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Author Archive: Brian Lohnes

Retro Galleries: BangShift 2012 PRO Winter Warm Up Still Photo Galleries From Last Year

Here are the galleries we ran last year from PBIR at the 2012 PRO Winter Warm Up. We’ll be posting content later today from this year’s running of the event but we wanted to whet your...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: Drag City – Jan and Dean (1963)

Jan and Dean were on top of the world in the early 1960s. Their tunes like Surf City, this song Drag City, The Little Old Lady From Pasadena, and Dead Man’s Curve all lived at the top (or...

Video: Watch A Small Tire Mustang Drag Car Pull A Massive Power Wheelie At Carolina Dragway – The House Of Hook Really IS!

If wild stuff is happening on a drag strip, Nitro Art will probably be there to film it. The guys were on the scene recently at the famed Carolina Dragway to take in some action and were rewarded...

Question of the Day: What Historic Drag Car Would You Most Like To See Back On The Track Again?

(Photo credit: NHRA.com) – After showing you Bruce Larson’s killer new nostalgia funny car, we’re now interested in hearing what old school drag car you’d like to see back on...

Sneak Peek Gallery: Bruce Larson’s New Camaro Nostalgia Flopper And A Tour Of WORM Inc!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our man Grippo was a busy boy last weekend! You already saw his gallery from the Posies Rods and Customs open house and now we’re dropping more great photos on...

Gallery: The Posies Hot Rods and Customs Winter Get Together/Open House 2013

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Every winter Ken Fenical of Posies Hot Rods and Customs throws open the doors to his shop and the gate to his parking lot of a winter time get together, hot rod show,...

BS Daily Tune Up: Alvin Lee and Ten Years After – I’m Going Home (Woodstock 1969)

Forgive a bit of self-indulgence in today’s Daily Tune Up selection but I had to include one of my favorite songs at some point, right?! This is Alvin Lee and Ten Years After shredding out...

Larry Dixon and Lee Beard Are Back In NHRA For 2013 – Rapisarda Autosport International Hires The Two Legends For Multi-Continental Campaign

NHRA.com is reporting that two of the greats in modern drag racing history will be paired up in 2013 racing under the banner of the Australian-based Rapisarda Autosport International team. Lee Beard...

Gallery: 50 Photos of Slingshot Dragsters

The first age of the front engine dragster was a long one. Until Big Daddy Don Garlits got the whole rear engine situation sorted out, the front engine “slingshot” dragster was the hot...

Video: The Most Insane Thing You’ll See All Day — Para-Sledding Or, How To Potentially Die From High Altitude On A Snow Machine

We have to thank BS tipster Toni Scholz for the lead on this video featuring a guy named Eric Oddy who has seemingly created a new adventure sport called para-sledding. The concept seems fairly...

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eBay Find: A Pro Touring 1966 El Camino That We Want Bad! (And That We’d NEVER Paint)

As we pay more and more attention to the Pro Touring scene we’re recognizing that for every mega-buxo, ocean trench deep pockets build there are 10 home built cars on reasonable budgets being...

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100% BS Approved: 2012 Video Highlight Reel From The Wild Postman Pat Kiddie Ride Drag Car! Insane!

Back in September we introduced you to the awesome British creation that melded a custom chassis, hot little motor, and the body from a stationary kiddie ride into a drag racing machine. Tom Armitage...

BS Daily Tune Up: Reverend Horton Heat – Galaxie 500

The hard rocking sounds of the Texas based trio known as The Reverend Horton Heat are tough to classify. Parts punk rock, surf band, rockabilly, and big band, these dudes can totally jam. We’ve...

Project Buford T Justice: We Go On Hot Pursuit Of Horsepower-Our 9C1 Caprice’s 350 Gets A Slap!

(Photos by Dave Nutting) – Buckle up kids, ’cause we’re going for a long ride. If you remember a couple of months back, we had a grand plan of hitting the drag strip, and then the...