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Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage

2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: More Great Coverage From The Massive 45th Annual NSRA Bonanza

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Well, I can’t recall the official total of cars ran in the gate during this year’s Nationals, but the number was clearly over 10,000 which is pretty...

We Found The Fix For Speed Week’s Water Woes – Brilliant!

(Photos from SCTA Facebook Page) –  So Chad and I are industrious fellows and we’ve been racking our brains for a quick and cheap fix for the current water situation on the Bonneville...

Bonneville Speed Week 2014 Coverage: Friday Nugget Car Show

(Photos by Chad and Brian) – Well even though the Great Salt Lake is actually a Great Lake Lake currently there’s still plenty of awesome hot rods and race cars here at Bonneville Speed...

Prolong Twilight Cruise Coverage: Another Blast Of Cool SoCal Iron At The NHRA Museum

Yesterday we brought you the first of two photo galleries from the Prolong Super Lubricants Twilight cruise which is held at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum in Pomona, California on the first...

Here’s All Of Our Bonneville Speed Week 2013 Photos From The Track, The Pits, And More.

(Editor’s note: To whet your whistle for what’s hopefully coming this weekend and into next week, we’re going to show you all of our 2013 photo coverage from Speed Week. All the...

Prolong Twilight Cruise Coverage: A Beautiful Night At The Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum

On the first Wednesday of every month Prolong Super Lubricants hosts a Twlight Cruise at the NHRA Wally Parks Motorsports Museum. These events have been going on for years and they have becomes a...

2014 NSRA Street Rod Nationals Coverage: Photos From One Of The USA’s Biggest Shows 45th Year

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This was one of the best events ever in terms of the diversity and quality of cars although the event started off with a bit of bummer.  There was a...

Bonneville Speed Week 2014: Rains Soak Bonneville Salt Flats – Racing Start Delayed Until Sunday

Like the title says, this is not great news. Yesterday afternoon a heavy duty storm cell made its way across the expanse of the Bonneville Salt Flats and left it in the shining, shimmering, and wet...

Kearney Cruise Nite Coverage: More Photos From A Packed House In Downtown Kearney

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – Yesterday we dropped Scott Liggett’s first gallery from the 2014 Kearney Cruise Nite in your lap and today we’re back with more. See, the entire length...

In 1935 Ab Jenkins Went 68mph On An Allis Chalmers Tractor And In 2014 There’s a Modified 8N Showing Up To Blow That Away

The man you see hunkered over the steering wheel of that (literally) speeding Allis-Chalmers tractor is the legendary Ab Jenkins. In 1935 Jenkins drove that tractor to a terminal speed of just under...

Kearney Cruise Night Coverage: The Scene From Downtown Kearney – Cool Town, Cool Cars

(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – The 27th Annual Kearney Cruise Nite hosted by the Central Nebraska Auto Club was just getting started Wednesday night with a cruise to the local care...

Somernites Cruise July 2014 Coverage: A Second Blast Of Photos From The Massive Event

(Photos by Doug Gregory) – Yesterday we showed you the first of two galleries from the July 2014 Somernites Cruise by Doug Gregory. Doug and his family hit these events regularly and love them....

Cruise Coverage: The July 2014 Somernites Cruise – A Fun Weekend In Kentucky

(WORDS AND PHOTOS BY DOUG GREGORY) – The July Somernites cruise was another smashing success. Between the huge numbers of cars and all the people checking them out, this was a fun weekend in...

Bonneville Speed Week 2014: This Is The Most Dominant Production Pickup Ever And It Is Going For A Clean Sweep Of The Record Book This Year

Other than the lowered stance and the air dam up front, that looks like a pretty typical 1988-1998 Chevy pickup, right? In some sense it is because SCTA rules for the Production Pickup class in which...