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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery

2015 LA Roadsters Show: The Historic Event Keeps Getting Better – Here’s Roadster Heaven!

2015 marks the 51st running of the LA Roadtsers show and 36 of those years the show has been held at the Pomona Fairplex where so many other great shows are held throughout the years. The event is...

Unhinged: McTaggart’s Top 16 From The 2015 Holley Hot Rod Reunion

The Holley Hot Rod Reunion is effectively my anniversary mark for BangShift.com, and is also one of the largest events that I have attended several times over. I love the mix of cars that come out to...

Tour Nebraska 2015: More Than 400 Cars, Lots of Cruising And Tons Of Fun – We Were There!

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) –  There is another big cruising tour out there. The car club, Nebraska Rod & Custom Association, has been putting on Tour Nebraska for 22 years. 2015...

Bonus Photos From The Prolong Twilight Cruise At The NHRA Museum

I still can’t get over how nice the weather is here in Southern California. I’ve lived here 9 years and it seems like just when you start to take it for granted another really awesome day...

Drag Strip Action From The Mega Mopar Action Show At Maple Grove Raceway – Hemis, Wedges, More

(PHOTOS BY JOE GRIPPO) – Yesterday we took you to the rolling green pits of Maple Grove Raceway to show you some of the cool Mopars that were in the show portion of the Mega Mopar Action...

Fun In The Sun Photos From NHRA’s Prolong Twilight Cruise In Pomona

Every time the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum hosts their Prolong Twilight Cruise the place is packed. And as one guy commented to me, there is nothing “twilight” about it. People...

Show Coverage: JDRF Cruise For A Cure Show At Bruster’s Ice Cream

Sometimes the smaller shows are the way to go about checking out some decent iron. Cheap or free, it’s the lack of judging, lack of classes, and general meet-and-greet attitude that makes them...

Event Coverage: The Fords Of Somernites Cruise’s 100th Show: Blue Skies And Blue Ovals

The Mopars may have been the main attraction in Somerset this month but that didn’t mean that there weren’t plenty of sights to see for fans of Fords. Up and downs streets, parked in...

Bonus Mopar Photos From The Somernites Cruise in Somerset, Kentucky – Neat Stuff!

(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Before being made an afternoon snack by a spider, Bryan McTaggart attended the recent Somernites Cruise in Somerset, Kentucky and blasted all kinds of photos....

Kemah Cruise May 2015 Coverage: Scenes From Our Favorite Little Cruise In The Houston Area

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It has not been a pleasant couple of weeks in the Houston, Texas area that is for sure. With the amount of rain and the ensuing flooding that has occurred, many...

Event Gallery: Somernites Cruise’s 100th Show Was Also A Mopar Show, And They Were Out In Force!

The sun was out, the temperatures were nice and warm, and the cars were aplenty in downtown Somerset. The 100th Cruise brought out hundreds of cars to the square, and in keeping with the tradition of...

Cruise Coverage: Then Fillmore’s Dairy Hut Cruise – Florence, Kentucky

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Wow, what better way to cap off a great weekend than to accidentally find a cruise-in on your way home.  On our return trip from the May ECTA Ohio Mile...

Aeros and Autos 2015: Cool Cars and Even Neater Airplanes From The Cool Texas Show

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Last week we showed you some half mile land speed racing at the Aeros and Autos show which was held down in Texas. We’re back with more great photography and...

Top 11: McTaggart’s Favorites From Somernites Cruise’s 100th Anniversary and Mopar Show!

It’s taken fourteen years for the Somernites Cruise to reach 100 shows. Starting from a small crowd of a couple hundred cars in 2001, the event has grown into a huge gathering that decends upon...