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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, Historic Photos, OTHER

Gallery: Steamtown USA – Locomotives, Diesel Engines, and An Incredible Collection of History!

(Photos by Mike Westfall) – Steamtown USA, located in Scranton, Pennsylvania is one of the finest collection of vintage steam locomotives, diesel locomotives, railroad history, and cool...

Gallery: Drag Cars, Dirt Cars, and Bad Ass Rare Engines At The Eastern Motor Racing Museum

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – As promised, we’re back with another collection of photos from the Eastern Motor Racing Museum and our photo shootin’ Pennsylvania pal Joe Grippo. This time...

PRI 2012 – A Collection of The Cool Cars, Trucks, and Components on Display At The 2012 PRI Show

The 2012 PRI show is in full swing at the massive Orlando Convention Center and there’s LOTS of great iron to oogle on the show floor, in various booths, and even in the lobby of the building....

Road Trip: Hot Rods, Muscle Cars and Street Machines Cruise “Tail of The Dragon” – Bitchin’ Photos and Story!

(Words by Tommy Lee Byrd Photos by Tommy Lee and Christina Byrd ) – If you’ve been watching Bangshift for the past couple of months, then you’ve likely seen an event gallery by Tommy Lee...

Bitchin’ Gallery: George Follmer Tribute At The Petersen Museum – Historic Cars and Racing Royalty!

(Photos by the Petersen Museum) – During the height of the era featuring multi-talented race car drivers, George Follmer may have been America’s brightest star. The man competed in...

Bonus Junkyard Gallery: Even More Coolness from Fleming’s Junkyard – Egg Harbor, NJ

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday, we brought you the first of two galleries from within the confines of Fleming’s Junkyard in Egg Harbor, NJ. Joe Grippo snuck off into the wilderness...

The 2012 Optima Street Car Invitational – Photos From the Road Course, Autocross and More!

(Photos courtesy of Optima Batteries) – Mark Stielow was the winner of the 2012 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational last weekend, wading through the diverse and awesome field of cars and...

Cool Gallery: Bitchin’ 1970s Dirt Bikes and Cool Cars From the AACA Museum – Hershey, PA

(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) – After the SAAC show, we made our way into the Antique Auto Club of America Museum to check out the latest exhibits. It seems we caught a small portion of the...

Event Coverage: Byron World Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos… Bumpers Beware!

These dudes are nuts. I mean we love watching wheelstands, and nothing is more fun than driving a car that pulls the wheels hard, but given the incredible wheelstand it takes to win the Byron World...

Gallery: The 2012 Lyon Farm Antique Tractor and Engine Show – Exposed Moving Parts Inside!

(Photos by Greg Rourke) – It has been too long since we’ve unleashed some good old fashioned tractor and old engine goodness. Greg Rouke is a man after my own heart as he took the time to...

Race Gallery: ChumpCar Action Photos From Shelton, Washington – 100% BS Approved Low Buck Fun!

(Photos by D.V. Klenak) – If you have not heard of the ChumpCar World Series, you must be living under a rock. The low buck, high fun, racing series has been around for years and they run races...

Sprint Car and Dirt Track Action Gallery: The 2012 Labor Day Classic at the Gator Motorplex – Willis, Texas

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Our man in Texas, Charles Wickam is a dirt dog at heart. He loves capturing great pit and action photos of 360 Sprints, Hobby Stocks, Micro Sprints, and Limited...

Shop Tour: Jet Hot High Performance Coatings Visits Petty Garage… Yeah, Like Richard Petty… The King

When Cheryl, Gordon, and Tim from Jet Hot told us that they got to go tour Petty’s Garage we were pretty jealous. But, they made up for it a bit when they sent us some cool photos of the place...

Event Coverage: NTPA National Tractor Pulling Championships: 5 Engines, 10,000 Horsepower, And 10,000 lbs Of Sled

Brian is a sucker for tractors, and since he’s out of town I’m going to run a tractor gallery in his honor. Of course, these happen to have more in common with Pro Mod’s than...