Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Great Read: Check Out All of Comp Performance Group’s New Products For 2012 In One Easy To Read Place!
One of the reasons we’re so proud to have several members of the COMP Performance Group here as part of BangShift is because they’re all companies that innovate and introduce new products...
Top 11 Funny Acronyms for Car Brands
We happened to stumble into a page on CarBuyingTips.com that lists a LOT of funny acronyms for car brands. We’ve all heard Fix Or Repair Daily or Move Over People Are Racing, but that link...
Watch A Gnarly 1972 Corvette Tear Through the Goodguys Autocross – This Car Rules
As you all know, Chad is the announcer for the Goodguys autocrosses that happen all over the country. Last weekend he was in Columbus, Ohio calling the action on a challenging course that had...
The Sound and the Fury: A Day With Corvette Racing at the American LeMans Series
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – It was all too fitting to be at Connecticut’s beautiful Lime Rock Park road racing facility on Friday July 6th to see the factory Corvette Racing team practice...
Ken Block’s Gymkhana 5 is LIVE and It Rules Pretty Hard!
The fifth installment of the DC Shoes/Ken Block Gymkhana series went live this morning and it is a great watch. The last one was kind of cheesy in our eyes but Block brought the high heat for this...
Event Gallery: Chryslers at Carlisle 2012 – Huge Gallery of Killer Show Photos!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – It was a sweltering hot weekend in Carlisle, PA but the turnout at the yearly Mopar gathering at the Carlisle fairgrounds was no worse for it. Joe Grippo spent a day...
Watch Freiburger and Finnegan Take a Conversion Van and Buick LeSabre Wagon and Thrash Them to Pieces
Freiburger and Finnegan are back in their latest installment of Roadkill and this seems to be the most destructive one yet. According to the duo, the Dodge van and Buick LeSabre in this episode were...
Event Gallery: The 2012 SOVREN Northwest Historics – Killer Vintage Road Course Iron
(Photos by Nathan McGrew) – When our Washington state based photo contributor Nathan McGrew shot us a note saying that he had a load of photos from the 2012 SOVREN Northwest Historics to share,...
Watch Robby Gordon’s New Super Stadium Trucks Tearing Up and Flying Over the Dirt!
When we first heard about Robby Gordon’s plan to revive stadium truck racing and kick it up to a crazier level, we were a little skeptical. His “Super trucks” sounded great on paper...
Tune IN: Live Streaming Drag Racing From Memphis On NOW!
Our buddy Mark Walters is live streaming the Dixie House Iron Man $50K race this weekend in Memphis, Tennessee. This is a big money, hard core bracket race that will pit some of the nation’s...
Watch a Blown 1932 Ford Coupe Nearly Power Wheelie Over Backwards!
Australian drag racer Steve Easton learns the meaning of the term “dead hook” in this quick video from Willowbank Raceway. His awesome blown 1932 Ford coupe applies every ounce of power...
Question of the Day: What’s the Best Handling Car You’ve Ever Owned or Driven?
Being that Dave Nutting and I are currently at Lime Rock Park, among some of the most advanced and high performing road race cars in the world right now, this seems like a good question for the day....
Caption this photo: What in the Hell is Going on in This Photo?
Michelin is a French company, which begins to explain the totally bizarre photo that was brought to light by Jesse over on the “Just a Car Guy” blog. Obviously this was intended to be...
Roadside Carnage Find: An Excavator Decimated By a Pissed Off Former Employee
Disgruntled ex-employees scare the crap out of their former employers and after seeing the photos after the jump, you’ll understand why. These were taken a couple years back by our Chicago area...