Category Archive: BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage
Event Gallery: The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Hot Rod Party 2010
The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party, held at Rich Conklin Farm in Montville, New Jersey, is the unofficial kickoff to the massive Lead East car show and ’50s party in...
Get There: Lead East 2010 Happens This Weekend (W/Photo Gallery)
Lead East, the rollicking car show created by Terry Cook, and known as the “World’s Largest 50s Party,” is kicking off as you read this in Parsippany, New Jersey. The show is...
It Came From the Forums: Photo Coverage of the 2010 Frog Follies Pre-’49 Car Show
Indiana-based BangShift member Drew recently attended the Frog Follies car show in Evansville, Indiana. This event is billed as the largest pre-49 car show on Earth and draws more than 4,000 cars!...
Event Gallery: New England Dragway’s 2010 Dragin’ in the ’50s Show
We were in the mood to see some neato nostalgia drag racing recently, so we gave our wife the day off, loaded up the kiddos and headed to the local strip. Luckily for us, New England Dragway was...
Event Coverage: 4th Annual Burbank Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show with Cacklefest Video
The 4th Annual Burbank, California, Charity Hot Rod and Race Car Show was a big hit on August 28th, 2010. The Masonic Lodge of Burbank puts on the show every year, with all proceeds going to support...
Great Thread: Antique Race Boats Are Truly Hot Rods on Water
Like nostalgia drag racing or old timey stock car racing, the world of boat racing is chock full of vintage equipment that thundered down waterways in years past. Again, like those other forms of...
World’s Fastest Electric Vehicle going for FIA World Record on the Salt Now!
As we speak, the Buckeye Bullet Electric Streamliner, is slowing down from setting a new FIA speed record of 291 mph on the famed salt of Bonneville. The team stayed for a private FIA record attempt...
Great Thread: Cruising American Iron in Sweden
BangShift forum member Jobergg lives in Sweden and is neck deep in the American car and hot rod scene in that country. He comes up with awesome video and photos pretty frequently and his most recent...
Car Show Gallery: The Mass. Cruisers Gillette Stadium Cruise – August 2010
The Mass. Crusiers claim that their bi-weekly cruise night, held at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, is the largest in New England. We dare anyone to refute that claim. This monster packs...
Bonneville 2010: Spectre Performance puts the Speed in Speedweek
The 2010 SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speedweek rocked, and we owe our boys at Spectre Performance, and their 2100 horsepower Cadillac powered Speedliner, for a lot of the excitement. Spectre owner Amir...
It Came From the Forums: Killer Bonneville Photos from BangShift Member Randal Burns
While Chad was out chasing the movers, shakers, and headline makers on the salt, BangShift OG member Randal Burns was prowling the pits, lending a hand, and loving life at Speed Week. Randal had his...
Crank it up Video: Outside Car Footage of Lee Sicilio’s Daytona at 230 MPH at Bonneville
Our video from earlier this week showing Lee Sicilio wheeling his massive, Ray Barton Hemi powered Charger Daytona down the salt on a record qualifying run was met with a great response. The...
Bonneville Speed Week 2010 – Thursday Gallery – Presented by Spectre Performance
As the final day of competition dawns in Utah, we’re giving you a gallery of action that took place on Thursday. The crews, racers, SCTA volunteers, and even the spectators must be exhausted by...