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Best of BangShift 2013: A 1972 Chevy Ramp Truck That Hauls A Chevelle and Hauls Tail Too!
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Okay, so if you haven’t noticed, we really dig trucks. We like bigger-than-normal trucks and the weird ones too, but sometimes it takes a simple classic...
Best of BangShift 2013: Patina, Classic American Iron, Potential Gassers and More At A New Zealand Junkyard
(Photos supplied by Kev Roberts) – Probably the single coolest thing we do at BangShift is take you places that you otherwise would never get to see. Whether it is to drag races, collections,...
The Most Awesome Drag Strip Memorial Ever -Photos And Inside Story Of This Great Send Off
(Text by Bret Kepner – Photos by Bret Kepner, Jason Phillips and Kevin Corzine) Chris Garcia was the very definition of the term, “hardcore drag racer”. The news of the 52 year-old’s...
Best of BangShift 2014: Two Guys Perform The Worst Trailer Loading Operation In History
(Editor’s Note: We’ll be slipping in some of our favorite, most popular, most hated, and fun items from 2013 as we speed to 2014. This one ran just after 2013 started and it became an...
BangShift Highlight Reel: Bad Brad Klaassen’s Year Of Drag Strip Action!
(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – Brad Klaassen shot a TON of drag strip photos in 2013. Brad was at places like Tulsa Raceway Park, Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma, and even...
Charles Wickam’s 2013 Photo Highlight Reel – A Diverse Year In Photos!
(Photos and words by Charles Wickam) – 2013 wasn’t kind to me in regard to shooting pictures. Work and/or weather hampered just about every weekend so I lacked ALOT at the beginning of...
Feature: This 1964 Chevelle Combines Pro Touring Form AND Function In One Bitchin’ Package
It was a (literally) breathless phone call from Dave Nutting a couple months back that got the ball rolling on this feature centered around Scott Carey’s fantastic 1964 Chevelle. As you well...
Vintage Drag Racing Footage From McCracken Dragstrip. Modified Production, Gassers, & More
To say this footage in awesome would be the understatement of the year. While it has no audio, this is real deal Modified Production, Gasser, and Altered Drag Racing like we dream about and wish we...
BangShift Contributor Benoit Pigeon Picks Out His Favorite Shots Of 2013
We asked some of our BangShift photo contributors to choose their favorite shots from coverage that they did on BangShift.com in 2013 so that we could let all of you in on what makes each of these...
Now That’s A Fire! Aussie “Best Of 2013” Fires, Blowups, Crashes, And Burnouts
The guys at Scotty’s Garage are our go to guys for great Aussie burnout videos, and they’ve just put out their Best of 2013 video. It’s full of fires, engine explosions, crashes,...
Death Of The Bad Seed: How I Almost Fired Myself for Street Racing the Bad Seed Chevette – Part 3
(Words and Photos by Steve Magnante) – It all started innocently enough with a Friday afternoon bench racing session in my office at Hot Rod magazine. It was summertime in L.A., July 6, 2001 to...
Insane Video: Top Fuel Harley Rider Falls Off The Bike At Speed, Then Tumbles 1300 More Feet
The dudes that ride Top Fuel Harleys have giant stainless steel balls. Seriously, their testicles are bullet proof and you can hear them clank when they walk. Some would argue that all the cells...
Watch Larry Dixon Suffer The Most Incredible Non-Crash In Drag Racing History!!!
(While Larry Dixon may have ditched out on racing in Australia this year, he’ll always be the driver in this video. This is easily the most incredible non-crash in top fuel history. Larry...
Freakshow Video: The Incredible Folding Chevrolet Plow Truck!
Dennis MacPherson and his crew at DMC Racing build some of the craziest, quickest, and fastest drag race cars on the planet. They work their asses of to deliver the cars on time and to do the best...