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

Cruise Coverage: Then Fillmore’s Dairy Hut Cruise – Florence, Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Wow, what better way to cap off a great weekend than to accidentally find a cruise-in on your way home.  On our return trip from the May ECTA Ohio Mile...

Aeros and Autos 2015: Cool Cars and Even Neater Airplanes From The Cool Texas Show

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last week we showed you some half mile land speed racing at the Aeros and Autos show which was held down in Texas. We’re back with more great photography and...

Gasser Action Coverage: Nostalgia AA/Gassers At Their Finest In New London, Virginia – Old Track And Old School Cars

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Nostalgia AA/Gasser group was back at New London on Sunday of Memorial Day week end. It was a great event with a lot of cars from out of town. In...

Event Coverage: The Trucks Of Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary Show

Truck-spotting at Somernites? We’ve got some of the haulers here for you to feast your eyes upon. High dollar, budget build, work truck, showpiece, we’ve got it. We are actually kind of...

Aeros and Autos Half Mile Shootout Photos From Texas – Muscle, Exotics, Trucks!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – For the last seven years speed freaks have showed up to show off and speed up down the runway at Ellington Airport in Texas. This year we were there. Wickam had a...

NTPA Pinetops 300: More Action Photos From One Of The Coolest Pulls In The USA

(Photos by David Whealon) – The coolest events are the ones that have history and an intimate feel that you just can’t fake. Such is the case with the yearly NTPA Pinetops pull. Held in...

Ohio Mile Coverage – More Cool Cars and LSR Bikes From The ECTA’S MAY 2015 MEET

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – If you are looking for diversity in motorsports, you’re on the right track when peering into the ECTA and land speed racing.  This gallery has just a...

Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods Invade Virginia – Wheels Up And Tire Smoking ‘Slammer Action Here

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Extreme Outlaw Pro Modified  was back at VMP in Dinwiddie for it’s second event of the year during the Super Chevy event on May 16-17. A total...

2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run – Shine, Patina, Customs, Even A Kit Car Or Two!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While the VW Beetle may have had some nefarious beginnings, it was (and continues to be) a worldwide icon of fun, freedom, and a blank canvass for anyone with...

Highway Creepers Show Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Event

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – For about as long as there have been people messing with cars there have been car clubs serving as places for enthusiasts to gather, bench race, fight, talk smack,...

2015 FE Race and Reunion: Our Last Blast Of Killer Photos From The Pits – A Cammer Powered Fairmont?!

(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Hardcore Ford fans came in droves to Pennsylvania’s Beaver Springs Dragway over the weekend of April 24th & 25th 2015 for the third annual FE Race and...

Event Gallery: 14th Annual Quick Fuel Technology NCMA Muscle Car Nationals At Beech Bend

The recipe looked great for a promising weekend of racing. The track staff at Beech Bend in Bowling Green, Kentucky had busted their backsides getting the track just right, and plenty of NCMA racers...

NTPA Pulling Action Photos: Flying Dirt, Smoking Tractors, And Crazed Trucks From the NTPA Pinetops 300

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – What does a small quiet downeast North Carolina town of Pinetops (pop. 1360) do for excitement after the hosting the best Christmas parade east of...

Show Coverage: 2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run – One Awesome Texas VW Gathering!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The old saw is that “everything is bigger in Texas” and our own Charles Wickam lived up to that adage last weekend when he managed to attend multiple...