Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage, Gallery
Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Swarms And The Showers
If there is one certainty about Bowling Green, Kentucky, it’s that you do not plan around the weather. What had been a hot, muggy and sunny day was quickly darkening and cooling. It was...
NHRA E3 Spark Plugs Pro Mod Action Photos: Virginia Brought Out The Best Pro Mod Action Of 2018!
(Photos by David Whealon) – It was the hottest weekend of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello drag racing season and it was also the hottest weekend of action for the NHRA E3 Spark Plugs pro mod series...
2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals: Cool Mercury, Edsel, and Ford Machines From A Bunch Of Eras
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The 2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals went down the other week and we continued our streak of never missing this blue oval extravaganza. While this show has...
Hot Rod Power Tour at Beech Bend: The Crowd Grows Thicker And Thicker!
They just kept coming in. The stream of cars that were coming from the registration area at the Sloan Convention Center to Beech Bend never relented. Everytime you looked, there was just a steady...
Southeast Gassers Super Stock Action Photos: Yes! 1967 Rule Book Super Stockers!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The event at Clay City was the debut of the new SEGA Super Stock class. This is still a three-pedal-only class with rules that reflect 1967 rulebook...
Hot Rod Power Tour At Beech Bend: We Have Much More To Show You From The Cruise!
If you have never been to Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, it’s going to be difficult to explain just how surprising it was to see cars parked from the entrance at the main gate to past the...
Hot Rod Power Tour 2018 At Beech Bend: Our Coverage Starts Now!
Over two thousand cars, who knows how many thousands of people, and a historic track that is offering up autocrossing, drag racing and even a burnout contest…did you think for one second that...
Power Tour Veterans’ Car Show At VFW 1298: The Forum Freaks Get Together!
This was a project half a year in the making and I’m glad to say that I was a part of getting the ball rolling. In January a call was put out via the Power Tour board in the BangShift forums...
The Laid-Back Chill-Fest At NCM Motorsports Park 2018: Starting Off The Power Tour With Road Course Laps!
There are neat machines prowling all over Warren County, Kentucky. A quick drive down any street in Bowling Green is like a mini car show: a kit-car Cobra cruising past the dealerships. A Buick GS...
More Awesome NHRA Super Stock Action From Maple Grove: Big Tire Awesomeness
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more fun images from the recent NHRA Division 1 Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series event at Maple Grove. Joe Grippo took the photos and this time he is...
Southeast Gasser Association Action Photos: C/Gas Cars Killin’ It At Mt. Park
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So, how are you all liking our coverage…? Told you I wasn’t going to recap the racing because the Official SEGA photographers already took care of...
Drag Racing Action Images: Southeast Gasser Association Action At Kentucky’s Mt. Park Dragway!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I don’t want to confuse you, however, SEGA B/Gas was last year’s C/Gas and this year’s C/Gas was last year’s D/Gas. Some cars switched classes ...
Drag Action Photos: High Flying Super Stockers at Maple Grove During The NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Event
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We live in a drag racing world right now that is obsessed with small tires. 315s, 275s, and 235s are snatching headlines left, right and center. Those things are...
