Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, BangShift XL, Truck / Tractor Events, XL Event Coverage

The KTPA/FFA Alumni Pull Georgetown, Kentucky – Tractors Of All Shapes, Sizes, And Power Plants!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We hadn’t attended a pull in a good while and after making some contacts we secured blessings from the event organizers to shoot some video and pictures...

Event Coverage: More Show Trucks From TS Performance’s Show-And-Shine

We’re bringing you another round of trucks that were parked on the show field in Franklin, Kentucky as part of TS Performance’s Outlaw Diesel event series. We will be the first to say it:...

Event Gallery: More Drag Racing Action From The TS Performance Outlaw Diesel Drags At Beech Bend!

The name of the game is torque. If you can make enough of the twisting force, weight be damned, the only thing stopping you from forward momentum is the strength of the running gear and the weight of...

TS Performance Outlaw Diesel Show And Shine: The First Gallery Of The Biggest And Brightest From The Field

If you think that diesel trucks can’t work a show and shine course, then it is time to come out from underneath your rock and take a look at what is around. Diesel trucks are big, chromed, and...

Event Coverage: Our First Round Of Photos From The TS Performance Outlaw Diesel Drags At Beech Bend!

If there is one event to really kick off the beginning of summer at Beech Bend, it’s TS Performance’s Outlaw Diesel Drags at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Trucks come...

Bouncers! More Photos Of The Great Iron At The Dirty Turtle Off Road Rock Bouncer Event

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Due to the events we mentioned in our previous entry from this race, we didn’t see the rock buggy racing we planned on but the day certainly was not...

Rock Bouncers Galore At Dirty Turtle Off Road Park – These Are The Hot Rods Of The Woods!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We hadn’t visited DTOR (Dirty Turtle Off Road Park near Bedford, KY) in a while and when we heard ARC was holding a bouncer race there we made plans....

Event Coverage: The Trucks Of Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary Show

Truck-spotting at Somernites? We’ve got some of the haulers here for you to feast your eyes upon. High dollar, budget build, work truck, showpiece, we’ve got it. We are actually kind of...

Monster Truckin’ Time Machine: 1980s Monster Truck Action From Oklahoma – Leaf Sprung Grave Digger!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Yet another installment for the series.  About half the pictures from this event (2-day) did not come out well enough to bring into the fold....

NTPA Pinetops 300: More Action Photos From One Of The Coolest Pulls In The USA

(Photos by David Whealon) – The coolest events are the ones that have history and an intimate feel that you just can’t fake. Such is the case with the yearly NTPA Pinetops pull. Held in...

NTPA Pulling Action Photos: Flying Dirt, Smoking Tractors, And Crazed Trucks From the NTPA Pinetops 300

(Words and photos by David Whealon) – What does a small quiet downeast North Carolina town of Pinetops (pop. 1360) do for excitement after the hosting the best Christmas parade east of...

Ohio Mile Coverage: Trucks And ONLY Trucks From The First Meet Of The 2015 ECTA Season

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Trucks…?!!!  What the….   Well, here’s proof they can haul more than hay.  Each one of these is unique in its own way and I suppose that’s my...

Pulling Action! Wheels Up, Dirt Flying, Awesome Texas Truck and Tractor Pullers Association Photos

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Charles Wickam was our man on the scene last weekend at the Texas Truck and Tractor Pulling Association event. We showed you some of his images yesterday and...

Truck and Tractor Pulling Action Photos From Texas! Gassers, Diesels, Tractors, Work Trucks, More!

(PHOTOS BY CHARLES WICKAM) – Talk about a schizophrenic gearhead weekend! Charles Wickam spent one day among some of the most rare, beautiful, and expensive machines in Texas and the next...