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Author Archive: Brian Lohnes

Ford Racing Picks Ford’s 10 Greatest NHRA Moments

Ford is celebrating the fact that as a company, they have been involved in auto racing for 110 years. From their first racer, the monstrous “999” built by Henry Ford and raced by Barney...

Top Fuel Technology Update – Schumacher Racing Takes Delivery of Safety Capsule for Army Top Fuel Dragster

Don Schumacher Racing has taken delivery of a James Brendel safety capsule that appears to be destined for the Top Fuel Dragster his son Tony Schumacher drives. This is the same style of capsule used...

The 2011 Mountain Top Street Rodders Club Car Show – Prescott, Arizona

From rain soaked Pennsylvania we head to the opposite end of the country where the Mountain Top Street Rodders club in Prescott, Arizona held their 14th annual show. BangShifter Byan McTaggert hit...

Big Drag Gallery: The 2011 ADRL Northeast Drags – Maple Grove Raceway

For the first time in the history of the ADRL, the organization ran an event at Reading, Pennsylvania’s Maple Grove Raceway. The event was not finished due to rain, but before the curtain fell,...

BangShift Poll: What was the Greatest High Performance Dealership of the 1960s?

During the mechanical nuclear arms race known as the muscle car era, there was plenty of snot under the hoods of factory cars. That being said, we all know the cure for all that ills a serious...

Registration is now Open for the 2011 Holley LS Fest – September 9-10-11

The premier LS-engine festival in the world, the Holley LS-Fest has officially opened event registration for this year’s iteration, which will be run on the Weekend of September 9th, 10th, and...

Car Show Gallery: The Sultans Car Club Benefit Car Show

Chad was a busy dude last weekend. He jumped straight from the Poncho show, right on over to the Sultans Car Club of Long Beach Benefit show. This event was raising money for the Long Beach K-9...

Car Show Gallery: The So Cal Pontiac Club’s All Pontiac Car Show

From Ohio, we zip out to California and the the all Pontiac car show put on by the So Cal chapter of the POCI (Pontiac-Oakland Club International). The POCI is a big organization who is still going...

Event Gallery: The Canfield, Ohio Swap Meet

For more than 20 years, there’s been a large by huge swap meet in Canfield, Ohio. This meet, like so many others, has managed to survive the encroachment of online sales giants like eBay,...

The Parting Shift: Banging Gears in a 1964 Galaxie Wagon Packing a 428 and Doug Nash Five Speed!

We’re capping off the week in grand style, with some in car video from a very unique drag machine. The car that we’re riding in by watching this video is an old Galaxie station wagon that...

Trevor Bayne Released From Hospital, No Date Set on Racing Return

NASCAR’s Trevor Bayne is living through one of the most manic years in the history of humankind. Of course it began with his improbable win at the 2011 Daytona 500 for Wood Brothers Racing,...

eBay Find: An Original 427 Cammer Powered A/FX Mustang Drag Racer

Talk about cool! This 1965 Mustang has been a race car since day one, and it wasn’t just some flim-flam stocker with a little 289. Instead it was a beastly A/FX machine sporting one of the...

Boss 302 Crate Engines Now Available From Ford Racing

The 444hp Boss 302 that powers the recently released Boss Mustang is now available as a crate engine from Ford Racing. The Boss 302 is the highest performance variant of the 5.0L engine that powers...

Drag Bike Wreckage Video: A Full-Tilt Nitrous Busa Throws It’s Rider at High Speed

When it comes to high performance motorcycles, the Suzuki Hayabusa seems to be the unrivaled champion amongst modern iron. We’ve seen these things tear up drag strips with blinding numbers, run...