Category Archive: ROAD TRIPS
BangShift LIVE Presented By Ridetech From Hot Rod Power Tour 2016!
It’s on baby! Hot Rod’s Power Tour starts tomorrow morning and we’ve got BangShift Forum Freaks, Sponsors, and friends from all over the country on site or en route to the kickoff...
Take A Walk Through A Bruster’s Ice Cream/JDRF Cruise-In Show – Bring Your Own Ice Cream!
Massive car shows have their place, but we dig the small cruise-ins that bring out a little bit of everything. It doesn’t take too much to entice the locals to bring out their rides and show...
The Fontanel Concert Cruise-In Season Has Begun! We Check Out The First Event In Tennessee!
The Fontanel Concert Cruise-In has been a staple event of mine for a couple of years now, mainly due to it’s picturesque setting near Whites Creek, Tennessee, on the lawns of the stunning...
Bangshift Goes Hunting For Deals At The Annual South Shore Antique Auto Club Trading Bee!
Up here in the Boston MA area, we don’t have a lot of automotive flea markets and swap meets regularly like many other parts of the country do. For this reason, every gearhead in the area...
Event Gallery: 2016 Nashville Boogie Car Show at the Opryland Hotel
Once you parked in the mall parking lot and started making your way towards the Opryland Hotel, you didn’t even need the signs to tell you where to go. All you had to do was follow the people...
Lone Star Deluxe Car Show: We Were There At The Huge Hot Rod Party In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – These days it seems like Texas is cranking out the awesome car show events left and right. Thankfully we have our intrepid man on the scene Charles Wickam there to...
Event Gallery: Our Final Look At The Spring 2016 Redneck Rumble!
As we wind up our coverage from the Spring 2016 Redneck Rumble, we have been contacted by many people who have attended past shows and even the one we were at. We thought we did good covering...
More Coverage From The 2016 Redneck Rumble! Rods, Rats, And Rumbling Eights Aplenty!
There is nothing like hearing an Oldsmobile engine with a huge cam prowling at near-idle, with the occasional blip of the throttle (and resulting bark of protest from the tires) to break up the quiet...
Event Gallery: More Old-School Cool From The 2016 Redneck Rumble!
The demolition derby might have been cancelled, but with all of the rides to see at the 2016 Redneck Rumble, it really wasn’t missed by a first-timer. Rows upon rows of some of the most...
Our First Round Of Photos From The 2016 Redneck Rumble In Lebanon, Tennessee! Check Out The Neat Machinery That Rolled Out For The Occasion!
“The Redneck Rumble is the South’s biggest baddest hot rod, custom car and rat rod show, swap meet and lifestyle show, plus demolition derby and live music.” Do we really need any...
Charlotte AutoFair 2016: Our Final Blast Of Photos From The Show
(Photos by Turbo Start Batteries) – We have finally gotten to the end of the line with our photos from the Charlotte AutoFair 2016. We have to thank the guys from the newly revitalized Turbo...
Cruise Coverage! The Georgetown Cruise Drew The Nicest Iron That Central Kentucky Has To Offer
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Southern Knights of Central Kentucky is a car club that puts on a huge yearly show at Boonesborough State park, but they also have monthly events...
The Trucks Of Somernites! Check Out This Gallery Of The Haulers That Came Out For The Show!
Trucks have been vital to Midwestern families ever since horses started being replaced by automobiles. A car could be considered a luxury, but a truck could be considered a useful tool, and as such...
Somernites Cruises Have Begun For 2016! Here’s Our First Look At The Kentucky Town That Welcomes Gearheads With Open Arms!
The sun came out on a beautiful Saturday afternoon for the first Somernites Cruise of the year, and so did the gearheads! Every last Saturday from here to October, the town of Somerset, Kentucky...