Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
CL Find: An LS-Swapped, Lifted, Altogether Awesome 1987 AMC Eagle Wagon – RTI Ramp Photos Included!
There’s a pretty devoted community for 4×4 AMC Eagles from the late 1970s and early 1980s. There are people who simply like to restore them, modify them lightly, and cruise them. Then...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Given A Time Machine What Specific Race Or Type Of Racing Would You Go Back And Watch?
This question came to be through multiple conversations with racers both active and former who told me awesome stories that I wish I could have experienced first hand. From Garlits shaving his beard...
2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion Photos – See Them All HERE!
(Photos by Rich Pasley) – The 2013 New England Hot Rod Reunion is in full swing here at New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire. We’ve got a couple of shooters on the ground this...
Bruce Larson Launches USA-1 1968 Camaro Funny Car All The Way Off The Ground! We Got It All!
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – When Bruce Larson and John Worm announced that Worm’s shop would be building a tribute 1968 USA-1 Camaro for Larson to match race and pound on across the...
The Parting Shift: Hammering Gears at a Backwoods Strip in a Jerico Equipped Bracket Bomber
There is lots to love about this video as it’s Bangshifty to the core. Be it the camera angle, which makes us think of the famous chase movie “Duel” as we can only see the hand of...
2013 Orange Drag Strip Reunion Photos – Car Show and Drag Action Shots!
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – The other day we dropped some cool photos on you from the 2013 Orange Drag Strip Reunion which was recently held in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. This event is a...
Craigslist Find: Brian and Chad Are Shopping For Each Other – Here’s Brian’s Bitchin’ Unimog Pick For Chad!
So while we have the live broadcast of the 2013 NHRA New England Hot Rod Reunion presented by AAA Insurance, we had some downtime yesterday due to the rain at New England Dragway. Rather than waste...
Re-Run Video: Watch Our Entire NEW ENGLAND HOT ROD REUNION Broadcast Here!
UPDATE: We had another downpour Friday afternoon and now we are done with racing for the day. RACING STARTS AGAIN SATURDAY AT 9AM. That’s right! Starting this Thursday, we’re going to be...
The 2013 Orange Drag Strip Reunion – Great Photos From A Retro-Cool Event!
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – There are lots of “drag strip reunion” events that happen across the country now and that’s cool with us. These events are a great way to honor...
800hp, Naturally Aspirated 461ci Windsor Build and Dyno Video – A Chevy Killer Is Born!
Last week we showed you video of a naturally aspirated LS engine making big power on the dyno before LS Fest. Many of you expressed your opinion of being sick of LS engines but James Forgan went a...
Watch A Lola T-70 Can Am Car Tear Around Sebring – Big Block Chevy Road Racing Goodness
There are few things cooler than guys who have really rare and special stuff who are unafraid to get after it on the race track with said rare stuff. This video of a Lola T-70 MK III B Coupe getting...
Hot Rod Drag Week Day 2: Blazing Hot (Literally) Action From Lucas Oil Raceway
It was nearly 100 degrees at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indiana yesterday and that was just fine with a couple of Hot Rod Drag Week competitors who managed to further scorch the Earth with huge runs on a...
Drag Week 2013 Photos From Tech Day At Beech Bend Raceway – Awesome Cars
(Photos by BS Forum Member TheOutsider) – One of the days that hot rodders all over the country look forward to is tech day at Hot Rod Drag Week. This year the tour began at Beech Bend Raceway...
Watch AJ Fiorelli Pull A 770-Foot Wheelie In A Barracuda With No Wheelie Bar, A Manual Transmission, And A Motor In The Front
We’ve gotta love guys like AJ Fiorelli. Last weekend at Central Illinois Dragway, AJ took his Barracuda down the entire eighth mile strip, plus 100-feet on the rear wheels. This would be cool...