Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage
Huge Drag Gallery: The United Black Drag Racers Association – Black Sunday Event – Byron Dragway
The United Black Drag Racers Association has been unofficially around since the 1980s but officially since 1994 when they organized themselves formally. Originally born in the greater St. Louis area,...
Car Show Gallery: 2011 Goodguys Chicagoland Nationals
We’re totally pounding you with galleries today, but we suspect that isn’t much of a problem. After all, it is hump day and work sucks, so what better way to kill a day is there than...
Swap Meet Gallery: The August 2011 Pomona Swap Meet – Cars Galore!
George Cross and Sons have been putting on the Pomona Swap Meet for decades. Their radio ads say they are, “The Southern California Original”. The swap meet’s size and reach are...
Goodguys Ohio Nationals Bonus Gallery: Shots from the Show and the Autocross!
While Chad was screaming into the mic as the announcer of the autocross at the Goodguys Ohio Nationals, countless hot rodders thrashed on their junk with varying levels of success between the cones....
Update: 2011 Bonneville Galleries, the Tuesday Two Banger, and Jimmy Shine
Chad hit the salt running on Monday zapping photos and glad handing with hot rodders and gearheads he’d not seen since least year’s running of Speed Week. Tuesday he helped make a 2...
Mega Gallery: The 2011 Goodguys Ohio Nationals – Columbus, Ohio
The Goodguys Ohio Nationals went down last weekend and the place was packed wall to wall with some of the coolest cars in the nation. From traditional rods to the wild morphed Chrysler Imperial of...
Car Show Gallery: The 4th Annual Johnny Mac Backyard Classic
When we got invited to attend a car show held in the backyard of the home of a local business owner, we weren’t sure what to expect. How many friends can this guy have? Was it going to be a...
Bonneville 2011 Galllery: Friday and Saturday on the Salt and at the Cruise!
Well, it’s on! Speed Week has begun and thanks to the great folks at Spectre we have an opening salvo of photos to show you. Chad will be on the salt ad delivering dispatches as of tomorrow but...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 BHRA Nationals – Kennedale, Texas
Bill Hielscher was one hell of a drag racer and one of a true pioneers with respect to “touring professionals” in straight line competition. He was best known as “Mr. Bardahl”...
Gallery: The Long Beach Swap Meet – August 2011
We weren’t planning on going to the Long Beach Swap Meet on Sunday. Our plans were more lofty. The centered around sleeping late and then sitting around in our boxers watching Nascar and...
Event Gallery: 2011 Oswego Dragway Days – Oswego, Illinois
Our man Greg Rourke was on the scene of a totally bitchin’ event last weekend. The 2011 Oswego Drag Strip days event serves as a yearly celebration of the memory of Oswego Dragway, a strip that...
Mega Show Gallery: The 2011 Turning Back Time Car Show – Sycamore, Illinois
We decided to pull the pin on this photo grenade last today. Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke knocked this baby out of the park! The dudes attended the 2011 Turning Back Time Car Show in Sycamore,...
AMC Gallery: The Kenosha Homecoming 2011
BangShift member and Wisconsinite Mikes343Sharpstick is a dude who loves his own bitchin’ AMC Javelin and has recently picked up an old IMSA racer AMC project as well. When he let us know that...