Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Car Show Gallery: The 47th Das Awkscht Fescht
Despite having one of the oddest names for a car show in America, the Das Awkscht Fescht is a massive event in Pennsylvania. For nearly 50 years the show has been filling the 42-acre Macungie...
Event Coverage: NHRA Motorsports Museum Twilight Cruise August 2010
The monthly Twilight Cruise at the Wally Parks NHRA Motorsports Museum is a must see show in Southern California, and we know it. We also know that a ton of you guys hate us for having a dozen other...
Drag Gallery: A Day at the Digs from Houston Motorsports Park
Our Texas based photo correspondent Charles Wickam has been a busy dude. Recently he went and took a shop tour at the School of Automotive Machinists and he also attended the drags at Houston...
Event Coverage: The Loring Timing Association 2010 LSR Meet — Saturday
The 2010 Loring Timing Association meet is in full swing with records falling and big speed numbers hitting the airwaves. There has been some carnage as well with several racers lunching motors and...
Loring Timing Association 2010 Meet — Friday
Well, a quiet Friday at Loring has come and gone. Tech inspection was completed, rookie orientation was done, and by all accounts we’re ready to haul some big ass on Saturday morning. We...
Event Coverage: Even More Goodguys Columbus Car Show Coverage
The Good Guys Columbus car show is the largest of the year, and we just keep getting in more photos from the event. Our boy Doug, “LS7GTO” on the BangShift.com Forums, sent us some more...
Barnstormin’: Heading to Loring, Lobster, Hot Rods, and Maine State Troopers
Well, we’ve arrived at Loring, Maine. We’ve sipped our first beers, ate a bunch of lobster, oogled a trio of cool hot rods, and skirted a huge speeding ticket due to the good graces of a...
Ivan Stewart is Auctioning Trucks, Memorabilia, and Parts! Get your pennies ready.
Ivan “The Ironman” Stewart, multi-time Baja 1000 winner, and off-road racing icon is having an auction in honor of his retirement on August 28th. Stewart’s career includes...
Event Coverage: The 9th Annual Englishtown Funny Car Reunion and Old Time Drags
The Funny Car Reunion and Old Time Drags are events that simply have to be taken in. Held each summer at Raceway Park in Englishtown, New Jersey, it draws all of the strongest nostalgia Funny Cars...
Event Coverage: The 2010 KKOA Leadsled Spectacular
The KKOA Leadsled Spectacular is billed as the world’s oldest and most established Custom Car event. It was started thirty years ago and continues to thrive today as evidenced by the great...
Event Coverage: Power Hot Rod Reunion in Malmby Sweden
When our favorite Swedish BangShifter, Jobergg, told us that he had photos and video from the Power Hot Rod Reunion in Sweden, we just couldn’t pass them up. When you look at the Swedes and...
Retro Gallery: The 2009 Loring Timing Association Land Speed Meet
We’re counting down the minutes before we get to turn our faithful Ford truck north and haul ass for about eight hours to reach Limestone, Maine. That’s where the action will be this...
Event Coverage: Long Beach Swap Meet July 2010
The Long Beach Swap Meet is always a must attend affair here in Southern California, and this month cool temps and overcast skies meant the swap meet was nice and comfy while cruising the aisles for...