Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Memphis Motorsports Park to be Auctioned on December 14th
Memphis Motorsports Park, the former NHRA National event drag strip and circle track racing complex is going to the auction block. The track has been closed since 2009 when parent company Dover...
Backdraft: Neil Young’s Converted Electric 1959 Lincoln Blamed for Warehouse Fire
Neil Young made a big deal about having a 1959 Lincoln convertible converted to a hybrid drivetrain. We were so skeeved out by the project we didn’t even report on it. The whole thing reached a...
Hilarious Video: Ken Block Ride Along Turns Adults Into Screaming Eight Year Old Girls
While this video is about a year old, the laughs you’ll get are timeless. Media darling Ken Block is the star of this one as he takes some unsuspecting rally video game players on a real life...
Project Car Spotlight: A Killer Stripper 1967 Chevelle 300
One of the neatest project cars in the BangShift.com universe is the 1967 Chevelle 300 of forum member 67pete300. The car is ultra clean, straight, and nice. We dig it more for what it isn’t...
Austin Coil Resigns From John Force Racing
Austin Coil, the mechanical mastermind behind every single one of John Force’s NHRA National event wins and championships has resigned from the team for unspecified reasons only days after he...
Video and Photo Updates: Cherry Bomb’s Disturbing the Peace 1968 Camaro
Click here to jump down to the most recent update, with photos! ABOUT THE “DISTURBING THE PEACE” CAMARO BangShift.com sponsor Cherry Bomb Mufflers is building a cool 1968 Camaro....
Crazy Race Video: Swedish Tractor Racing With Plows in the Ground!
Those crazy Swedish guys seem to find the best way to occupy themselves with cool mechanical mayhem. We were tipped off to this video featuring a race where tractors compete. The twist? The tractors...
New Product Alert: The Killer B Turbo From BD Performance Diesel
Back in 2003 when the venerable Cummins B-series diesel engines found in Dodge trucks switched to common rail injection, performance diesel guys cried. They were afraid that the days of big and easy...
Auto Trader Classics Find: A Pair of 2002 Cadillac Endurance Racers
Cadillac was in the beginning stages of a rebirth in 2002. The brand turned 100 years old that year and continued a racing program that many scoffed at when it was introduced but stopped scoffing...
eBay Find: Jungle Jim Liberman’s Documented 1975 Monza Funny Car
Every year it seems that there is a “new” Jungle Jim Liberman Funn Car out and about with an owner claiming it to have been owned and raced by the legend himself back in the day. Most...
Harley Show Off Fail Video: Best Surprise Ending Ever
People never learn, plain and simple. We’ll say it slowly, but no one will listen. If you own a race car, racing motorcycle, racing mini-bike, racing anything, do not ever put it on a public...
New Product Alert: Eagle Specialties Stroker Kit for the Ford 3-Valve Engine
One of the things we noticed at the 2010 SEMA show was an increase in the number of hard parts for Ford’s 3-valve V8. Obviously it was nothing like the onslaught of stuff for LS engines, but...
Car Show Gallery: The 2010 Goodguys Autumn Get Together
Now we’re just rubbing it in. The Goodguys 21st annual Autumn Get Together went down November 13-14 and since there was an autocross as part of the event, our man Chad was there as the...