Category Archive: BangShift XL, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
Pulling Action Gallery: The NTPA Piedmont 300 – Getting Wild In North Carolina With Big Horsepower!
Jul 30, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Words an photos by David Whealon) – While the Saturday night action was hot and heavy across town at the fabled Bowman Gray Stadium, the action was equally exciting at the Dixie Classic Fair...
NTPA Mule City 300 Coverage: The Photo Barrage Continues With More Trucks And Tractors
Jun 12, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon) – We talk about how truck and tractor pullers are often not given the motorsports credit that they are due and we have a fine example of that from an unnamed source....
Event Coverage: The DFW Performance Trucks Shootout At The Texas Motorplex – Bg Speeds, Big Fun
Jun 12, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The DFW Performance Trucks Shootout At The Texas Motorplex – Bg Speeds, Big Fun
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Whether they had the wheels up or they were cruising the pits low and slow, the trucks of the 2015 Dallas-Ft. Worth Performance Truck shootout were cool. The event...
Pulling Coverage: The NTPA Mule City 300 Was A Blow Out Good Time (Maybe Not For This Guy)
Jun 11, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – Yesterday David Whealon dropped all kinds of results and knowledge on us about who won each class at the 2015 NTPA Mule City 300 held on the grounds of...
Event Coverage: Truck and Tractor Pulls At The TS Performance Outlaw Diesel Weekend
Jun 06, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
This is what you’ve truly been waiting for, isn’t it? High-pressure diesels, 2wd pulling trucks, and the multi-engined unlimited classes…these are what make a pulling event what it...
Event Coverage: Pulling Trucks From TS Performance’s Outlaw Diesel Pulls
Jun 05, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Event Coverage: Pulling Trucks From TS Performance’s Outlaw Diesel Pulls
In the interest of being fully open and honest, I must admit that I’m not that big of a diesel fan…by that, I mean that I normally view diesel vehicles as either trucks that are still...
TS Performance Outlaw Diesel Show And Shine: The First Gallery Of The Biggest And Brightest From The Field
Jun 02, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
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...
Bouncers! More Photos Of The Great Iron At The Dirty Turtle Off Road Rock Bouncer Event
May 31, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on 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!
May 30, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(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....
Monster Truckin’ Time Machine: 1980s Monster Truck Action From Oklahoma – Leaf Sprung Grave Digger!
May 23, 2015Brian Lohnes3
(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....
More Coverage From Paquette’s International Farmall Tractor Museum And Hall Of Fame – Red Power!
Apr 30, 2015Brian Lohnes1
Hey, you didn’t think that I’d be done with showing you around the massive Paquette International Farmall Museum and hall of fame in one collection of photos, did you? Of course you...
2015 Mint 400 Action Photos: Limited Class Race Action From The Historic Romp Through The Nevada Desert
Mar 18, 2015Brian Lohnes2
(Photos provided by Mint 400) – Roger Starkey claims victory last weekend at the Limited race as part of the 2014 Polaris RZR Mint 400 presented by General Tire. The grueling contest that pits...
Cool Classic Trucks At The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego – West Coast Iron That We Envy!
Feb 25, 2015Brian Lohnes5
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...
Tractor Gallery: 2015 Western Kentucky University’s Antique Tractor Show
Jan 12, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on 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...