Event Coverage: The 2010 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals

Event Coverage: The 2010 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 16, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The 2010 Carlisle All-Ford Nationals took place on June 4-6 at the 102-acre fairgrounds in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. The show packed thousands of cars, massive numbers of vendors, burnout fun, test drives of new Ford models, and was generally heaven for guys and girls that bleed Ford blue. BangShift photo contributor Joe Grippo is one of [...]

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Event Coverage: 1,000 Photos from Friday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Event Coverage: 1,000 Photos from Friday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 18, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Friday at the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion was hot as hell and the action on the track was equally as intense. The car show area was packed wall to wall with early arrivals to the action as well. We shot nearly 1,000 photos on Friday with the help of BangShift photo contributor Charles [...]

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Gallery: Hemi Car Wheelie Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Gallery: Hemi Car Wheelie Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Posted in DRAG RACES June 20, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Charlie Westcott Jr vanquished the field at the Mopar Hemi Challenge, contested at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion. His infamous “War Fish” 1968 Plymouth Barracuda managed to out run David Barton in an exciting final round on Saturday. While Westcott Jr. may have won the event, the rest of the competitors put [...]

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Gallery: Header Flames at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest

Gallery: Header Flames at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 20, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The highlight of every NHRA Hot Rod Reunion is the Saturday night Cacklefest. A living history tour of significant and cool drag race iron, the Cacklefest brings old nitro, gas, and alcohol burners to life in front of the crowd. Like every automotive escapade, there’s some unofficial competition to see who can throw the biggest [...]

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Gallery: Saturday Car Show and Pit Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Gallery: Saturday Car Show and Pit Action from the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 20, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Saturday is the biggest day for both racers and car show participants at the Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky. With car show awards being handed out and final qualifying for the racing set, everyone is cleaning, thrashing, or otherwise obsessed with their stuff for the day. Charles Wickam was our [...]

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Gallery: Wild Drag Strip Photos from Saturday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Gallery: Wild Drag Strip Photos from Saturday at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion

Posted in DRAG RACES June 20, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

On Saturday morning there were hundreds of hopeful drag racers in the pits awaiting their shot a glory when eliminations rolled around at the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion in Bowling Green, Kentucky. By the end of the evening the classes had been halved and the cream was starting to rise to the [...]

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300 Photos from the 2010 LA Roadsters fathers Day Show

300 Photos from the 2010 LA Roadsters fathers Day Show

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 21, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

It was a big weekend for retro events! In the East there was the National Hot Rod Reunion, and our West was the 46th Annual L.A. Roadsters Fathers Day show at Fairplex in Pomona, California. The L.A. Roadsters club has been around since 1957 and is only for 1936 and older cars, but the show [...]

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Wrap Up: BangShift.com's 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage

Wrap Up: BangShift.com’s 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Coverage

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 22, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

The dust has settled, our clothes don’t smell like nitro anymore, and we’re getting ready to repair a blown out flip flop. It’s going to be tough to beat this year’s wall-to-wall coverage. We posted thousands of photos and one mother of a Cacklefest video. Below you’ll find links to all of our galleries and [...]

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Event Coverage: The 2010 Pennsylvania Mini-Bike Reunion

Event Coverage: The 2010 Pennsylvania Mini-Bike Reunion

Posted in Event Coverage June 25, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Nope, we’re not making this up, there’s a real mini-bike reunion and it’s huge enough to allow Joe Grippo, our intrepid photo contributor, to shoot nearly 300 photos of it! Staged on a beautiful piece of property in Pennsylvania, it is a gathering of lots of interesting stuff. Traditional mini-bikes, Rokon trail bikes, Rupp mini-ATVs, [...]

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A Louisiana Shop Tour and Yard Crawl All at Once

A Louisiana Shop Tour and Yard Crawl All at Once

Posted in Event Coverage June 28, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

When BangShift.com photo contributor Charles Wickam left Bowling Green, Kentucky, after the 2010 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, he didn’t head straight back to him home in the Houston area. Instead he went an visited the shop and private bone-yard of his pal Dave in Louisiana. Dave builds all kinds of neat junk in [...]

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Cruise Coverage: Kemah, Texas June 2010

Cruise Coverage: Kemah, Texas June 2010

Posted in CAR SHOWS June 29, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Charles Wickam is at it again! He sent us 100 photos from the Kemah, texas, cruise night that he has been frequenting this year and once again we’re blown away. There’s a range of everything here, including a wild Boss 429 powered rod! What we dig is the pure variety of this deal, everything from [...]

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Event Coverage: 19th Good Guys Heartland Nationals Des Moines

Event Coverage: 19th Good Guys Heartland Nationals Des Moines

Posted in CAR SHOWS July 3, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

With over 3000 cars showing up for Friday of the Good Guys 19th Heartland Nationals, and amazing 85 degree weather, we can’t wait to see what Saturday will bring. Our first impression of the Iowa State Fairgrounds was pure amazement because of the size, beauty, and history all wrapped into one venue. Did we mention [...]

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Event Coverage: Saturday Action from GoodGuys Des Moine 2010

Event Coverage: Saturday Action from GoodGuys Des Moine 2010

Posted in CAR SHOWS July 4, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Record numbers of participants and spectators filled the Iowa State Fairgrounds for this weekend’s GoodGuys Heartland Nationals in Des Moines Iowa, and we’ve got photos to prove it. Perfect weather and a holiday weekend together made for a great family weekend enjoyed by all. Compared to most GoodGuys venues, the Iowa State Fairgrounds are huge, [...]

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Event Gallery: The 2010 Old Pomona Hot Rod and Custom Car Show

Event Gallery: The 2010 Old Pomona Hot Rod and Custom Car Show

Posted in CAR SHOWS July 5, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

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 [...]

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Event Coverage: Geezers at the Grove 2010

Event Coverage: Geezers at the Grove 2010

Posted in CAR SHOWS July 6, 2010  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

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 [...]

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Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise

Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise

Posted in CAR SHOWS July 8, 2010  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

 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 [...]

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