Photo Link: Optima Batteries Coverage of the 2011 Holley LS Fest
Posted in Event Coverage September 12, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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It was another great weekend in Bowling Green, Kentucky as the second annual Holley LS Fest went down at historic Beech Bend Raceway just a couple days ago. Our own Chad Reynolds was in town to serve as the voice of the event and many of BangShift’s sponsors were displaying and participating. Optima Batteries was [...]
Event Gallery: The 2011 Paw Paw Pull in the Park – Paw Paw, Illnois
Posted in Event Coverage September 8, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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We normally get photo dispatches from Greg Rourke that feature cool shows, drag strip action, and muscle car hooliganism. This time we’re heading to the smoking section with pulling tractors and trucks from last weekend’s Paw Paw Pull in the Park event, held in Paw Paw, Illinois. This long running Labor Day weekend contest draws [...]
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BangShift Sponsors tear it up at the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge
Posted in Event Coverage September 7, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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BangShift Sponsors Detroit Speed, Ridetech and Spectre Performance were all on hand at this past weekend’s Midwest Muscle Car Challenge where, as usual, they tore it up in grand fashion. The event is a two day affair that includes Road Racing at Putnam Park in Indiana, and an Autocross and Speedstop event 100 miles away [...]
Huge Museum Gallery: The Northeast Classic Car Museum Summer Exhibit – August 2011
Posted in Event Coverage August 25, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Jeremy George recently went to check out the Northeast Classic Car Museum’s summer exhibit which focuses on cars and bikes names after animals, either directly (think Studebaker Hawk) or indirectly (think GTO as “Goat”). The museum is full of all kinds of awesome junk like airplane engines, too! Jeremy went hog wild with his camera [...]
Event Gallery: The 2011 Rough and Tumble Thresherman’s Reunion – Kinzer, PA
Posted in Event Coverage August 22, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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While Chad was making his way home from the Bonneville Salt Flats, home to the world’s fastest and most powerful cars, I was heading due south with my family to Kinzer, PA home of one of the great vintage tractor and equipment shows in America. The 2011 Rough and Tumble Thresherman’s Reunion went down last [...]
Quick Gallery: Pit Shots From the SOVREN Northwest Historics
Posted in Event Coverage August 18, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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A while back we brought you a series of galleries from the SOVREN Northwest Historic road races at Pacific Raceways in Washington state. The event had a ton of different categories that ranged from hairy big block Corvettes to the lightweight open wheel Lotus race cars of the 1960s and 1970s. With all that action [...]
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Event Coverage: 2011 Heidt’s Performance Car Challenge includes some seriously heavy hitters.
Posted in Event Coverage July 18, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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This weekend’s Heidts Performance Car Challenge marked the beginning of a new era in Pro Touring style events and we’ve got photos to prove it. With super stars like Mary Pozzi, Mark Stielow, and James Shipka on hand everyone knew the competition would be fierce, but before it was over jaws would drop. While our [...]
Gallery: The Hotchkis Autocross at the NMCA/NMRA West Coast Nationals
Posted in Event Coverage July 15, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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We’ve been autocross heavy this week, and for good reason, they’re happening all over the place! From the Goodguys event in Columbus, Ohio, to the this event, held at the NMCA/NMRA West Coast Nationals, hot rodders are turning and burning nationwide. You’ll see some familiar faces in this gallery as a few of the cars [...]
Spectre Performance’s Brandy Morrow Wins Vendor Class Autocross at Goodguys in Columbus!
Posted in Event Coverage July 13, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Our congratulations to Spectre Performance, and Marketing Representative Brandy Morrow, for her win at this weekends Goodguys PPG Nationals Autocross event. Columbus is the Goodguys biggest event of the year and all the major players were on hand, with multiple cars, in the Vendor category. As always, BangShift Chad was on hand calling all the [...]
Bitchin’ Gallery: Small and Medium Bore Sports Cars at the 2011 SOVREN Historics
Posted in Event Coverage July 13, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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As we continue our photographic review of the 2011 SOVREN Historic road races, Nathan McGrew has delivered another awesome gallery. This one focuses on small and medium bore sports cars. In these photos you’ll see some beautiful cars like historic offerings from Lotus, Alfa Romeo, BMW, Datsun, and a host of others. Nathan was hustling [...]
Gallery: More Bitchin’ Historic Road Racing Photos! Trans-Am, A-Sedan, and Big Bore Sports Cars!
Posted in Event Coverage July 12, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Nathan McGrew delivered us another awesome batch of photos from the SOVREN Historics at Pacific Raceways in Kent, Washington. This time it is the awesome big bore sports car group featuring stuff from Trans Am, and other killer classes where screaming small block V8 motors ruled the school. Not to be forgotten or downplayed are [...]
Killer Gallery: Track Action Photos from the SOVREN Historics at Pacific Raceway in Kent, Washington – Large Bore Formula Cars and Sportsracers
Posted in Event Coverage July 11, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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The 2011 SOVREN Historic road races, held at Pacific Raceway in Kent Washington were a smashing success. Drawing incredible old cars from across the country, it was a collection of the best vintage road racing iron this country has to offer. We were super excited when Nathan McGrew, a talented lensman from Washington state dropped [...]
Cool Gallery: Pace Cars at the AACA Museum – Hershey, PA
Posted in Event Coverage June 23, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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The pace car, or as they call them in Europe, the “safety car” is a pretty important part of the road racing and circle track racing equation. There is a huge glory factor involved as well. Manufacturers love to get their stuff out in front of the pack and right into the laps of millions [...]
Event Coverage UPDATE: Carbon Customs presents the 2011 Run to Music City
Posted in Event Coverage June 1, 2011 by Chad Reynolds
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Here at BangShift, we are all about driving your hot rods. If that means a trip to the local cruise night once a week, great. A roadtrip? Even better. But if you actually go out and put all your performance parts to the test, that is the ultimate. I’m the guy that you’ll hear announcing [...]
Gallery: The 2011 Spring Carlisle Swap Meet
Posted in Event Coverage May 2, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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Joe Grippo was at the 2011 Spring Carlisle Sawp Meet this past weekend and he filed a great pile of photos from the event. While the internet has really put a damper on the whole “swap meet” scene, there are still some big ones that come together nicely. This gallery shows the highlights from the [...]
Killer Shop Tour: CJ Pony Parts
Posted in Event Coverage April 6, 2011 by Brian Lohnes
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CJ Pony Parts is one of the largest Mustang specific parts and equipment sellers in the world. The Pennsylvania based company sells virtually every nut and bolt for ‘Stangs ranging from 1964 to present. The scope of their business is pretty wild. Aside from the parts side they also have a restoration and performance division [...]
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