Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Drag Races, DRAG RACES, Event Coverage, Gallery
Drag Gallery: The Massive 2012 AMC Day at Mason-Dixon Dragway – AMC Hotness Abounds!
Jul 30, 2012Brian Lohnes5
(Photos by John Button and Victor Santiago) – This is a well timed gallery because I have had AMCs on the brain lately. Having been at the strip announcing the last couple of weekend, I have...
Muscle Car and American Iron Junkyard Gallery: Fox Wrecker Service – Harrison, Michigan
Jul 27, 2012Brian Lohnes15
(Photos by Chris Chenlo) – There’s something uniquely cool about the galleries we get from guys who have gone trolling through junkyards across America. Chris Chenlo was recently at Fox...
Shop Tour Gallery: High Speed Welding – Westmont, Illinois – They Have Grumpy’s Toy X!
Jul 26, 2012Brian Lohnes11
(Words and Photos by Greg Rourke) – Dennis Spal, owner of High Speed Welding in Westmont, Il. says business is booming. He has a shop full of projects to keep him and his employee busy. He has...
The BangShift Spotter’s Guide to Bitchin’ Old Australian Muscle Cars and ‘Utes
Jul 24, 2012Brian Lohnes7
(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – It is a minor coincidence that we’re heavy on content based in Oz today. We were tipped off to the cool old Aussie drag racing videos by an Australian reader...
Roadside Find Gallery: Vintage Stock Cars and Ancient Doodlebug Tractors
Jul 17, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Jeremy George) – Today we’ve been showing you all kinds of high zoot, race car stuff in the galleries but this one is proof that there is still some damned awesome stuff living...
Nostalgia Drags Gallery: Mo-Kan Dragway’s 50th Anniversary Race – Hot Rod, Wheelstanders, and More!
Jul 17, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Nostalgia Drags Gallery: Mo-Kan Dragway’s 50th Anniversary Race – Hot Rod, Wheelstanders, and More!
(Photos by Steve Wilson) – Mo-Kan Dragway in Asbury, Missouri is one of the neatest old strips in the country. The local racers, fans, and track management celebrated the track’s 50th...
Event Gallery: The 2012 Motor State Challenge – Pro Touring Bad-Assed-Ness!
Jul 16, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The 2012 Motor State Challenge – Pro Touring Bad-Assed-Ness!
(Photos and words by Bob Chiluk) – Lane Automotive in Michigan probably had no idea that a few years ago if they sponsored an event if it would fly.Well fly it did and like they could not...
Gallery: The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness – Historic Drag Cars and Bitchin’ Muscle!
Jul 15, 2012Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness show has become one of the biggest and coolest nostalgia drag racing and car shows in the country. The event celebrates the...
Drag Expo Coverage: Hundreds of Killer Photos from the 7th Annual Bixby Knolls Dragster Expo 2012
Jul 14, 2012Chad Reynolds5
With Lion’s Drag Strip Cackle cars, tons of show cars, Don “The Snake” Prudhomme, Tom “The Mongoose” McEwen, and more, the Bixby Knolls Drag Expo was one of the coolest...
Car Show Coverage: Our New Favorite! Haddick’s Hot Rod and Custom Car Show 2012
Jul 14, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Car Show Coverage: Our New Favorite! Haddick’s Hot Rod and Custom Car Show 2012
Southern California is full of cool car shows, and with weather like we have they happen all year long. The Haddick’s Towing and Autobody Hot Rod and Custom Car Show is one of the good ones. We...
Car Show Gallery: The Mooneyes Open House and Car Show 2012
Jul 14, 2012Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Car Show Gallery: The Mooneyes Open House and Car Show 2012
Mooneyes is synonymous with cool cars, racing, customs, and all things hot rodding, and has been a staple in the industry since the ’50s. This weekend they once again opened their original...
Check Out Our Huge Gallery From the 2012 ALMS New England Grand Prix – Exotics and Prototypes in Action!
Jul 11, 2012Brian LohnesComments Off on Check Out Our Huge Gallery From the 2012 ALMS New England Grand Prix – Exotics and Prototypes in Action!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Our main function for being at the 2012 ALMS New England Grand Prix, contested at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut last week was to observe, hang out with, and report on...
Gallery: Cool Cars and Hot Parts at the Long Beach, California Swap Meet – July 2012
Jul 11, 2012Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – California correspondent Scott Liggett had one heck of a busy weekend. On Friday night he was at the SoCal Bob’s Big cruise and sent us this gallery. On...
Shop Invasion: DMC Racing – Eddie Kraewic’s Camaro and Alex Vettros’s Mustang Inside!
Jul 11, 2012Brian Lohnes4
Last week I put a note on Facebook to my local gearhead homies asking if I could steal a compression tester for a couple days. One of the first guys to answer the call was Dennis MacPherson the owner...