Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Caption This Photo: Oh, Hey! A Quarter!
If you have ever watched a professional drag race team on the starting line you know that there are usually a couple of guys working as “wipers” these fellows are in charge of making sure...
Gallery: Batmobiles, General Lee, Starsky and Hutch, Famous Movie/TV Cars at The Dezer Collection
Miami, Florida’s Dezer Collection car museum has a massive grouping of famous movie and tv cars like one of the original Batmobiles (#3 made), a General Lee, the Monkeemobile, a Starsky and...
Buford T Justice 9C1 Caprice Update: Metal Fab,Head Work, A Good Surprise, An Awful One
As promised, we’re back with another update of Project Buford T Justice, our 1987 9C1 Caprice. In the last installment we took the car to the dyno and thrashed all day bolting on more than 20hp...
Video: Watch A Nitrous Infected Small Block Ford Powered Geo Tracker Pull A Massive Power Wheelie At The Strip!
File this one under “so wrong it’s right”. We found video of a little Geo Tracker that has been muscled up by time with the addition of a small block Ford V8, a whole bunch of...
eBay Find: A 1968 Corvette With An Eckler’s Sport Wagon Conversion And Romping GM 572ci/720hp Crate Motor!
Well this one is certainly interesting. We found this 1968 Corvette when trolling the halls of eBay for big block ‘Vettes because that’s what kind of mood we were in this morning. This is...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s The Coolest Animal On Brandon Bernstein’s Top Fuel Dragster?
Brandon Bernstein was one of the few racers at the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up to have their paint/wrap for the 2013 NHRA campaign already installed on their car for the weekend at PBIR. Bernstein, who...
The Dezer Collection: Micro Car Gallery Extravagaza! All Kinds of Cool and Weird Tiny Cars From All Over The World
While I was waiting for Chad to show up in West Palm Beach for the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up last week, I shot down to Miami and took a tour of the massive Dezer Collection car museum. I shot almost...
2013 PRO Winter Warm Up Action Gallery: Nitro Funny Cars and Top Fuelers At Palm Beach Intl Raceway
Despite the Saturday rain, we had a killer time at the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida. We saw Courtney Force make the fastest 1000′ funny car pass in...
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE 2013 PRO WINTER WARM UP Highlights- Saturday rained out
That’s right, kids! For the third year in a row, we’ll be LIVE and FREE from the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up Presented by Bennett Auto Supply at Palm Beach International Raceway in Florida....
NITRO GALLERY: PRO Winter Warm Up 2013 -Early Thursday Action Photos!
We’re here at PBIR for the 2013 PRO Winter Warm Up and the teams are making runs hot and heavy. All of the NHRA’s big nitro hitters are making runs and working on their combos for the...
Powershift LIVE Tonight – We’ll Be Broadcasting From The PRO Winter Warm Up – Brian and Chad Go Live At 6 Pacific/9 Eastern Time (Hopefully With Guests!)
It’s Thursday, that means BangShift’s new LIVE show featuring Chad and Brian will be on tonight 6PM Pacific and 9PM Eastern time. This week, we’ll be live broadcasting the show from...
Bonneville Video: Bruce Meyer Plus Mike Cook Plus A Rowdy 427 Equals A 200 MPH Roadster On The Salt
For lots of us, racing a fast roadster at Bonneville is a dream that we may or may not ever get to see through. Cars like the Beck – Cummins – Davidson- Thornsberry roadster have done...
eBay Find: A 1975 Demac Snowcat Wrecker – Ford Driveline, Holmes 440 Wrecker Unit – Epic Perfection
My pal, and BangShift reader Paul Lafayette tipped me off to one of the single coolest vehicles I have ever shared here on BangShift. This is a 1975 Ford truck converted into a...
Cool News: Holley Revamps HolleyTV – Tech Videos, Fun Stuff, Hot Rod Documentary Shorts And A Ton More!
One of the great things about companies like long time BangShift sponsor Holley is that they have fully embraced the video scene and that means it puts a ton more knowledge, know-how, and...