Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Eargasm Video: An Awesome Collection of Exhaust Sounds From Exotics to Hot Rods to Modern Muscle Cars!
Our pal and video maven Jason Lewis is back with another great piece of work. We’ve showed you Jason’s kick ass V10 Maverick project, some of the work he has done with stuntman Mike Ryan...
Video: Victor Cagnazzi Owned, Dave Connolly Driven, Grumpy Jenkins Tribute COPO Dive Bombs The A/Stock Auto Record in Testing
Pure COPO porno, that’s what this is. A gritty, short, no nonsense video shows Dave Connolly, the multi-time NHRA national event Pro Stock winner at the wheel of Victor Cagnazzi’s new...
Watch the Hot Rod Thump Truck Kenworth Dump Truck Dominate At the Big Rig Drags in Canada!
We featured Leon Smith’s crazy ass Kenworth dump truck last winter and the interwebs went wild for it. Leon sent us a note recently that he was racing up in Canada at another of the awesome big...
BangShift Interview: We Talk To Scott Monty, Ford’s Global Head of Social Media
There are lots of interesting jobs in the automotive world, especially at the OEM level. Scott Monty has one of the neatest in our opinion as Ford’s Global Head of Social Media. Monty’s...
Disney’s Art of Animation CARS Resort – America’s Coolest Gearhead Hotel (Big Photo Gallery!)
Last week, Chad did a killer job pulling the shift lever on the blog while I escaped to Florida for a family vacation with my wife Kerri and my sons, Tom and Jack. It just so happened that we...
The 2012 World Series of Drag Racing, Cordova Dragway – Epic BangShift Photo Gallery
(Photos by Bob Chiluk and Greg Rourke) – In the realm of drag racing history, they don’t get any more historic and/or cool than the World Series of Drag Racing held at Cordova Dragway...
Crash Test Video Bonanza: A Bunch of early 1980s Junk Gets Smashed to Bits
They don’t build ’em like they used to. Well actually they do, but only in China. This crash test footage from 1980 shows a Renault Le Car being walloped from behind at 35 mph. Pay close...
Insane Project Introduction: The Chicken Coupe – The Yin To Buford T Justice’s Yang
(Words and Photos by Matt Graves and Jon Clark) – (Editor’s Note – We got some flack when we decided to call our Caprice “Buford T Justice” because Buford drove Pontiacs...
eBay Find: A Custom Built Eight Wheel Drive Willys Jeep With Corvette Power and Eight Wheel Steering!
Sweet mother of insanely awesome creations! Unlike the disaster of a Mercury we showed you before, this Willys Jeep built by Ed Roth’s former right hand man Dick Cook is 100% awesome. Created...
Craigslist Find: A 1982 Mercury Capri Custom Thing
You know it is going to be something good when the first line of the ad reads, “First off its not everyone cup of tea I understand that.” We’re glad he understands that because...
Watch Larry Flynt’s Attorney Paul Cambria Run 8.88 In A Brand New COPO Camaro
Due to our Bonneville fixation this week we’re late on the trigger with this one. Paul Cambria may be the finest First Amendment lawyer in the United States, having argued several cases in...
Video: That Last Great American Jet Car Show As You’ve Never Seen It Before
Jet cars have been and will forever remain the drag strip owner/promoter’s greatest ally in the war regarding butts in seats. Simply put, nothing draws the general public into a strip like...
RacingJunk Find The Mother Load of 1930s Vintage Chevy/GM Steel – Traditional Rodder’s Dream World
If you own a hot rod shop that specializes in old school builds, do we have a deal for you! There is a guy in Billings, Montana selling the most amazing collection of stock, rusty, patina ridden,...
