Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Name This Interesting Block and Cylinder Head!
Last week’s run of block and cylinder head identification challenges was such a big success, we went back to Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for more material. Thankfully...
Event Gallery: 65th Annual Rio Vista Bass Derby, Festival, and Car Show
(Words and Photos by Scott Liggett) – Every small town in America throws a festival of some sort to celebrate the uniqueness of their little town and the people who live there. Rio Vista, CA...
Driveway Tech: How To Swap A Jeep Steering Shaft Into Your GM B-Body or G-Body Car With A Trashed Rag Joint
We’ve been piling up the miles on Buford T Justice, our 1987 Chevy Caprice project recently. Having completed the suspension upgrade and installed the new wheels and tires, the thing is a riot...
Cruise Gallery: The Mass Cruisers Association Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Foxboro, Massachusetts
It was a fine end to the cruising season here in New England last week as the Mass. Cruisers Association held their final massive get together at the Bass Pro Shops store located at Patriot’s...
2012 NHRA CHRR: Pit and People Photos From Bakersfield
(Photos by Zane McNary) – While the cars provide the thrills and chills on the track, the major reason that we and so many other people love the sport of drag racing is because of the people....
2012 NHRA CHRR: All Of Our Dragster and Altered Action Photos!
(Photos by Zane McNary) – The most specialized vehicles in the sport of drag racing are the aptly named dragsters. They do not turn well, they do not stop well, they do not provide a...
2012 NHRA CHRR Photos: All of Our Doorslammer Action Photos!
(Photos by Zane McNary) – While the Funny Cars get lots of love from everyone, it is the cars with doors that make up the true foundation of events the like the 2012 NHRA CHRR. From the slower...
2012 CHRR Photos: All Of Our Photos From The Killer Car Show At The Patch
Along with the awesome drag racing action at the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion, a section of the pits at Famoso is cut out to host a car show which fills up with lots of clean, cool, unique,...
2012 CHRR Photo Galleries: ALL OF OUR FUNNY CAR PHOTOS FROM BAKERSFIELD!
(Photos by Zane McNary) – There’s no doubt that the hottest class in nostalgia drag racing is the Nostalgia Nitro Funny Car category. With more than 30 of these 5-second nitro swilling...
CHRR Photos: The Cacklefest Gallery
(Photos by Zane McNary) – We’re going to be recapping a fantastic weekend at the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion today blow by blow, starting with the coolness that Zane McNary...
2012 CHRR GALLERIES – ALL OF OUR AWESOME PHOTOS! CACKLEFEST AND EVERYTHING ELSE!
We know you’ve been watching our live video from the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion and here’s another dimension to our coverage, fantastic still photos. We have a couple of dudes...
ON-DEMAND: CHRR HOT ROD REUNION & THROWDOWN IN T-TOWN REPLAY
Starting this Friday morning, BangShift will be streaming video LIVE AND FREE from the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion. This race will feature tons of great sportsman action along with the...
Retro Galleries: Photos From The 2011 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion
Depending on what part of the world you are in, BangShift is already LIVE STREAMING the 2012 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion from Bakersfield — CLICK HERE TO SEE THE FREE LIVE STREAM –...
eBay Find: A Soviet Liquid-Propellant Rocket Engine That Would Be Fun To Use Until We Killed Ourselves With It
If nothing else, the fact that this Soviet Cold War era liquid rocket engine, originally designed to power a cruise missile, showed up on eBay illustrates the fact that not even the craziest among us...