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NHRA's Angelle Sampey Retires From Drag Racing as the Most Winning Female Racer EverBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/12/10
NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer Angelle Sampey, the winningest female professional racer in the history of motorsports, has retired. She left the sport after a failed attempt to team up with Shirley Muldowney and start a new Top Fuel operation. In recent weeks, Muldowney has been on a media tear, first ripping the National Guard for, according to Muldowney anyway, courting the pair and making promises of funding that were later yanked away, and blasting the NHRA in an ESPN interview, saying that the sanctioning body has essentially destroyed drag racing. This seems like a decent time to exit stage left. Read More >
New Product: Zex 2010 Camaro Nitrous KitBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/12/10
Out of the box, the LS3 powered 2010 Camaro is a pretty tough customer. That being said, any gearhead worth his weight in gear oil can only be happy for so long with factory performance. ZEX has released a nitrous kit tailor made for the Camaro that greatly lowers the risk of you going all blow torch on your pistons. Read More >
Roadside Find: A 1948 Hudson Double Front-EnderBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/12/10
Our buddy Paul was really on his stuff the other day. He tipped us off on the V8 Miata web site that we ran earlier in the day and he also sent this photo of what appears to be a 1948 Hudson double front-ender. The car is located on the border of Bellingham and Franklin, Massachusetts. It has stood guard out in front of a salvage yard for decades. Read More >
Photo Gallery: A Tour of Ross Meyer's 3 Dog GarageBy Brian Lohnes, Photos by Joe Grippo Posted 03/12/10
Our roving photographic rogue agent Joe Grippo is back with another bitchin' photo gallery. Joe recently went on a tour of Ross Meyer's incredible 3 Dog Garage, home to one of the most astounding collection of Fords in the world. It includes hot rods, race cars, and the 2007 Ridler Award winning "First Love" 1936 Ford. Read More >
LS Powered Miatas: We Want By Brian Lohnes Posted 03/12/10
For a long time, the small world of V8 Miata engine swaps was dominated by use of the small-block Ford powerplant. More than one company was bolting little 302s into the front of the small Mazda sporty cars and creating light road rockets. The cars weigh in at a measly 2300 pounds stock, so even the mildest V8 makes for big fun. It's now time for the LS series of motors to lower the boom on the Fords. We really need to drive one of these. Read More >
Carnage Video: Watch the Rear Axle Get Ripped Clean Out of a Pulling Truck!By Brian Lohnes Posted 03/12/10
Carnage is something that happens with regularity in all motorsports. Truck and tractor pulling is no exception. With motors and drivetrain parts being worked to within an inch of their lives under massive strain, occasionally stuff goes kablooey. It isn't normally this spectacular, though. Read More >
Barnstormin': The Problem with Town Forest Committees By Brian Lohnes Posted 03/11/10
I recently had occasion to attend a board of selectmen's meeting at a local town hall. I was not a resident of the town I was in, but had to attend the meeting for a business matter. While waiting my turn at the meeting a matter came up about the "town forest" and how the board had recently enacted a "juicy" $250.00 fine for anyone found to be on an ATV within its 115 acres. The whole thing made me queasy. Read More >
Party-Time: The First Ever YellowBullet.com Nationals Will be Held at Cecil County on Labor Day WeekendBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/11/10
YellowBullet.com, the 900-pound gorilla of drag racing message boards, and pal of BangShift.com, has announced that it will be running a drag race on Labor Day Weekend at Maryland's Cecil County Dragway. The event will feature a bunch of classes focusing on small tire street car style drag racing. The event is being held the same weekend as the US Nationals and we're going to predict that this mother with make the NHRA race look like a church sponsored ice cream social. Read More >
Neat Video: Buddies Horsing Around With Their Jag-Powered Slingshot, Dry Hops IncludedBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/11/10
This video struck us as very cool in a subtle way. It's basically a few guys tuning on a vintage slingshot dragster powered by a DOHC Jag engine. The thing sounds cool as hell, and the fact that they are pulling dry hops in an alley behind their shop of house is even cooler. We dug it because it's just a couple guys wrenching on a dragster, having fun. Read More >
Neat Old Race-Rod: The 1950 Diedt Rochester SpecialBy Brian Lohnes Posted 03/11/10
The late 1940s and early 1950s were some of the pinnacle times for hot rodding. The "rule book" had not really been established, there were lots of talented tradesmen fresh off duty from WWII, and so long as someone had either the talent or the bucks, they could have their wildest dreams come to life. Such was the case of this cool one off, the 1950 Diedt Rochester Special. Read More >
