Category Archive: BangShift XL, Event Coverage, OTHER, XL Event Coverage, XL Gallery
More Elburn Pull Action Photos – Trucks, Tractors, Flying Dirt, and Carnage
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Here’s another great collection of photos by Greg Rourke that were taken at a pretty intense truck and tractor pulling Elburn, Illinois. This time of the year...
Sinkhole Be Gone: The National Corvette Museum’s Skydome Will Reopen September 3rd!
A year and a half has gone by since the floor opened up underneath the National Corvette Museum’s Skydome, allowing eight of the Museum’s most prized Corvettes to drop into the karst...
Everybody’s Going Nuts Over The Miami Vice Ferrari That Mecum Is Selling, But Here’s Some Other Cars From The Auction We’d Rather Blow Our Non-Existant Money On!
If you’ve been paying attention to news feeds or your favorite automotive sites besides us, then you’d know that the white 1986 Ferrari Testarossa from Miami Vice is going to cross the...
Elephant Hunt: Here’s All Of The Best Hemi Cars That Hit The Block During Mecum Indy – We Were There!
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – The illustrious Chrysler Hemi Engine has been renowned for many reasons, but when the context is an auction such as Mecum, one in particular comes to...
Unveiled: Hyundai RM15, A Veloster With A Mid-Rear Mounted, 296hp Turbocharged Four. Can You Say “Homologation Special”?
I never expected that in my lifetime, I would want a Hyundai. I’ve driven four in my lifetime: a 1988 Excel three-door hatch that fogged mosquitoes out with all of the burned oil, a 1989 Sonata...
Hot Rod Hoarder: The Koepke Collection Is Going To Auction – From Early Fords Through Late ’70s Exotics, It’s Here!
(All photos courtesy Yvette VanDerBrink) The latest in a recent string of collection auctions isn’t just a random collection of vehicles that were left to fend for themselves. No, instead this...
Shop Tours! We Visit Posies Rod and Custom PLUS A Bonus Visit To Worm Inc. Where Dragsters And Funnies Live
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – So the holidays are behind us, spring is still a ways off and we are heading into to bleakest time of the year for outdoor fun car activities. In...
Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale 2015: Five Potential Low-Price Winners For Sunday’s Action
We know that most people will tune in to the live coverage of Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale to see the big-ticket stuff cross the block for money that runs between “stupid” and “GDP of...
Donut Derelicts January 2015 – More Great Photos From A Chilly Start To 2015 In SoCal
We’re back with our second and final glimpse into the first Donut Derelicts gathering of 2015. It was a cold morning in Huntington Beach, California when we got to the parking lot where the...
Donut Derelicts January 2015 – The First Get Together Of 2015 And We Were There – Cars, Trucks, Strollers?
We’re getting things rolling here in 2015 the right way. Last Saturday morning we hung out with the early bird set at the nationally famous Donut Derelicts morning cruise in SoCal. The morning...
Auction Find: The Estate Sale of Roger Jones, Sr. In Oklahoma
Ron Ward gets the credit for locating the first big auction of 2015 in Oklahoma. Roger Jones, Sr., from Pryor, Oklahoma, was apparently a life-long gear head of sorts and had accumulated quite the...
Auction Stunner: Big Willie Robinson’s Daytona Going To Barrett-Jackson
This year’s Barrett-Jackson Scottsdale auction is shaping up to be a jaw-dropper. In addition to the Ron Pratte Collection going across the block, the surviving “Duke and Duchess”...
The Entire Ron Pratte Vehicle Collection Is Going To Auction-Take A Video Tour Here!
Whether you like or loathe them, Barrett-Jackson has made a huge impact on the automotive landscape, and within the circles of that auction house, the name Ron Pratte stands out above the rest....
Hot Rod Hash: Cold Temps Didn’t Stop These Gearheads From Enjoying Their Cars – See ‘Em All Here
(Words by Doug Gregory – Photos by Doug and Taylor Gregory) – Somernites has turned into a semi-regular thing for us as we really like these events and the local area is great to visit....