Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
LSR News: Ohio State Students Begin Planning Buckeye Bullet 3 — Goal is 400 MPH
Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research is a place we wish we go hang out at. They teach and train some of the best and brightest engineers for the future of the automotive industry, and...
Wake Up Video: A Bad Ass Recreation of the Jerry Titus 1971 Pontiac Trans Am Road Racer
Is your Monday already headed down the tubes at work? Don’t fight it, just accept your fate that the day will suck and zone out, we’re here to help. A BangShift reader posted this video...
Caption This Photo: License and Registration, Please
Our cousin, Brian Walsh is in the Air Force. In fact, he flies stuff. Brian stumbled upon this rather funny looking scene on base the other day and shared it on his Facebook page. We saw it an...
Captain Insano Video: Ride on the Nose of Bill Warner’s 311mph Motorcycle at Loring, Maine!
You’ve undoubtedly read lots of stuff about Bill Warner’s wild 311mph run at the Loring Timing Association’s event last weekend. Now you can ride along with him! In this video...
eBay Find: A Super Cool and Ultra Rare Frenzel Supercharger
Early speed parts rule. That’s a fact. Back in the late 1940s and early 1950s industrious machine shop owners across the country could make and market parts of their own design. One such...
Donate if You Can: Bitchin’ Mike Charlton Documentary Film Makers Looking to Group Source Funding for Final Filming
Back in March we told you about and showed you a trailer for a documentary being made about Ohio resident Mike Charlton and his home-brewed quest to set the LSR record for motorcycles with his crazy...
Project Fat Cad Update 6: Adding a Cold Air Intake and a Measly Pound!
Project Fat Cad Update 1 Project Fat Cad Update 2 Project Fat Cad Update 3 Project Fat Cad Update 4 Project Fat Cad Update 5 At Spectre Performance, we not only design and build...
Cool News: Sponsors Announced for the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge has really become the defacto measuring stick for the highest level Pro Touring cars in the world. Featuring events like a Speed Stop Challenge, Autocross,...
LSR Video: Pam Beineke Runs 205mph at Loring in the 1971 Wing Car She and Her Husband Gary Built
Gary and Pam Beineke built their “never was” 1971 wing car tribute to the K&K Insurance machine of Bobby Issac for one reason…to haul ass. Crafted in their home shop, the car...
Racing Junk Find: An Odd “Exhibition” PT Cruiser
One man’s exhibition vehicle is another man’s horror show. This PT Cruiser, which was apparently built to fill a hole in the “exhibition and arena show” market for burnout...
Wild Video: A Crashing Porsche Flies Into a Parking Area and Parallel Parks!
This video is reaching terminal viral velocity around the web, and for good reason. It shows a Porsche, possibly a Cayman, launching from nowhere onto the deck of a parking garage or parking...
Barnstormin’: Nitro Can Be a Real Bitch…and Other Ruminations From a Wild Weekend in Canada
Last weekend’s IHRA Mopar Nitro Jam Nationals at the Grand Bend Motorplex, in Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada was a pretty wild deal. The race provided several stark examples of just how dangerous...
MSD is Back With a Killer Rebate in 2011!
After their highly successful “Cash for Cruising” rebate program in 2010, MSD Ignition is back with another killer rebate offer for this cruising and racing season. The Rev’n in...
Who Gets the Blame? Are Ford Raptor Frames Faulty or Are Owners Expecting Too Much?
One of the hotter stories floating around the internet for the last couple weeks involves Ford’s bad Larry off-road truck, the Raptor. It has come to light that these trucks are experiencing...