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2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: Our Third Big Gallery From The Show – These Photos Will Warm You Up!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again with more Hullabaloo coverage.  Contract St. in Lexington, KY is closed off and most of the businesses have emptied their parking lots to allow...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon Picks His Favorites (Part 1)

(Images by David Whealon) – David Whealon has joined in the fun with a killer photo review of 2017. He has picked hundreds of his favorite snaps from the year and we arguing to be serving them...

2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars, Trucks, and More

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Not quite sure why donations were down from previous years though attendance was higher.  Shelby’s Way is a worthy cause and since the Hullabaloo is...

Bruce Larson’s USA-1 DragFest 2017 Coverage: Wall To Wall Race Cars Celebrate Drag Racing History

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The official end to the racing season out here in Pennsylvania happens on the second Saturday each November, that is when former NHRA Funny Car Champion...

2017 Photo Highlight Reel: Benoit Pigeon Picks His Favorite Images Of The Year That Was

(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – We love when our contributing photographers put together image galleries like this. Benoit Pigeon sent in his 2017 photo highlight reel and as you’d expect...

2017 USA-1 DragFest Coverage: Cool Street Cars At Bruce Larson’s Home Drag Shrine

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – We are back with part wo of our report from the 2017 USA-1 DragFest held at 1989 NHRA Funny Car World Champion Bruce Larson’s Stoney Creek Barn near...

2017 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Coverage: A Fantastic Event For A Fantastic Cause

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back again for another awesome event supporting suicide prevention through Shelby’s Way.  We’ve brought you coverage of these before and the event on...

Best Of BS 2017: Here’s The Spot For ALL Of Our 2017 Bonneville Speed Week Coverage!

So here’s BangShift’s 2017 Bonneville Speed Week information hub. This one place will be updated with all of our photos, breaking news, record qualifiers, features, and stuff that happens...

Best Of BS 2017: Ratty Muscle Cars’ “No Shine Sh*t List” Under The Lights Meet 2017: Part One, The Meet-Up And Cruise

The last time I made the trip down to Decatur, Alabama to check out a Ratty Muscle Cars gig, the weather called for cloudy with a chance of snow and ice, so I cut bait before any action went down and...

Our Southeast Gassers Association Season Finale Coverage Starts Right Here!

(Photos by Caleb Sewell, Words by Stephen Smith) November 4th in the small town of Shelby, NC a vintage championship gasser series wrapped up its 2017 season. Yes, we said a “gasser...

2017 NSRA Nationals Gallery: Pickup Trucks, Vans, Station Wagons, and Utility Vehicles Galore

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If these articles ran in sequence then this is the end of the general event coverage from the 2017 edition of the NSRA Street Rod Nationals.  I have a...

Mopars & Muscle Cars At The Strip • Chryslers Everywhere!

(Photos and Words by Darr Hawthorne) A decade and a half of Mopar freaks gathering in Vegas can put on a very entertaining event and when they get access to a national event track like the Strip at...

2017 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: Photos From Inside The Showcase Building – Big Buck Stuff!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Saturday was the only time we ventured inside which is really odd for us.  Usually we make it a point to go through the whole building on one day and make...

NSRA Street Car Nationals Coverage: Muscle Cars and 1960s Iron Wall To Wall! Photos Galore Here!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So here is the 2nd-half of the muscle car era collection of images from the Nationals.  Nearly everything in this gallery is stuff I’ve not brought you...