Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
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...
Crash Video: A Mud Bog Jeep Ends Up in the Pond
Racing high performance mud trucks ain’t easy. The task gets even harder when the dude who designed the mud pit apparently wanted to kill as many of the competitors as possible due to the...
Craigslist Find: The Oft Spoken About But Seldom Seen Lambo-Trar!
We’ve featured many Trars on the pages of BangShift over the years but none of them has been as unique in the body department as this one is. Located by BangShifter Matt Cramer in Florida,...
Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2013 – News and Photos From The Road On Monday!
It was a great day of action at Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2013 sponsored by Gear Vendors and Pep Boys Speed Shop on Monday as racers attacked the quarter mile at the historic Beech Bend Raceway in...
1973 Drag Racing Documentary: Burn On – See The Best Jungle Jim Video Interview Ever!
To us, nothing is cooler than old school drag racing movies coming out of hibernation and finding their way onto the internet. We were tipped off to the newest and coolest one out there today. It is...
Question of the Day: If You Were 16 Today and Given $5,000 to Buy A Car What Would It Be?
Let’s play a little “what if” game today. What if it was your 16th birthday on this very date and a well to do grand parent handed you $5,000 in cold hard cash for you to purchase a...
Stopping Power Video: How Boeing Tests the Brakes on a Giant 747-8 Passenger Plane – This Will Ease Your Fear Of Flying…We Promise!
Boeing’s747-8 is the latest evolutionary step in the long standing 747 line. It is a huge by large flying machine that represents the best the company has to offer. The interesting thing about...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What Is The Worse Idea – The Flying Pinto Or Turbonique?
Human beings are very interesting creatures for a multitude of reasons, not least of which is our ability to come up with some really bad ideas and see them all the way to a predictable and horrible...
