The 2010 version of the Old Pomona Hot Rod and Custom Car Show, put on by the Shifters car club went off last weekend without a hitch. The crowd of cars was cool and the kustoms were out in full force. Like every show we’ve been to, there’s always a car that sneaks up on [...]
Our man Joe Grippo was on the scene for the “Geezers Reunion” which went down July 2-3, 2010 at Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, PA. The race is one of the biggest and most ambitious self produced nostalgia drag races held around the country. The size and scope of the thing rivals the NHRA Heritage [...]
Southern California residents are pretty lucky because they have tons on cruise nights and hot rod events to attend all year long. One of the must attend shows is the first Wednesday Twilight Cruise at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum, and hot rodders wait in line for hours just to grab a good spot [...]
The Walcott Truckers Jamboree has been held every year since 1979. It is found on the grounds of the world’s largest truck stop located on interstate 80 in the bustling metropolis of Walcott, Iowa. The event is a true bonanza of fun with tons of events, fireworks, rides for kids, and of course, a truck [...]
A few years back we attended the Car Craft Summernationals at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. That was an epic event but everyone kept telling us about the “Back to the ’50s” show. After seeing Brian Medford’s coverage for AutoTraderClassics.com, we now why. This show drew nearly 12,000 cars! The show is put on by the [...]
Our Pennsylvania-based photo contributor Joe Grippo may actually live at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, PA. He’s been our man on the scene for all the big shows this year and he’s back with another awesome collection of photos from the Chryslers at Carlisle event which recently went down. There were more than 2700 entries [...]
One of the coolest and most action packed weekends of nostalgia drag racing happens each July in Pennsylvania. The York US30 Dragstrip Reunion and the Muscle Car Madness Car Show make up a one two punch of coolness that rivals any other nostalgia event in the country. Luckily for us Joe Grippo was on the [...]
After spending about 15 hours at New England Dragway announcing a major event on Saturday, we were greeted at o’dark-thirty on Sunday by the sight of our two sons (3.5 yrs and 1.5 yrs) excitedly asking us if we were headed to the track for the All-Truck Nationals. As neither of them can read, we [...]
It’s not often that Christmas comes in July, but in 2010 that is exactly what happened. The reason is because the Mooneyes Christmas Show 2009 got rained out like a mother. So, Mooneyes decided to move the Christmas Show to July, when they normally have their big open house. The cool part is it was [...]
BangShift.com reader Jeremy Holt recently attended the 2010 Syracuse Nationals car show. This massive event is held on the 365 acre Syracuse Nationals and this year reportedly more than 7,000 cars showed up to participate in the fun. Jeremy was thinking on the day he hit the show and had his kiddos and camera in [...]
When our favorite Swedish BangShifter, Jobergg, told us that he had photos and video from the Power Hot Rod Reunion in Sweden, we just couldn’t pass them up. When you look at the Swedes and what kind of cars they build, it just blows away all but the most hardcore Americans. Seriously, as far as [...]
The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular is billed as the world’s oldest and most established Custom Car event. It was started thirty years ago and continues to thrive today as evidenced by the great photos taken by BangShifter Charles Edwards. He shared more than 100 of his snaps from the show and there is some neat junk [...]
The Funny Car Reunion and Old Time Drags are events that simply have to be taken in. Held each summer at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, it draws all of the strongest nostalgia Funny Cars from the central and eastern US. Outside of the floppers there is a huge car show and lots of [...]
The Good Guys Columbus car show is the largest of the year, and we just keep getting in more photos from the event. Our boy Doug, “LS7GTO” on the BangShift.com Forums, sent us some more photos yesterday, so we’ve got another gallery to check out. He got photos of bitchin street machines and muscle cars, [...]
The monthly Twilight Cruise at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is a must see show in Southern California, and we know it. We also know that a ton of you guys hate us for having a dozen other killer “must see” shows each month. Hell, we’re in car guy heaven. This months Twilight Cruise [...]
Despite having one of the oddest names for a car show in America, the Das Awkscht Fescht is a massive event in Pennsylvania. For nearly 50 years the show has been filling the 42-acre Macungie Memorial Park in Macungie, Pennsylvania, with all manner of cool iron. This year’s “featured” car was the Thunderbird. Hey, nobody’s [...]