Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Gallery
Show Gallery: The Canton Hot Rod and Custom Bike Show
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – As we all know, the indoor cars how season is well underway. While patiently waiting for the snow to melt away here in the northeast, I decided to take...
The Kemah, Texas Cruise – February 2014 – Cruise Night Season Is Officially On In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We used to like Charles Wickam, believe it or not. Wickam has been a stalwart BangShift contributor since we started this leaky tuna boat on the ocean of the...
Gallery: 50 Photos of Old Cars With Patina
Patina. Some guys love it, some guys hate it, some guys fake it, and some guys just call it rust. Us? We prefer to call it character! It can be argued that our own Chad Reynolds and his infamous...
Nitro And Pro Stock Action From the 2014 NHRA Winternationals – Header Flames Over The Wing!
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – Yesterday we showed you people and sportsman action from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals and today we show you the pros in nitro burning funny cars, top fuel...
2014 NHRA Winternationals: Sportsman Gallery – Stockers Through Injected Fuel, They’re Here!
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – We know you wanted to see more sportsman action photos from the 2014 NHRA Winternationals, so here they are! Shooters Mike and Jeff Burghardt took these...
2014 Winternationals Gallery: People and Pits Photos From The 2014 NHRA Winternationals
(Photos by Darr Hawthorne) – While the action at the drag races is always captured on the track, the story of any drag race is written in the pits. Like a great band that gains fame because of...
Bitchin’ Historic Drag Racing Photos From The Golden Age Of Action At Sanford, Maine
(Photos from Sy Sidebotham Collection Via Bruce Wheeler) – (Editor’s note: Yesterday we ran an old drag racing movie from Sanford, Maine that was shot in the late 1950s. After seeing...
2014 NHRA Winternationals – Photos From The Explosive Opening Weekend Of The 2014 NHRA Season
(Words by Darr Hawthorne – Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Love him or hate him, 16-time nitro funny car Champion John Force isn’t going anywhere, except down the dragstrip, 1,000...
Rolling Bones Hot Rod Shop Garage Night 2014 – Awesome Cars, Vintage Engines, BS Approved!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So my brother and I road tripped up to the Saratoga Springs, New York area last weekend to party with the Rolling Bones crew at their annual Garage Night...
Gasser Gallery: Wheels Up, Tire Smoking Coolness From Tulsa Raceway Park
(Photots by Brad Klaassen) – The other day we showed you some cool old school style straight axle drag cars and BangShift photo contributor Brad Klaassen knew that he had something to add to...
Bitchin’ Gallery: 1980s USHRA Photos! Big Foot 1, Art Arfons, The Orange Blossom Special, More!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Growing up as dragstrip rats there was only three things my brother and I liked about the winter…going sledding at the golf course, the ISCA Custom Car...
Gallery: Straight Axle Drag Car Coolness All Up In Your Business
(Photos from the BangShift archive) – With today’s modern suspension technology, we’re seeing performances out of cars with tiny tires that really boggle the mind. From shocks made...
Uber Bitchin Exotics Photos That You Won’t Believe From Cars And Coffee In Irvine California
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) We’re into all kinds of cars around here, but Bob Chiluk who shot these photos is fond of saying “I like them all, sure I’m a muscle car guy, but I’m...
Gallery: Hot Rods At Point View Baptist Church – Great Cars And A Real Deal Cacklefest!
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – It’s the middle of winter in Oklahoma and all the drag machines are still in hibernation. So, what’s a die hard racing addict to do? Well, we loaded...