Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Question of the Day: Who’s The Most Legendary Crew Chief In American Racing History?
For most “normal” people who are fans of racing, they concentrate their energies on the driver. It is the driver who gets the glory and the fame while the crew guys break their ass during...
Rich Siroonian, Ultra-Talented Gasser And Funny Car Driver Passes – Drag Racing’s First 220-mph Flopper Pilot
We’ve received word that Richard Siroonian, nephew of the late “Big John” Mazmanian and the man best known for driving the drag race cars his uncle owned and maintained through the...
eBay Find: The Epic Combo Of A Ranger Body, A Heavy Duty Truck Chassis, Lots Of Exhaust Stacks, And A Big Block
So even I, the dude who loves big trucks of all shapes and sizes is speechless over this creation. It looks like a movie prop, and then there’s one angle where I was almost willing to dig it a...
The Fall 2013 Chattanooga Cruise In – More Killer Photos From The Event!
(Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Late last week we hit you upside the head with an awesome gallery of photos from the Fall 2013 Chattanooga Cruise-In, well we’re back with another load of...
Site of the Week: The Greatest Collection of 4×4 Van Videos the World Has Ever Known
We were tipped off to this pretty cool site that has a collection of videos featuring four wheel drive vans from the mild, like stocker Quigley conversions all the way up to van monster trucks....
Mini-Bike Jump of Doom Video: Loose Pants and a Rough Landing
We once wrecked a BMX bike off a jump hard during our childhood. That pretty much cured us off the jumping bug. Obviously this dude didn’t shake the need to experience flight on a two wheeled...
Green Valley Raceway Footage! Vintage 8MM Video From One Of the Great Lost Drag Strips In The History Of The Sport
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY Green Valley Raceway which was located in North Richland Hills, Texas had a great 20 year run as a road course and drag strip facility. Sanctioned...
The 2013 Fall Chattanooga Cruise-In: Hundreds of Bitchin’ Cars and Trucks Invade The City!
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY (Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Since it’s inception in 2011, the Chattanooga Cruise In (held at Coker Tire and Honest Charley...
Checked Out American Powertrain’s Site In A While? You Need To!
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY The men and women at American Powertrain have been working day and night on new swap kits, clutch components, and a half a million other things...
BangShift Question of the Day: What’s the Worst Car You Have Ever Owned
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY We’ve all had one. A shit box. A junker. A lemon. A car that you actually hated to even look at, let alone drive. Now is the time to spill...
NAPA Auto Parts Pulls Sponsorship From Michael Waltrip Racing As Fallout Continues For Richmond Incident
While we don’t follow a whole lot of NASCAR stuff here, the story of NAPA pulling the plug on a sponsor deal years early with Michael Waltrip Racing is certainly newsworthy in the land of...
This GE Turbine Powered RZR Side By Side UTV Is 100% BangShift Approved! – Video Of The Build And Under Power!
CLICK HERE TO SEE THE REST OF OUR CONTENT FROM TODAY I don’t have a lot of experience with so called “side by sides” or UTV vehicles that originally were built for guys to use on...
2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion – Our Final Gallery Of Bitchin’ Action Photos!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – We’ve finally come to the end of our awesome photo coverage from the 2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion. Rich Pasley and Dave Nutting slayed the photo taking...
More Video Hilarity: Regular Car Reviews Answers All Of Your Questions About 1994 Lincoln Town Cars
Ok, the Regular Car Reviews YouTube channel has become an addiction. The other day we showed you the review of a mid-1990s Jeep Grand Cherokee and today we’re back in the middle 1990s but this...