Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Action Video of a 1950s Tractor Dragging With Ford 390 Power
With all the nostalgia drag racing and car show stuff that has been hitting the blog lately, we didn’t want our readers to think that we’ve lost our affection for tractors. If there is...
Rumor Mill: Land Speed Racing Comes to Wilmington, Ohio
Quiet whispers have turned into pretty solid information regarding a potential new land speed racing venue in Wilmington, Ohio, a city just down the road from Columbus, Ohio. This news comes at a...
Event Gallery: Goodguys Spring Lonestar Nationals, Texas
When we learned that the March Meet would fall on the same weekend at The Goodguys Lonestar Nationals, it kind of bummed us out. Normally Chad, who is the autocross announcer for the Goodguys, takes...
Car Show Gallery: The Bay Community Car Show – Spanish Fort, Alabama
A short while ago, we put out the call to BangShifters to submit their car show and cool gearhead event photos. They have responded en masse! This is another reader submitted gallery from a car show....
Video Bonanza: Our March Meet Highlight Reel Videos!
As you’re reading this, Chad is making his way to historic Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California to prepare for our third annual live broadcast of the event. He’ll be getting...
Cole Coonce – Lid, Can & Libel: Bobby Nitro Clears His Pipes
In 1966, 102 Top-Fuel dragsters entered the US Fuel and Gas Championships (nee “the March Meet”) at Bakersfield. Because of the energy, drama and sheer amount of nitro consumption, many...
Bitchin’ Event Gallery: ORSA Speed Weekend – Land Speed Racing on Ice From Sweden!
This is one of the neater galleries we’ve posted in a while! The photos come directly from Sweden, courtesy of BangShifter Jobergg and they were taken at ORSA Speed Weekend, a huge land speed...
Event Gallery: The Long Beach Swap Meet – March 2011
While most of the country has not quite thawed into spring, Long Beach, California sure did this Sunday. The warm temps and sunny skies bring out SoCal residents like moths to porch lights. Long...
Tune In: Lohnes to Appear on the Wally Bell Radio Show Tonight
In a shocking turn of events, BangShift’s Brian Lohnes will appear on the Wally Bell radio show tonight. He’ll be talking about this weekend’s live broadcast of the March Meet and...
Industry News: B&M Automotive Group Buys Flowmaster!
In surprising news we received late Monday evening, B&M Automotive Group has acquired Flowmaster Exhaust as part of their portfolio of brands. While we had heard whispers and rumors about...
Killer Famoso Video: The Infamous Winged Express Lane Swap Burnout Video
While this piece of video was not recorded at the March Meet, it was taken at Famoso Raceway, home of this weekend’s main event and it features none other than the legendary Winged Express...
Tune in Tonight: Speed Scene Live TV is Talking March Meet!
As we’re going March Meet mad here at BangShift.com this week due to our live broadcast of the historic event, we thought it was important that you, the readers, get up to speed on the goings...
Bad Ass Drag Gallery: The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia
Amongst hard core fans of small tire drag racing there are a few truly “must see” or “must attend” races. “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia”, a race...
Frozen Speed Video: ORSA Weekend Ice Land Speed Racing From Sweden
As we mentioned, we’ll have a big gallery of photos from the ORSA Weekend event held in Sweden last weekend. This is land speed racing on a massive frozen lake in Sweden. Everything from rocket...