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Author Archive: Brian Lohnes

BangShift Garage of the Week: Joe Grippo’s Awesome 1970 Mach 1 Mustang

If you have been a BangShift reader for any stretch of time, you recognize the name Joe Grippo. Joe’s a drag race and general gearhead fiend who hits a ton of events every year, with his camera...

Event Gallery: Mud Drags Action From Texas

Last weekend our intrepid Texas photo master, Charles Wickam snuck through a hole in the fence and photographed a pretty bitchin’ looking mud drag race event down near where he lives. Between...

Racing Junk Find: An Ultra Rare and Ultra Fast 1968 Plymouth GTX With Factory Hemi Power

Just yesterday we took our first ride of the year in our father in law’s Plymouth GTX. That particular car sports a 440 and an automatic, unlike this machine we found for sale on Racing Junk....

Car Feature & Video Re-Run: Gary and Pam Beineke’s Serpent SRT-71 Dodge Charger

We featured several cars from the collection of Gary and Pam Beineke in 2009. Gary and Pam have made a name for themselves in the Mopar community by creating so-called, “what if?” cars....

EuroDragster.com to Provide FREE Live Streaming Video From England’s Santa Pod Raceway This Weekend!

Our pal Tog, over at Eurodragster, Europe’s leading source for drag racing news and information, told us that they will be doing a live webcast from historic Santa Pod Raceway in England, this...

BangShift Rolls Out New and Improved Forum Section!

Yeah,yeah we know. Something can’t be both, “new” and “improved”  but it just sounds right. Our new forum section is live and humming along with dedicated...

Quick Peek: A 572ci, 1130hp, Naturally Aspirated Kaase Big Block Ford Powered 2004 Mustang Mach 1

We’ve been spending a fair amount of time at our local neighborhood chassis shop, Tube Chassis Designz lately. Jon and his crew have been replacing the cab floors in Goliath, and recently we...

Historic Drag Video: Footage From the Long Dead Golden Triangle Drag Strip

Golden Triangle Drag Strip, which was located just outside of Beaumont, Texas, has been dead for years. The former air strip is now crossed over by a highway, and serves as the backdrop of a little...

eBay Find: A Blown, Pro Street Lil Red Express Dodge Truck (With Video)

Oh hells yes. Our general fondness for the late 1970s Dodge specialty trucks like the “Lil’ Red Express” had us searching the hallowed halls of eBay for one a short while back. The...

BangShift.com to Undergo Major Forum Section Upgrade on Wednesday and Thursday

Over a year ago, we decided that our rapidly growing forum section needed to be upgraded and modified to better suit hardcore BangShift members. The time for that much needed upgrade his finally...

Upcoming Car Show Alert: The Embry-Riddle Aeronautical College Motorsports Association Car Show

I don’t run a lot, ok any, car show announcements here on the BangShift blog. I get deluged with them and would never be able to keep up. As in all parts of life though, there are exceptions....

Bastardized Dodge Challenger Sets NHRA Stock Eliminator Record…And We Don’t Approve

Whoops! We meant to say that a V10 Dodge Challenger set the NHRA AA/SA record at Atco a few days ago. The whole “Batardized” thing refers to the fact that this Challenger is equipped with...

Screaming Dyno Video: 660hp At Nearly 9,000-RPM!

We purposely omitted the fact that the engine in this video is a V8 that would have normally been found in a Titan pickup truck. As you’ll see in this video, the engine has been reworked to...

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Project Spotlight: Gary Hart’s 1951 GMC, Turbo Jimmy 6 Power!

Gary Hart is a long time land speed racer and hot rodder. He’s decided to concentrate his considerable energies and skill on a truly bitchin’ 1951 GMC project that is 100% BangShift...