Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Car Shows, Gallery, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery

2018 Goodguys Del Mar Coverage: This is Truckin’ (And Vannin’) Awesome – Our Favorite Rigs From The Show

(Photos by Wes Allison) – While it is not like the idea of hot rodding trucks is new, we think it is has been taken to a new level over the last 15-20 years. Even back in the day 50 years ago...

The Beginner’s Guide To: The Mint 400, The Great American Desert Race

I beat the alarm clock by about an hour and a half, waking up with the rising sun. Not that I was particularly enthused to: my mouth tasted like mescal and barbacoa-style lamb, my head was reminding...

Lonestar Throwdown Was One Of The Baddest Truck Shows We’ll See All Year

If you haven’t been to a Lonestar Throwdown truck show, then you are missing out. We believe it is one of the best all year, they claim it to be the best in the world. We aren’t going to...

New Truck Grand Champion Class Added to LS Fest West & East – More Reasons To Attend!

Oh…as if you needed ANOTHER reason to attend either LS Fest or LS Fest West!? Now you have one. The guys that run the event have decided that one Grand Champion was not enough and we agree with...

Cythiana Rod Run Photo Coverage: Trucks, Trucks, and (Mostly) Only Trucks!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  Trucks big and small.  Trucks wide and tall.  Trucks old and new.  Trucks for me and you.  I used to teach 2 and 3yr-olds Sunday School.  Some of...

Monster Truck Action Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park’s Monster Truck Throwdown Event

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Who doesn’t just love Monster Trucks? For me this was my first live experience of a brand of entertainment that I only watched on TV and was one of those things...

The 50th Running Of The Baja 1000 Finished Today. Here Are The Results And Some Interesting Quotes

The Baja 1000 remains one of the coolest automotive racing events I’ve ever attended, and it pains me that I haven’t been able to go see it again for several years because it happens to...

NTPA Southern Showdown Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Action From The NC State Fair

(Photos by David Whealon) – Much like the 2017 tractor pulling season we have reached the end of the line with these awesome David Whealon photos from the 2017 NTPA Southern Showdown at the NC...

NTPA Southern Showdown Coverage: More Killer Pulling Action From The NC State Fair

(Words and Photos by David Whealon)  Here we go with part two of some awesome NTPA tractor pulling action from the 2017 NC State Fair. In this segment we’ll be showing you some daytime action from...

Pulling Action Photos: Loads Of Killer Images From The 2017 NTPA Southern Showdown

(Words and Photos by David Whealon) Well it’s finally here. The yearlong wait for the 2017 NC State Fair is finally over. For me it’s not the longing for the Thanksgiving Dinner Eggrolls or the...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: The Photo Hits Just Keep On Coming, Although Some Of These You’ll Want To Stop

So we’re continuing on our now week long coverage-ganza of the 2017 SEMA show and we’re continuing to show you images of stuff you have not seen from us before. This time we’re...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: Monday Truck-Gasm – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly In South Hall

Welcome to this SEMA 2017 Monday Truck-Gasm. A week ago at this moment we were grabbing credentials, getting into hotels and making heads or tails of the fine city of Las Vegas. Today we’re...

SEMA 2017 Coverage: More Cars, More Trucks, and More Interesting Stuff Outside The Show

Our SEMA 2017 coverage continues with more images from outside the massive Las Vegas Convention Center. This year the process for getting into the show has changed with increased security so...

Sending A Car Or Truck To SEMA? Enter The 2017 Gran Turismo Awards HERE – We’re Judging Again

One of the things I have been able to do over the last couple of years is work as a judge for the Gran Turismo awards at the SEMA show in Las Vegas. This is a bad ass deal because there are multiple...