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Category Archive: CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage

Cruise Coverage: The First Ever Costumes and Cruise In For A Cure – Great Cars And A Great Time

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Let’s face it, Halloween isn’t typically a holiday that invites car guys to get out and play. Memorial Day weekend, sure….Fourth of July,...

Goodguys Autumn Get Together 2014 – Our Last Blast Of Cool California Stuff

Well I have finally worked my way to the end of my copious load of photos from the 2014 Goodguys Autumn Get Together in Pleasanton, California. Ironically in just a day or two, Chad will be traveling...

Greg Rourke Picks His Favorite SEMA 2014 Cars And Trucks – See ‘Em All Here

(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY GREG ROURKE) – This was my first visit to SEMA. I really had no idea what to expect, and I was right. It was huge, wall to wall stuff and people. Bob and I brought our...

More Cool Muscle Cars From The 2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals -Neat Stuff Abounds

(Photos by Doug Gregory) – We’re back with more sweet muscle cars from the Boonesborough Boogie Nationals. Doug Gregory pounded out the photos from this show and used his normal strategy...

Goodguys Autumn Get Together 2014 Coverage: The Car Corral, Cool Stuff, And Signs You Are At A California Car Show

Lots of times people will tell me that when I am announcing an event I don’t sound like I am from the Boston area and I usually agree with them because I tend to bury my accent on purpose. I am...

2014 Boonesborough Boogie Nationals – Muscle Cars Of All Shapes And Sizes

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Let me start with I didn’t not shoot more Chevy than everything else in this category. There simply was MORE Chevy stuff than anything else. When you...

Goodguys Autumn Get Together Coverage: More Photos From Our Fun Weekend In The California Sun

Our unrelenting onslaught of photos from the 2014 Goodguys Autumn Get Together in Pleasanton, California continues today with more photos from the show. To give you an idea of how tightly packed the...

A BangShifter Abroad, Part 4: Loch Ness, Whisky, And The Dark History Of Edinburgh

After our free day that we used to go to Bute, we started the actual tour of Scotland and Ireland. This necessitated a hotel change, so we called for a taxi and loaded our bags down to the sidewalk...

Goodguys Autumn Get Together Coverage – Hot Rods, Hemi Engines, And Stuff You’ll Hate

I’m back with more coverage from the 2014 Goodguys Autumn Get Together which was held last weekend at the Almeda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. This was one of the neatest car...

The Goodguys Autumn Get Together Was Full Of Awesome Cars And Trucks – See Our Photos Here

Just yesterday I wrapped up a weekend of announcing the Goodguys autocross at the Goodguys Fall Get Together at the Almeda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, California. I hitched a flight west on...

A BangShifter Abroad, Part 3: Finding Out Where You Came From

We woke up from our deep sleep in the Hotel Grasshoppers to a sunny day. After the wonderful homemade breakfast served by the hotel staff (a far cry from the dinner we had the night prior, which was...

A BangShifter Abroad, Part 2: It’s Not The Journey, It’s The Destination

To read The Prelude, Click Here At six in the morning, my wife started shaking me in the usual morning ritual of waking me up, which is normally where she shakes me out of deep sleep, then I lay...

SEMA 2014: Cars, Trucks, Tractors, And Hot Parts From The Show – More Stuff You Haven’t Seen Yet!

Yes, SEMA 2014 ended last night. Yes, we had days on end at the Las Vegas Convention Center. No, you still have not seen all of our photos yet. SEMA officials were telling us that the show was made...

SEMA 2014: From Pro Touring Cars To Nitro Funny Cars, This Is Our Most Diverse Gallery From SEMA Yet

As I continue to go through all of the photos I have blasted so far at SEMA 2014, I realize that as diverse as I think we keep BangShift on a day to day basis there’s a massive world of stuff...