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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery

SEMA 2019 Gallery: Welcome Back To Automotive Overload!

Hello, Las Vegas, how have you been?! SEMA 2019 is on and in full force…the crowds are present, the cars are everywhere, the new parts hall is full and we are running around on full boost...

2019 Mopar Southern Classic Coverage: A Focus On The Slant Six Race and BangShifty Mopars – Photos Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – One race we enjoy within this event is the slant-six race.  An event within the event paying homage to the leaning tower of power.  Throughout our...

Show Coverage: 2019 Mopar Southern Classic at Clay City Dragway- Some Awesome Chrysler Action!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So, I broke my long-time rule of not covering or attending model/make specific events.  It was my birthday and I wanted to do something car-related and I...

2019 Keeneland Concours Coverage: American Sports Cars Like Corvettes, Cobras, and More! Photos

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The 2020 Keeneland Concours will showcase the Corvette as its featured marque.  I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that this might have the...

2019 Kneeland Concours Photo Coverage: Muscle Car Era Classics On The Field Of Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Mostly classic American muscle in this chapter of the Concours coverage.  You won’t find labels on the photos explaining what you’re looking at from...

2019 Kneeland Concours Photo Coverage: The Best Of The Rest And Some Highly BangShift Approved Stuff!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the catch all group of mostly foreign vehicles that I didn’t have room for in the other groups.  There weren’t many motorcycles in attendance,...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: Is This The End?!

Yep, we’ve come to the end of our coverage from Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and the NMRA’s World Finals event at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. We went into the...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: Erik Stacey’s Wide By Violent Power Stroke Hilux

If there was one thing I was genuinely surprised about regarding Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest, it was the lack of diesel among the show field. Bowling Green has at least two diesel shops...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest and NMRA’s World Finals: The 3S Challenge

Somehow, we all survived the fun of Saturday. A lot of the show cars were put up, a lot of the drag cars were put on the trailer, and all we had to to was finish out the 3S challenge in the circle...

2019 Kneeland Concours D’elegance Photo Coverage: The Amazing Cavalcade Of Automotive History Continues

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The photos are not properly ordered or grouped per their respective class at the Concours.  I wondered around trying get photos of cars people weren’t...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Taurus SHO

Not every car is going to be a performance screamer. They are more likely to be a comfortable way to get from Point A to B, economical to run, roomy enough for the needs of the operator, and visually...

Show Photo Coverage: The 2019 Kneeland Coucours D’elegance – Amazing Event!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I know what you’re thinking – this kind of show isn’t for regular gearheads.  I disagree.  Certainly the white-glove scrutiny the top-end cars get...

Holley Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: 1984 Ford Mustang 20th Anniversary Dominator GT

Even if there hadn’t been a billboard in sight proclaiming what this 1984 Ford Mustang was all about, I could tell you that it was something special. And no, the “G.T. 350” stripes...

Holley’s Intergalactic Ford Fest Short Take: The Two Most Unloved Mustangs Done Well

To the outsider (read: not the Blue Oval loyal fan or the Mustang fan-boy) you would think that the Mustang’s time on this planet was actually composed of two eras. One started in 1964 and...