Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
eBay Find: A 1958 Edsel Stock Car
This vintage stock car stuff seems to be really catching on! Yesterday we ran an ad for a killer 1957 Plymouth and today, thanks to a tipster, we’re hitting you in the noggin with an...
BangShift Destination: The Northeast Classic Car Museum
We’ve been on a museum kick lately, and so have fellow BangShifters. Jeremy George, a BangShift forum member recently visited the Northeast Classic Car Museum in Norwich, NY and sent us a note...
BangShift Poll: Which BangShifty Weekend Assignment Would You Choose?
Well, this weekend Chad and I are headed in distinctively different directions, both both are pretty BangShifty. Chad will be plying the announcing trade at the NHRA Winternationals, held in Pomona,...
Video: Catching Up With the Coolest Dude in Top Fuel, Antron Brown
With a fourth place finish in the Top Fuel category last season Antron Brown enters 2011 with some momentum behind him. Antron, since making the switch from Pro Stock Motorcycle to Top Fuel in 2008...
Video: Bob Tasca III Chats About Fords, Funnies, and Family History
BangShift is lucky to have a great relationship with the Tasca family. We’ve been given sneak peeks at their race cars, tours of their awesome Shelby Mod Shop and some juicy inside information...
Video: Talking With Fast Jack Beckman About Floppers, Sponsors, and the 2011 NHRA Season
“Fast” Jack Beckman is one of the most talented and colorful drivers on the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing circuit. We managed to catch up with him during some quiet time at the 2011 PRO...
Bitchin Build: Raybestos Brakes 1964 Pontiac GTO-R Project
The most famous road racing Pontiac in the world of BangShift is definitely the infamous “Grey Ghost” Tempest of Herb Adams and his group of rogue Pontiac engineers. Those guys terrorized...
Awesome Craigslist Find: A 1957 Plymouth Vintage Stock Car
How bad ass is this thing?! Sporting a 1957 Plymouth body on a Chevelle frame of unknown vintage and a small block Chevy engine, this awesome mongrel is ready to go vintage fender bangin’ like...
Awesome Video: The Story Behind Yannick Sire’s Twin Engine Speed Buggy
When we tell you that this video is flat out amazing, we’re not overselling it. Shot in HD and using some beautiful, creative techniques, this video about Yannick Sire, his shop, and the twin...
Massive Drag Gallery: The 2011 IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam, Nearly 500 Photos!
As you already know, we were at the IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam last weekend. Our awesome photo contributor, Charles Wickam was there as well and snapped a monster gallery of photos to document the...
BangShift Poll: Bigfoot or Grave Digger, Which is the Greatest Monster Truck Ever?
Since we had our brains on monster trucks briefly today already, we figured that a poll question settling an age old debate was in order. Arguably, the two most famous monster trucks in the world are...
Kirk Dabney Sets Monster Truck Speed Record at More than 90-MPH
Monster truck builder and racing legend Kirk Dabney established a new world speed record for monster trucks on Sunday at the IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam at State Capital Raceway last weekend when he...
Nitro Carnage: Jay Turner Wrecks a Nitro Harley at 160mph and Races the Next Day
Admittedly, I was wrong. I thought that one needed to be crazy to ride a Nitro Harley, apparently you just need to be invincible. During the IHRA Mardi Gras Nitro Jam last weekend legendary nitro...
Louisiana Will be BangShift Central This Weekend, IHRA Nitro Jam at State Capital Dragway
We’re putting the BangShift bat-signal up this weekend for any BS readers in the greater Baton Rouge area! Brian Lohnes will be announcing the IHRA’s Nitro Jam event at the legendary...