Tag Archive: spotlight
SEMA 2014: Here’s A Collection Of Photos Featuring Trucks And Nothing BUT Trucks
Trucks are a massive part of the SEMA show because trucks are a massive part of the automotive aftermarket and they come in all shapes and sizes. In this group of photos you’ll see trucks of...
SEMA 2014: A Fresh Batch Of SEMA Cars And Truck From Inside AND Outside The Las Vegas Convention Center
As promised, we’re going to keep the SEMA 2014 news, photos, and information flowing like wine this week. One of the things we have failed to show you thus far in our coverage is some of the...
SEMA 2014: The Jet Hot Double Down Roadster Half Naked! The Car Runs, Drives, And Even Picked Up Some Style Points
The Jet-Hot High Performance Coatings Double Down roadster has gotten a lot of electronic ink on our pages since last year at SEMA when the the car appeared at the show while it was under...
SEMA 2014: We Hung Out With The North American Eagle LSR Car And Its Crew As They Unloaded It From The Hauler – 45,000HP Gearhead Nirvana
It was a scene that brought on thoughts and feelings of what it could have been like to watch Craig Breedlove, Art Arfons, Nathan Ostich, Walt Arfons, or any of the other land speed heroes of the...
SEMA 2014: Daystar Products’ Jeep FC 170 Truck With Hemi Power And Tracks Is 100% BangShift Approved
There’s love a first site and then there are the emotions that I felt when I rounded a corner at the 2014 SEMA show and saw the amazing creation that lies before you on these electronic pages....
SEMA 2014 Coverage: Monday Photos From Setup Day At The Show – An Awesome Crop Of Cars And Trucks
SEMA 2014 has begun! We were in the Las Vegas Convention Center today during setup day for the 2014 SEMA show and took an opportunity to run around to shoot photos of cars and trucks, get the inside...
Peak Antifreeze To Sponsor John Force’s Funny Car For 2015 And Beyond
That’s right folks. It was announced this afternoon that John Force will carry the Peak Antifreeze and Bluedef Diesel Exhaust Fluid brands on his funny car for 2015 and beyond. In addition,...
Project Violent Valiant SEMA 2014 Thrash: The Final Prep Before The World Sees This Angry Mopar!
It was EXACTLY one year ago today when we showed the body of what has not become Project Violent Valiant getting sand blasted and prepped before being sent back to Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle for Kevin...
The Atomic EFI Age: Or What Project Buford T Justice Did On His Summer Vacation – Driveway EFI Install
Claims of Project Buford T Justice’s demise have been greatly exaggerated, although I have not done a lot of quell them because of a lack of suitable update stories this summer, but the fact is...
Powerhouse: We Tour The Legendary Jan-Cen Racing Engines Shop Where Big Horsepower And Pro Mod Championships Are Made
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks and Jose Ferrer) – First, a little background. I’ve been contributing to Bangshift since 2012 along with fellow Bangshifter, Jose Ferrer. We both grew up and...
Kontinentals Drag Of The Drag Race Coverage: Old Hot Rods, The Coolest Junior Dragster Ever, And Big Fun In Texas
(Photos by Bob Paxton) – Here’s our second and final collection of photos from the awesome Kontinentals Car Club Day of the Drag Race event which was held at the eternally cool Little...
The Goodguys G/RS Camaro Is One Bad Hombre, And We Have The Pictures To Prove It
(Words and Photos by Kaleb Kelley) At the recent Goodguys Lone Star Nationals, I had the opportunity to see some of the best builds in the country. I’m not normally a big first generation Camaro...
Bayou Bomb: Leroy Brown Is Heading For The 8s – Here’s A Last Look At One Of The Tamest Looking Deep 9-second Street Cars In America
(Photos by Charles Wickam) We’re breaking from normal protocol here. Why? Normally when a car owner tells us that he’s going to be blowing the car apart to make changes that should speed...
BangShift Exclusive: An Incredible Inside Look At The Restoration Of A WWII B-17 – The Desert Rat Labor Of Love
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – So BangShift Chicago gets a hotline call wanting to know if we would like to see some old metal that’s being restored locally. Silence for a split...