate pro street style 1955 Chevy violently. During the course of the...
Best Of 2014: New York’s Gearhead Slum, The Iron Triangle Is Being Dismantled
It is a place that goes by a few different names. There’s Willet’s Point, there’s “that weird neighborhood across from Citi Field”, and then there’s the one most...
BangShift 2014 Photo Highlight Reel: 2014 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: Tommy Lee Byrd’s Favorite Photos from Road Trips, Cruise Nights, Drag Racing and More!
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – I love a good excuse to recap my year, as it really puts my career into perspective and makes me thankful that I can make a living by doing what I love....
Best Of 2014: Watch A Dodge Viper Get Completely Destroyed By A Huge Junkyard Excavator!
We don’t know where this was shot or why the car was being destroyed rather than parted out, but this is wild video. The camera work ain’t the best and the action starts in earned at...
2014 BangShift Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon’s Favorite Photos From The Drags, Land Speed Races, Road Races, Tractor Pulls, And More!
(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY DAVID WHEALON) – While 2014 was my first year as a BS contributor it also had me entering my 6th decade of existence. Which I was not really looking forward to. Somehow...
Best of 2014: Watch AJ Fiorelli Pull A 1200′ Wheelstand At The Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships – Longest Ever At Legendary Competition
There have been many incredible things that have happened at the World Power Wheelstanding Championships at Byron Dragway over the years but none of them have anything on AJ Fiorelli’s...
Best of 2014: Watch The Most Incredible Rally Near-Death Experience Ever Caught On Tape – Group Of Sitting Duck Fans Survive By Inches
We’ve watched this at least 10 times now and each time everyone survives, each time we wonder how that’s possible, and each time we back the tape up and watch it again. The event, which...
Best of 2014: The Beast Of Turin- Watch The Trailer For What Looks To Be An Amazing Film About Saving One Of The Craziest Cars Ever Built
The Fiat S76 was once the fastest thing in the world. Bar none, end of story, it was the fastest manmade object ever created. It’s 1,726ci, four cylinder engine made nearly 300hp and propelled...
Best of 2014: Watch A Violent Double Dragster Wreck From NHRA Brainerd – Top Dragster Competitors Survive Horrible Incident
Racers Monte Green and Don Kritzky were involved in one of the scariest double top dragster crashes in recent memory yesterday during the NHRA race in Brainerd, Minnesota. As the cars were flying...
Best of 2014: Watch A 270hp Golf Kart Based Electric Dragster Power Wheelie Itself Completely Over Backwards At The Hit Of The Throttle
When we say the words, “golf kart based electric dragster” don’t go making some assumption that what we’re about to show you sucks…because it doesn’t. The vehicle...
The Most Awesome Road Racing Video We Have Ever Seen Involves Tiny Stock Hatchbacks Being Driven With Absolute And Total Abandon
That lead photo is no special effect. In fact, that’s the window being blown out of a tiny racing hatchback as it was being sideswiped, AFTER it was up on two wheels and on the grass next to...
