Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Event Coverage

Red Bull Frozen Rush: Dave Nutting’s Spectacular Action Photos From Qualifying And Race Day Last Year!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) –  Editor’s note: As you read this, McTaggart and I are gearing up for our 2016 Red Bull Frozen Rush coverage. To give you an idea of what this deal is all...

Red Bull Frozen Rush Is Back This Week And We’ll Be There! Follow All Of Our Coverage

For the second time in as many years, BangShift will be bringing you awesome coverage of Red Bull Frozen Rush at the Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine. If you missed our wall to wall fun last...

Dakar 2016: What You Need To Know And Who You Should Be Watching!

As you read this, competitors from the world over are in South America competing in rally racing’s crucible, the Dakar Rally. Covering a length of over 5,600 miles between Bolivia and...

2015 Photo Highlight Reel: David Whealon’s Best Images From 2015 Are Stunning

(Photos by David Whealon/DWPhotos) – As we continue to weave our way though the BangShift photo contributor highlight reels, the time has come to check in on David Whealon and his defining...

Mud Bog Action Photos: Fastest of the Fast Challenge At The Lee County Mud Motorsports Park

(Words by David Whealon/ Photos by David Whealon and Laini Pound)   In recent years the mud racing world’s spotlight has been shined on the tricked out awesomeness of Mega trucks which are purpose...

SEMA 2015 Coverage: More Trucks! Here’s Another Collection Of Nothing But SEMA Trucks

We’re not nearly done with our 2015 SEMA coverage. It is going to continue all this week as we roll out hot parts, cool cars and trucks, our favorites, freaks, and more. Because there were so...

The Jeeps Of SEMA 2015: How Many Ways Can You Build A Jeep? Count ‘Em Here

It is a fun and confirmed fact that Jeeps are the most modified new cars sold today. There are more Jeeps here than you can shake a stick at for just that reason and this is not an anomaly for 2015....

SEMA 2015 Coverage: The Most Mind Blowing And Diverse Group Of Trucks We Have Ever Posted

As anyone who has been reading BangShift for more than 10 minutes knows, I tend to get a little excited with my titles. That being said, I’m not exaggerating one iota when I tell you that this...

Sema Show 2015 Coverage: An Ariel Atom Meets Mad Max – The Most Off The Wall Thing Ever

No, we’re not sure why someone would spend what had to have been years of their lives welding, bending, and manipulating seemingly miles of steel tubing like this but we’re damned glad...

2015 SEMA Coverage: Trucks Of All Shapes and Sizes From Outside The 2015 SEMA Show

As promised, our coverage of the 2015 SEMA Show starts today. Technically the event does not begin until tomorrow but we got here early and cruised the massive area in front of the Las Vegas...

Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull: Big Engines, Flying Dirt Our Last Action

(Photos by David Whealon) – Here’s our last load of pulling action photos from the 2015 NTPA Southern Showdown at the North Carolina State Fair. As Dave told us earlier in the week when...

Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull Coverage: Farm Tractors, Minis, Multi-Engine Beasts, Trucks

(Photos by David Whealon) – Yesterday David Whealon told us about the good time he had blasting photos of the NTPA sanctioned Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor pull at the NC State Fair....

Pulling Action Gallery: The Southern Showdown Truck and Tractor Pull

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – It’s the middle of October and here in North Carolina it’s NC State Fair time!! So what do we do?  Load up the wife and kids and stop by the ATM and...

Pulling Action Photos: Diesel Trucks Hooked Up And Rolling Coal

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The last class to take the hook for the weekend were the diesel pickups.  These things have really progressed since the last time I seen them in person. ...