Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
Cool Classic Trucks At The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego – West Coast Iron That We Envy!
For 49 years the Big 3 swap meet has been the place to go to see cool stuff, sell cool stuff, and buy cool stuff. There are literally miles of aisles set up in the parking lot at the old Jack Murphy...
More Vintage 1980s Monster Truck Action From Montgomery, Alabama – These Trucks Were Too Cool!
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the second group of photos that Doug Gregory sent us from a monster truck event he attended in Montgomery, Alabama in 1989 and these are as good and maybe...
More Rock Crawling, Truck Bashing, Off-Road Racing Photos From King Of The Hammers 2015
We’ve still got lots more action photos from the King of the Hammers 2015, and we want to make sure you get to check them all out. if you think 800 horsepower, 130 mph speeds, and a combination...
Upside Down Is The New Right Side Up At The King Of The Hammers 2015 Off Road Race!
Yesterday we gave you our first gallery of photos from the Nitto King of the Hammers 2015 event in the California Desert, and it was awesome! But we have even awesomer stuff today, so get your butts...
Rock Crawling, Truck Bashing, And More From King Of The Hammers 2015!
If you have never been to the Nitto King of the Hammers, you are MISSING OUT! But the good thing for you is that we went this past weekend and shot approximately eleventy million photos. We’re...
Cincinnati Cavalcade Of Customs 2015: The Coolest Trucks, Vans, Buses, Rock Crawlers, Mud Boggers, And More
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Now we’re not sure just how ‘useful’ the ‘Oversized’ rock bouncer is, but we are certain it can move a lot of earth to a new resting spot. I...
Cool Trucks Of All Shapes And Sizes From The Last Somernites Cruise! Lots Of Neat And Classic Iron
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Its time for the workhorses. I don’t think I have ever seen so many ’47-’54 Chevy pickups in one place at one time. These things were slammed,...
2015 Dakar Rally: El Martillo Racing Durango Flips, Crashes And Becomes A Fireball (Everyone Is Ok)
Yesterday I said something about how big crashes happen frequently at Dakar Rally. It’s no surprise that they do, Dakar sincerely the ultimate torture test for man, machine and the physics...
Tractor Gallery: 2015 Western Kentucky University’s Antique Tractor Show
If there is one thing that BangShift Mid-West has in spades, it’s access to agricultural equipment on a scale that would leave Lohnes drooling. And since it’s a new year, why not lead on...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Friday Racing Action – Bryce Menzies Bests Ricky Johnson – Check Out Flying/Bashing Trucks
Well, we can officially feel our toes again, we’re missing the sounds of 8,500rpm small blocks, and there isn’t a ski bunny in sight. This means that Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 has drawn...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Photos From The Roasty, Toasty, Warm Pits At Sunday River
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – As we are gearing up for today’s side-by-side racing action here at Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry, Maine we wanted to share...
Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015: Flying Trucks During Qualifying At The Neatest Short Course Truck Race In The World
Well, the first day of public coolness at Red Bull Frozen Rush 2015 was pretty awesome. Yes, it was -15 degrees as Nutting and I were blasting photos of 900hp four wheel drive trucks hauling tail in...
Red Bull Frozen Rush Is Coming Back To Maine And BangShift Will Be There!
Perhaps the biggest single regret of 2014 is that BangShift (ok ME) screwed up royally and failed to cover the Red Bull Frozen Rush race which was held at the Sunday River Ski Resort in Maine. This...
GRAVELRAMA 2014 COVERAGE: Pea Gravel And Jeeps Fly At The Big Eliminator Hill – Action Photos Galore
(PHOTOS BY DOUG GREGORY) – One of the cool things about our BangShift army of contributors is that they have it as bad as the rest of us do. Doug Gregory has filed photos from drag strips, car...