Category Archive: CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Goodguys East Coast Nationals Coverage: The Massive Show Continues To Get Better And Better
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – The only thing wrong with the Goodguys East Coast Nationals is the fact that each year it is scheduled on top of a drag race I am supposed to attend, wherever...
2015 LA Roadsters Show: Dozens Of Cool Classic Station Wagons In SoCal
While the roadsters are the main draw and the reason for the show to have been founded more than a half century ago, there are more than 1,000 “other” cars that show up at the event every...
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...
Unhinged: The Best Part Of Large Events – The People Who Make Going Worthwhile
What are automotive events all about? Is it the racing that does it for you? Does the sound of engines going to the moon while cranking out power does it for you. Maybe it involves seeing the...
Swap Meet Madness: Check Out What We Found While Bargain Hunting!
(Story and Photos by Tony Sestito) Recently, I paid a visit to the annual Automotive Swap Meet in Mansfield MA. While many areas of the country have awesome monthly or even weekly swap meets,...
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....
