Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Truck / Tractor Events, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
NTPA Mule City 300 Coverage: The Photo Barrage Continues With More Trucks And Tractors
Jun 12, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon) – We talk about how truck and tractor pullers are often not given the motorsports credit that they are due and we have a fine example of that from an unnamed source....
Indy Goodguys Autocross and Show Coverage – Sweet Cars, Trucks, And Pro Touring Action On Course
Jun 12, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Indy Goodguys Autocross and Show Coverage – Sweet Cars, Trucks, And Pro Touring Action On Course
(Photos by Mike Mendenhall/RideTech) – Being a proudly Indiana-based company, when the Goodguys Rod and Custom tour comes to Indy, RideTech shows up in force. Last weekend that was the case as...
Event Coverage: The DFW Performance Trucks Shootout At The Texas Motorplex – Bg Speeds, Big Fun
Jun 12, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The DFW Performance Trucks Shootout At The Texas Motorplex – Bg Speeds, Big Fun
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Whether they had the wheels up or they were cruising the pits low and slow, the trucks of the 2015 Dallas-Ft. Worth Performance Truck shootout were cool. The event...
Fun In The Sun Photos From NHRA’s Prolong Twilight Cruise In Pomona
Jun 11, 2015Chad Reynolds1
Every time the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum hosts their Prolong Twilight Cruise the place is packed. And as one guy commented to me, there is nothing “twilight” about it. People...
Pulling Coverage: The NTPA Mule City 300 Was A Blow Out Good Time (Maybe Not For This Guy)
Jun 11, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – Yesterday David Whealon dropped all kinds of results and knowledge on us about who won each class at the 2015 NTPA Mule City 300 held on the grounds of...
Show Coverage: JDRF Cruise For A Cure Show At Bruster’s Ice Cream
Jun 11, 2015Bryan McTaggart2
Sometimes the smaller shows are the way to go about checking out some decent iron. Cheap or free, it’s the lack of judging, lack of classes, and general meet-and-greet attitude that makes them...
2015 Gasser Reunion and Nostalgia Drags Coverage – Great Cars And Action From Thompson
Jun 11, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on 2015 Gasser Reunion and Nostalgia Drags Coverage – Great Cars And Action From Thompson
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – For more than a decade now, nostalgia drag racing and gasser fans have flocked to Thompson, Ohio for the gasser reunion each Spring. This year was no different and we...
Gasser Reunion Coverage! Pit Shots From The Gathering Of Cool Gassers and Vintage Drag Racing Iron In Ohio
Jun 10, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Mike Brooks/Gasoline Images) – 13 years ago my wife and I drove from Massachusetts to attend the gasser reunion at Thompson Raceway Park in Thompson, Ohio a couple days after we...
The Dallas- Ft. Worth Truck Shootout Was Hot And Heavy And Not Just The Weather – Coverage Here
Jun 10, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – You may be thinking to yourself, “Wait, I already looked at photos Wickam shot at a truck drag race shootout?!” The answer is that you are technically...
NTPA Mule City 300: Flying Dirt, Huge Horsepower, And Big Performances At Galot Motorsports Park
Jun 10, 2015Brian Lohnes5
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – When owner of Galot Motorsports Park, Earl Wells, announced the rebuilding of the old Dunn-Benson Dragstrip in Benson, NC it stoked everyone’s fire....
KTPA/FFA Alumni Pull at Georgetown, KY – Trucks! Shots From The Pits And The Pulling Course
Jun 09, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on KTPA/FFA Alumni Pull at Georgetown, KY – Trucks! Shots From The Pits And The Pulling Course
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Truck classes are a big part of the KTPA-sanctioned pulls put on by the local FFA Alumni. The two classes that ran on Friday night are limited to DOT...
Lancaster Dragway Pro Mod Shootout Action – Sportsman and Crazed Pro Mod Photos
Jun 08, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Lancaster Dragway Pro Mod Shootout Action – Sportsman and Crazed Pro Mod Photos
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – It was a good old fashioned drag strip brawl at Lancaster Dragway’s pro mod shootout a short while back. Held on a weekday night, the place was filled, there...
Event Coverage: Truck and Tractor Pulls At The TS Performance Outlaw Diesel Weekend
Jun 06, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
This is what you’ve truly been waiting for, isn’t it? High-pressure diesels, 2wd pulling trucks, and the multi-engined unlimited classes…these are what make a pulling event what it...
Event Coverage: Pulling Trucks From TS Performance’s Outlaw Diesel Pulls
Jun 05, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Event Coverage: Pulling Trucks From TS Performance’s Outlaw Diesel Pulls
In the interest of being fully open and honest, I must admit that I’m not that big of a diesel fan…by that, I mean that I normally view diesel vehicles as either trucks that are still...






