Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Event Coverage
Event Coverage: Pep Boys Speed Shop Grand Opening
On May 30th, BangShift.com attended the grand opening of the all-new Pep Boys Speed Shop on Washington Blvd. in Los Angeles. This is a new deal for Pep Boys where they took a bunch of the brand-name...
Event Coverage: 2009 Michigan Vintage VW Festival
Note: This is an event coverage story and photos that we got from BangShift.com forum member Fast Ed. If you attend a car show or race and have photos and info that you’d like to contribute for...
Video: 2009 March Meet Dragsters in Violent, Sideways Action
When the 2009 March Meet came to Bakersfield’s Famoso Raceway for round one of the year’s NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, BangShift.com was there, on the starting line, capturing...
Video: Drag Racing Altereds in Action at the 2009 March Meet
Here’s the next BangShift.com video of the action at the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway, and this time it’s all about the Altereds. There are many modern cars here, but also some...
Video: Blown Doorslammers in Action at the 2009 March Meet
And the hits just keep coming! Heavy hitters, that is, like the supercharged A/Gassers from the NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Series race that opened the 2009 season at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield,...
Video: Vintage Nitro Funny Cars from the 2009 March Meet
On Monday we blogged up the fact that we’ve got more video coming and told you that a bunch of drag racing action was headed your way. We started off with a general action reel, then posted a...
Video: Muscle Car Burnouts and Launches from the 2009 March Meet
Here’s another entry in the 2009 March Meet drag racing action videos that we introduced to you here. This installment features burnouts, wheelies, and launches from the doorslammers of the...
Video: 2009 March Meet Action!
Way back when it was fresh news, we brought you six big photo galleries of the scene at the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway near Bakersfield, California. At the time we also shot a bunch of video,...
2009 SEMA Hall of Fame Inductees Announced
The SEMA Hall of Fame is the Cooperstown of Hot Rodding and the automotive hobby. Every year they induct a small class of new members and recently this year’s class was announced by SEMA. See...
Event Coverage: The NEATTA Antique Tractor Show and Pull
I love old tractors. I really have no idea why but I have just as much love for a 1948 Ford 8N as I do a 1970 LS6 Chevelle. Luckily, show season is getting cranked up here in New England and we...
Event Coverage: The 5th Annual Jeg’s NHRA SportsNationals
The 5th Annual 2009 Jeg’s Pacific SPORTSNationals presented by K&N on April 18-19 in Fontana, California, was hot and fast, and we’re not just talking about the weather. While the...
Event Coverage: 159 Photos from the 2009 Viva Las Vegas Car Show
As promised last week when we posted this gallery of 66 retro custom cars, BangShift.com spent Saturday in Las Vegas for the 12th Annual Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender. The event is now held at...
Event Coverage: 200 Photos from Goodguys Del Mar Car Show
It was another great weekend in California on April 3-5 for the 9th Annual Goodguys Del Mar Nationals at the fairgrounds in, you guessed it, Del Mar. BangShift.com was there all weekend as I once...