Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, ROAD TRIPS
Road Trip! Photos and Video: The Rodfather Tour Has Officially Started!
We’ve spent the last two days cruising from Pleasanton, California to Wendover, Utah for the start of the Goodguys Rodfather Tour, but today was the official start. And where better to start a...
Event Gallery: The 2012 Bootleggers Hot Rod Club Show – Kemah, Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we took you to the ever popular Kemah Cruise in Kemah, Texas and today we’re staying in the same town and hitting a different show, the 2012...
Event Coverage: Gibsonville, North Carolina September Cruise-In 2012
Dennis White sent us yet another photo gallery, and this one is from the Gibsonville, North Carolina September Cruise-In. Thanks to the town of Gibsonville and Uncle Benny for providing a great venue...
Video: Hot Rodding Is About Friends, Driving, and Fun… More From The Rodfather Tour
The Rodfather Tour left Pleasanton California on Wednesday morning and ended up in Reno, Nevada for the night. We hooked up with a bunch of the gang, including Andy Brizio himself, in the bar where...
Cruise Gallery: The Kemah Cruise – September 2012
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Now that the blazing temps are mostly in the rear view mirror of the Texas summer, Wickam is back on the mean streets with his camera keeping tabs on shows and...
Video: We’re On The Goodguys Rodfather Tour With Andy Brizio And Friends
Andy “The Rodfather” Brizio is one of the icons of all that is hot rodding. And his mantra has always been that trailering them sucks, but driving them is bitchin. This year he told Gary...
Video: Champion Speed Shop Front Engine Dragster Wins Pepsi Night Fire Nationals In Boise
Les Mayhew does some great video work, and is another one of the great supporters of Nostalgia Drag Racing. We weren’t able to make it to the Pepsi Night Fire Nationals in Boise last month, but...
Drag Week Update: Nuclear Drag War in Oklahoma – Larson, Lutz, Barry All Crest 200mph!
Let it be known, Monday was the quickest and fastest Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week competition day in the history of the event, which is now in its eighth running. Three cars crested the two hundred...
Event Coverage: Holley’s LS Fest In Bowling Green Was Bigger and Badder Than Ever. Check Out Our After Dark Drag Racing Action.
Announcing LSFest should qualify me for an Olympic Medal. Seriously, Michael Phelps, LeBron James, and Missy Franklin can suck it. They wouldn’t be able to keep up. And as much as that sucks...
Drag Week 2012 – What You Need to Know About Today’s Track – Tulsa Raceway Park
Today is the first official day of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 presented by Gear Vendors. We’re at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since you’re there and we’re here, we...
Drag Week Gallery and Info: Some Carnage, Some Big Numbers, and Some Awesome Cars
When Drag Week day one 2005 happened, there were about 45 cars on the grounds to attack KCIR on that fateful day in September. Today, more than 200 cars went though the tech inspection process, many...
Event Coverage: Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings Open House and Car Show. Pro Mods, Camaros, and Lambos Oh My!
We have the greatest sponsors ever here at BangShift.com and one of our longtime supporters has been Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings. Not only do they support us, and sell a bitchin product, but...
Event Coverage: Thousands Of Hot Rods At The August Somernites Cruise. It’s A PowerCruise Warmup!
It’s almost time for the Annual Somernites Power Cruise, presented by Holley, in Somerset Kentucky, and as a warmup their August Somernites Cruise was big. Mustangs, Camaros, Cudas and more all...
Sprint Car and Dirt Track Action Gallery: The 2012 Labor Day Classic at the Gator Motorplex – Willis, Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Our man in Texas, Charles Wickam is a dirt dog at heart. He loves capturing great pit and action photos of 360 Sprints, Hobby Stocks, Micro Sprints, and Limited...