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Category Archive: Barnstormin'

Barnstormin’: When Hating Something Please Pick A Clear Direction

In recent days, the drag racing world has been freaking out about a few things and they all involve John Force. The first thing was the announcement that Force would be racing Chevrolet...

Barnstormin’: A Family Trip Through Space, Time, And 18 Drag Strips

It was an innocent suggestion from my eight year old son when we asked him what type of stuff he’d like to do on an upcoming family road trip we were going to take before Christmas from Boston...

10,001: Yes This Is Blog Item 10,001 That I Have Published Here On BangShift – Is This Real?

10,001. It isn’t the beginning and it sure as hell isn’t the end but that’s a pretty significant number. 10,001 is the number of this blog item next to my name in our content...

Barnstormin’: A Year Of Shuckin’, Jivin’, Talkin’, and Decision Makin’

(Lead photo by David Hakim) – I took a look at my remaining announcing and travel commitments this year and the list is pretty short. Since we have some great west coast photographers...

Barnstormin’: The Big Gone – Lots Of Words, Lots of Fun, and Lots of Hours At The 60th US Nationals

I literally walked into my house about 15 minutes before sitting down to write this Barnstormin’ column and I am still expecting to see an NHRA Division Director tap me on the shoulder and have...

Live Barnstormin’ Travel Blog: Ride With Me On The Way To CA To Meet Up With Chad At The BS Western Bunker Of Mystery

Hey traveling alone is boring, right? Why not come along with your ol’ pa Lohnes as he makes his way clear across the USA from Boston to Ontario, California and then to Bonneville with the...

The Worst Email I Got This Week: An Invitation To The Taiwan International Fastener Show (I’m Serious)

Chad and I have been kicking this idea around for a while because we both get scads of off the wall junk into our email every week and some of it is downright hilarious. Because we’re men of...

Barnstormin’: Where Will It End? (And We Don’t Want It To Stop)

Horsepower has certainly been in the news a ton over the last couple of weeks with Chrysler dropping the 707hp number on the Hellcat, Ford announcing that even the least powerful 2015 Mustang will...

Barnstormin’: The Triumph Of Showing Up

(Motorcycle photo by Tanya Timberman) – If there were ever truer words spoken than, “90% of success is just showing up,” I have never heard them. Ask anyone who has ever done...

Barnstormin’: Starting To Appreciate Less Than Eight

As you have seen here on the front page of BangShift, from time to time we review new cars. I actually get to drive a lot more cars than you see on these pages. Why? Well we pick and choose the ones...

Barnstormin’: Hanging With The Fringe Element

It is kind of funny how after five years of writing this Barnstormin’ column my life has kind of turned into exactly that, especially during this time of the year. I recently had a three week...

Barnstormin’: NHRA Pro Mod Has Gone Straight And That’s Fine With Me

Now that racing season has ramped fully up to speed, my schedule for traveling and attending races that I am either working at or covering has gone completely nuts. This exponential increase in time...

Barnstormin’: Necessity Is The Mother Of Addiction

Through comments and conversations, I have been lucky enough to read about how lots of BangShifters got their hooks into the car hobby. For some, things started well after their got their...

Barnstormin’: A Weekend Of Intense Fun In The Florida Sun

(Photo by David Hakim) – I am writing this after freshly returning home from a four day stint announcing at the 45th NHRA Gatornationals, the first NHRA national event I have ever announced at...