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Sep 09, 2021BangShift Galleries, CAR SHOWS, Car Shows, Event Coverage, Gallery, ROAD TRIPS

Power Tour Photos: America’s Greatest Road Trip Had Awesome Muscle Cars, Trucks, Classics, Hot Rods, And More!

(Photos by Mike Brooks) Our Power Tour photo coverage continues with even more awesome rides from America’s best hot rod road trip. Muscle cars, hot rods, trucks, and more cruising the highways and byways of North America in search of fun, food, and great memories make for great photos and we’ve got more right here.

Mike was originally just going to show up for one or two stops on Power Tour this year and ended up staying for more because he was having such a good time. He’s got a rad square body C10 that was Caddy powered for many years, but after breaking it one too many times he decided to step up and get himself a brand spankin new crate engine from Blueprint Engines and is loving it. If you haven’t been on Hot Rod’s Power Tour, it is the ultimate traveling car show and has been a staple in the hot rodding community for decades. We’ve done it a jillion times and love the event, and so will you if you decide to go next year. We’ve got five galleries of photos from Mike, and as always can’t thank him enough for sending them in.

Here’s what Mike had to say when he emailed us saying he had photos to share.

Finally got my truck back on Power Tour this year. We only planned on hitting the first 3 stops and did so without issue. The truck and it’s new blueprint small block performed flawlessly as I put on 1100 miles from the time I pulled out of my garage until I put it back. We hit Norwalk, Dayton, and Indy as well as a little after party at Graham Rahal performance. 

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Aug 06, 20211320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, 1320 Spotlight, Apex Gallery, Apex Spotlight, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage, Gallery, LAND SPEED RACES, Land Speed Races, XL Spotlight

Bonneville Speed Week 2021: Our Bonneville Speed Week Photos Start Right Here With The Nugget Car Show Hot Rod Photos!

(Photos by Wes Allison) Bonneville Speed Week 2021 officially starts tomorrow morning with cars, trucks, streamliners, lakesters, and more hauling ass on the salt at Bonneville. But no Bonneville Speed Week is really on before the Nugget Car Show that kicks off Friday night. There are a jillion people that come to Bonneville Speed Week to watch, but the biggest crowd shows up sometime Friday and spend Saturday and Sunday watching the action before heading home to wherever they came from on Sunday night. That means that the Friday and Saturday night car show at the Nugget Casino is THE place to be on Friday night in Wendover and there is plenty of beer flowing to celebrate.

This year promises to be an amazing year at Bonneville with all kinds of new cars making their debut and some old cars coming back out for the first time in years. Plus, the piston engine and wheel-driven all-time records are being aimed at with everything people can throw at them this year. We’ll see how the salt is, but we’re hoping for some big things this year at Bonneville.

As we say, this is our first gallery of photos and we’ll have tons of them coming throughout the week as we have Wes Allison on-site to shoot everything he can point a camera at. We’re going to make sure you have all the photos you could want and are going to start it off right with this gallery tonight and another one in the morning. Check it out!

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NPK Photos: All Your Favorite Street Outlaws Racing At No Prep Kings In Maple Grove!

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Charles Wickam and I were all excited to be heading down to the Williamson County Expo Center in Taylor Texas for the Texas Heat Wave Show, even though we had heard that the last couple years had not been super kind to the show. Texas Heat Wave has been around forever and was one of the premier custom truck shows when I was starting out in the mini truck scene and was one of those shows that Courtney, Finnegan and Alexander would hit and cover in the pages of the magazine all the time and that I dreamt about going to. So when I moved to Texas in December of 1997 I was stoked as hell to be taking my lifted, bagged,  shaved, flamed, and billet-equipped 1992 Chevy pickup to the show the next summer. And oh did I! And it was awesome!

Everywhere you looked were bagged, body dropped, lifted, shaved, and all-around custom trucks of every size and description. From mellow street cruisers and daily drivers to the most insane show trucks, they were all there and cruising the grounds. This show was definitely what it was originally started to be back in 1989 when two clubs started this show to be like a West Coast truck show. That means three days, camping and partying and cruising, like Resolutions, numerous events on the River in California and Arizona, and more. And the folks in Texas nailed it with Texas Heat Wave. Unfortunately, the growth and fame also caused some issues as the event outgrew venues in the Austin area and found resistance from some local law enforcement. This was the case when I went in 1998, but it was still an epic show.

Fast forward over the next few years and other venues and the show was still great even with some location challenges. I moved back to California in 2007 and didn’t do much in the custom truck show scene as I was focused on racing, but when I came back here to Texas last year I was hoping to hit Heat Wave up again, which leads me to this weekend.

It was hot, which is no surprise for Heat Wave, as it is always held in late July or August which is the hottest time of the year here in Texas. So Wickam and I trudged our fat asses around the show, losing a few pounds in water at least, and a whole stack of cash out of our wallets to get in, and checked out most everything that was on-site, and the turnout was certainly not overwhelming. I’m sure COVID is still impacting things, but there was a lot of open space at this show, which has not been the case in other custom truck shows this year, and the venue didn’t seem to be utilized very well. Despite having lots of nice open grassy areas there was a huge amount of the show on gravel which made for a very dusty mess that just wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as it could have been. And for us, the variety of trucks just wasn’t there that we’d seen at other events this year, which was again a little disappointing.

I love trucks, and respect stuff even if it isn’t my cup of tea, but the bro dozers felt like the largest group of trucks at this event this year and we heard it from several other show goers walking around. Again, kudos to those guys for building some cool rides, but we also wanted to see more lowered and custom trucks. And there were some, which we have photos of to share, but we were hoping for a lot more. The tattoo expo part of the show was small but cool and the stereo display and sales area was hopping too. In fact we spoke to a few manufacturers about projects we have to plan for and got some great information and saw some cool new stuff. We’re hoping for big things from Texas Heat Wave in 2022, so we aren’t giving up on it, and hope that all of you truck enthusiasts out there will come on down and make Heat Wave great again as well!

CHECK OUT OUR FIRST GALLERY OF PHOTOS BELOW AND CLICK ON ANY PHOTO TO MAKE IT LARGE SO YOU CAN CLICK THROUGH THEM ALL QUICK AND EASY

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Jul 13, 2021Apex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, BangShift News, CAR SHOWS, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery, OTHER

2021 Goodguys Summit Racing Equipment Nationals Photo Coverage: More Cool Cars, Trucks, Bruisers, and Hot Rods From The Show!

(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re back with more great images from the 2021 Goodguys Summit Racing Equipment Nationals presented by PPG. This was a monster of a show that totally bounced back from a 2020 cancellation for reasons that need no explanation. Goodguys has been a juggernaut in the car show industry for decades now and like everything else, people were wondering what 2021 would look like after most hot rodders had a “year off”. Well, the answer is that it looks pretty damned good. We’re talking about record car counts, spectator counts, and the complete spectrum of vehicles that you can image.

From the most modern cutting edge pro touring cars to the laid out International Harvester you see in the lead image, that’s what this massive gathering was all about. Horsepower, style, friends, family, and fun. Check out the photos!

Hit the images below to expand them and then scroll on with the arrow keys to see ’em all

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Hookin' and Bookin': Watch the Legendary Ken Veney Make A Picturesque Full Pull In His Mini-Rod Tractor

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May 22, 2021BangShift Galleries, Car Shows, Gallery, Truck / Tractor Events

If You Like GM Trucks Then You Have To Check Out All Our Photos From The C10 Nationals At Texas Motor Speedway

(Photos by Charles Wickam) It doesn’t really matter what year Chevrolet or GMC trucks you like, there was likely to be something there you dug because the C10 Nationals have become the all encompassing GM truck event with more action than you can imagine. Dyno shootout, drag races, truck show, autocross, burnout contests, and more are all on site at this event and it really is something to see. Wickam drove his multicolored C1500 to the show and then proceeded to snap a jillion photos, take some rides in killer autocross trucks, and even choose a winner for our BANGshift Pick award.  I’ve got a new gallery each day this week from the event, so remember to check back in each day for the latest photo from Wickam. Remember, there is another C10 Nationals event happening in September in Nashville, so you are going to want to check that one out if you live anywhere within 3 states of Tennessee. It’s going to be an epic event as well.

The C10 Nationals have become one of the must-attend truck shows in the country in recent years and with good reason. The show is huge, is held in a killer location, and you are sure to find every single kind of C series GM truck you can imagine. No matter what you like, you’ll find it here and probably in multiples. Short beds, long beds, duallys, and more, are all here and ready to check out regardless of what years of C10s you are into. With drag racing, autocross, burnout competitions, a dyno challenge, and the huge car show all happening around the facility there was plenty to do and see for everyone on site.

Luckily our dude Charles Wickam was on-site to take it all in as I had to go to Bryan Texas for an SDBA Drag Boat race and couldn’t come to the show. Wickam shot all kinds of photos and even gave out our BANGshift Pick award to one lucky attendee at the show. They won an entry into the upcoming C10’s in the Park event happening this fall in Waxahachie and you can see the truck he picked in the blog item linked below.

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR OTHER GALLERIES FROM THE C10 NATIONALS

CLICK HERE TO SEE OUR BANGSHIFT PICK FROM THE C10 NATIONALS

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New, old, weird, common, you name it and they had it on hand at Holley’s LSFest West in Las Vegas. And there was no shortage of weird and wacky and fun and awesome going around the autocross, track cross, 3S challenge and more during this insane event. We call it insane because the size, scope, and variety are unlike any other event in the world, which has become a staple in the LSFest world. Check these photos out and tell us which ones are your favorites.

IF YOU MISSED ANY OF OUR PREVIOUS PHOTOS FROM LSFEST WEST, CLICK HERE

LSFest is a spectacle people and that was never more apparent than in Las Vegas during the 2021 LSFest West event held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. With thousands of cars, and tens of thousands of spectators, it was an event of epic proportions even during these COVID times. Thanks to a great partnership between Holley’s production team, track staff at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, along with local, county and state health organizations, this event was able to happen. And happen it did. There were cars, trucks, SUVs, vans, buggies, exotics, pre-runners, race trucks, and everything in between on site to celebrate everything you can do with LS power. We’re talking Drag Racing, Autocross, 3S Speed Stop, Donuts, Burnouts, Drifting, Sideshow, Truck Jumps, Dyno pulls, Manufacturers Midway and tons of food and drink. This is an event like none other and has a very different personality than LSFest East in Bowling Green Kentucky. If you have only been to one, you definitely need to get to the other.

Everyone that’s anyone wants to be at LSFest and this weekend was no different. YouTube stars from B is for Build, Cleetus McFarland, Blake Wilkey, and more were on hand to throw down, have fun, and cut loose in Vegas. After having to cancel the 2020 show, despite trying to reschedule, there were fans, racers, and enthusiasts from all over the country clamoring to get to Las Vegas for this year’s event. Because no on site ticket sales were allowed, all entries were pre-entry and everyone had to buy their spectator tickets ahead as well. After a bustling Friday, Saturday morning started with record numbers coming through the gates for an actual sold out crowd. And we’re not talking about the BS sold out claims you get from some promoters, we’re talking actually sold out crowd and it was epic to see.

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Nov 18, 20201320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery

Ratty Muscle Cars presents Mopar Vs. Brand X 2020: Sending The Year Off With Screaming Engines

The one thing that stands out about Ratty Muscle Cars events isn’t that the cars are wicked fast, or that they are just rough versions of dream machines. It’s that they are used and not with kid gloves, either. Proof of point: the nicest cars on the property were getting just as rowdy as the purpose-built beaters who were designed to be moss-covered, dented and faded street hustlers. The lone Ford Maverick that showed up blasted Muletown Dyno’s rollers to the tune of over 500 horsepower and torque in the six hundreds. Dylan McCool was dry-launching his Cordoba in the back forty trying to figure out an off-the-line bog. I had my wife’s car, and all of it’s maybe 100 mildly irritated horsepower, in the burnout box lighting up at least one rear tire for all it was worth just for the hell of it. If there was a skidpad or a burnout arena, you can bet that most, if not all of these machines would be out there tearing donuts, cutting up and showing their ass. That is the point to the whole Ratty Muscle Cars movement: it’s just a car. Go out, do stuff and have fun with it.

The natural beauty of the day and location is one thing…touring through leafy backroads and fields of cotton in the middle of baling was amazing. But the most beautiful thing of all caught just about everybody off guard. A few days before the rescheduled event, J.D. Posey, the man with the beaten but beastly 1980 Dodge Aspen A38 that we featured, passed on. He had been at every one of these deals, and before that was a well-known and well-respected racer in the region. Suffice it to say that I was not expecting the Aspen to come rolling through the gates early in the morning. His widow, Pam, had brought the car in as one of J.D.’s last requests, and while there were tears around that story, there were plenty of smiles as well as she wheeled the Dodge around with everybody else.

Just before I left to make the trek back north in the Great Pumpkin Mustang, McCool and I had one last chat with Austin, and the sum of the conversation was this: we needed this Saturday. We needed to get out of the house, surround ourselves with friends, and enjoy one last gasp of nice, warm weather before we’re stuck inside for the winter. We needed this breather from the bullshit of this year. We needed to get into an old car and just go for a drive, and maybe let it all hang out a little bit before we settle back into the sofa and start dreaming of a turkey dinner.

And maybe, just maybe, we might do this again in the spring.

If you missed our last gallery, CLICK HERE to check it out, and be sure to click on a photo below to see more from Mopar Vs. Brand X!

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Not A Supercharger: This All-Billet Four Rotor Engine Build Is Awesome And Wild!

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Aug 08, 20201320 Event Coverage, 1320 Gallery, BangShift 1320, BangShift Galleries, DRAG RACES, Drag Races, Event Coverage, Gallery

Event Preview: Street Car Takeover Bowling Green

Drag racing…I’ve missed it. I’ve enjoyed the projects at home, I’ve enjoyed a relaxed travel schedule, and I fully understand why things are the way they are, but man, does it feel…wrong. I’m used to coming home smelling of race fuel, burnt rubber and the distinct odor that occurs when someone my size is out in hot and humid temperatures far too long. I miss the beautiful tones of the engines. I miss the fun of it all, the atmosphere, the mechanical violence, the trackside food, all of it. Which means that I was over the moon to see that Street Car Takeover Bowling Green was still a go. With the way this year has gone, there was no guarantee that any of this was going to happen, so when I dropped in to get my pass, I was pleased to see cars. I was not so pleased to see that racing was starting in a couple of hours. Blame it on poor planning, but I didn’t think that Friday night was going to have any action.

Yes, it’s been that long since I’ve been to a proper race, not counting Rocky Mountain Race Week. Don’t bother commenting, I know.

So I did the smart thing: I quickly walked around and snapped a few photos in the daylight before hauling ass back to the house, with my wife on the phone as she put the camera battery on the charger. You’ll see plenty of shots from the action later in the evening soon, but for now, here’s what was on the ground. Click on a photo below to check them out:

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