Category Archive: Event Coverage, OTHER
Road Trippin’ With Scott: Racking up 1200 Miles in a Recently Freshened 1973 Monte Carlo
I’m surprised to hear how few people will actually get in their old project ride and just hit the road. Sure, thousands cruise Hot Rod Magazine’s Power Tour, but that number pales in...
Photo Galleries: The 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion
While Chad mans the scaffolding high above the legendary drag strip at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California, our own Scott Liggett is snapping away with his camera to bring us great photos from...
CLICK HERE TO Watch Free Live Streaming Video from the 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion!
For the 5th consecutive year, BangShift.com brings you FREE Live Streaming Video from the NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. Watch dozens of nitro burning Funny Cars and Dragsters run down the famed...
Cruise Gallery: Bob’s Big Boy Cruise – October 2011
Normally Bob Chiluk is sending us galleries from the Chicago car scene, but he escaped the Fall doldrums and went out to California recently for a week or cars and surfing. We hate him too. Anyway,...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Pennsylvania Dutch Classic – Maple Grove, PA
For 40 years, NHRA Division One sportsman racers have descended on Maple Grove Raceway in Reading, Pennsylvania to close out the season at the Pennsylvania Dutch Classic. This year was no exception....
Show Gallery: The Burnout Houston 2011
The Burnout Houston 2011 was a rockin’ good time as BangShift Texas photo correspondent Charles Wickam found out. The show bills itself as being about, “Beer, Babes, Brats, Badass Rods,...
Drag Gallery: The 2011 Shakedown at E-Town
The 2011 running of the “Shakedown at E-Town” continued in a tradition that is heading for a tenth year in 2012. There were lots of great cars, lots of big time runs and some of the...
DUNNE AND MURRILLO TOP NMCA/AEROSPACE COMPONENTS NHRA UNLEASHED WINNERS IN INDY
The NHRA Unleashed Series has changed the world of drag racing as NMCA racers are now able to earn a Wally for the mantle thanks to the combination Unleashed NMCA races that started this year. The...
Event Coverage: Final Hunnert Car Pile Up Photo Gallery
The Hunnert Car Pileup has been held in Decatur Illinois for the last 10 years, and 2011 marks the end of an era. When the newly formed Chrome Czars Car Club decided they were going to put on an...
Event Coverage: NMRA Finishes Season On High Note in Bowling Green
As much as we try, the BangShift machine just can’t be everywher. But thanks to guys like John Fusco and Mike Galimi, we can still bring you results and highlights from the NMRA World Finals in...
Event Coverage: Hot Rod Drag Week 2011 Bonus Photos
Last month we brought you all the Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week coverage you could handle, but we still have more! Earlier this week we introduced you to Dominic at DRD Photos who shot the great photos...
Event Coverage: Hershey AACA Fall Regional Show Gallery
One of the most bad assed must see car shows in the world is Hershey Pennsylvania’s Antique Automobile Club of America Regional Fall Meet. It’s been going on in the same place since 1955,...
UPDATE: First to 250 mph: Aeromotive Mustang Breaks NMCA Speed Record at Indy
The 250 mph barrier has been broken in NMCA competition, and our boys at Aeromotive were the guys who pulled it off. Breaking the previous speed record by more than 16 mph, they didn’t just...
Event Coverage: 2011 Byron Power Wheelstanding Championships Photos, Video, and More
The Byron Dragway Power Wheelstanding Championships have become one of the coolest, craziest, events on the planet, and are on our bucket list of places to attend. Unfortunately for us 2011’s...