Tag Archive: spotlight
Thornhill Dragway Park: Action Photos From This Historic Strip That NEEDS YOUR HELP!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Thornhill Dragway Park is a 1⁄4 mile strip near the Licking River in Kenton county, North-central Kentucky. The track history is difficult to chase down,...
Watch Dave Nelson’s Awesome Fire Burnout As Performed At Santa Pod Last Weekend
We get lots of videos from people who ask us to check them out and they usually don’t quite live up to expectations…but this one blew them right out of the water. The dude between the...
Land Speed Racing Action: The ECTA Ohio Mile – July 2014
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – No, I don’t have results, classes, or accurate speeds to report. I was there….my first one of these land speed events. (Editor’s note: more...
The Great Race 2014 Road Trip Adventure: Two Dudes Chase 100 Vintage Cars from Maine to Florida in a Brand New Rental Suburban
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – When I’m not hammering out articles for BangShift, or wrenching on an old car, I’m at my day job, which is a pretty good gig. I handle the...
Wild Video: A Formula Ford Racer Gets Run Over By Another Formula Ford Racer….WHILE RACING
Back during my days as an SCCA racing announcer, I always enjoyed watching Formula Ford because it was one of those glasses that was chock full of interesting cars and talented drivers. There are...
Climb To The Clouds 2014 – Action Photos Show How Hairy This Sprint Up Mount Washington Really Is
(Words and Photos by Joe Staska) – David Higgins with co-driver Craig Drew broke the Mount Washington Climb To The Clouds record set in 2011 by roughly two seconds with an official time of...
Watch BMW Turn An Aircraft Carrier Into The Ultimate Racetrack… Or Did They?
We’ve seen a lot of cars race fighter jets on aircraft carriers, including Top Fuel Dragsters, but this video from BMW is using A LOT more of the aircraft carrier than we’ve ever seen...
Project Violent Valiant Update: Killer C&R Racing Radiator, Motor Plate Creation, And The VFN Hood Gets Fitted
While Chad and I have been traversing the country like maniacs, Kevin Tully and the boys at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle have been pounding out the work on a multitude of projects that their customers...
Check Out This Video Of Don Garlits Talking About Swamp Rat 37, And His Pursuit For 200 MPH!
Check out this video that Amy and Dave Dayton, of ARS-TV.com, put together interviewing Don Garlits about his Swamp Rat 37 all electric dragster. Garlits and his crew are attempting to run over 200...
Project Cheap 10: How To Build A Gear Jamming, Budget Minded, Classic C10 In A Month With Our Pals At American Powertrain
(Words and photos by American Powertrain/Matt Graves) – Let me start off by saying all this is Greg “Snaps” Schneider’s fault. Greg works for Ridetech as owner Bret Voelkel’s...
Road Test: The 2014 Ford F-150 Tremor – The Sport Truck That Almost Is
I’m not sure if this is a brag or not but I’d venture to say that I logged more miles and drove an F-150 Tremor faster than any other automotive writer has to this point. See, my wife and...
Big Finish! Watch The Amazing Briggs And Stratton Inline Four Come To Life – Last Set Of Videos
I almost feel bad doing this, you know? I mean Chad was the one bringing you all of these cool videos featuring a family build that saw four separate Briggs and Stratton one lunger engines mated...
Watch Two Stock Car Racers In A Blind Rage Turn Bowman Gray Stadium Into A Two Man Demo Derby Ring During A Race!
We often find ourselves saying stuff like, “this is the craziest thing you will see today” or “you really won’t believe this,” and the majority of the time we’re...
