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Author Archive: Brian Lohnes

English Driver Died Attempting Car Jump Across Harbor

In a story that is both sadly tragic and humorous, a 20-year old English man was killed when he attempted to jump his car off a pier and over a 30ft section of a harbor in Cornwall, England....

Great Vintage Video: Chevy Vega Development Footage From 1970!

We’ve featured vintage film from the old “Car and Track” show before, but this could be the coolest ever for a variety of reasons. As usual, Bud Lindemann leads us off on the...

New Holland to Unveil Hydrogen Powered Farm Tractor Prototype

New Holland has developed a new tractor called the NH2 that is powered by hydrogen. The tractor is set to make a public debut at the 2010 Farm Progress Show held in Boone, Iowa. The working prototype...

Barnstormin’: Is the Smart Car Dead?

While cruising with our family recently we passed what was once one of the largest volume Smart Car dealers in the country located in a town north of Boston, Massachusetts. I couldn’t help but...

Wild Wreck Video: In-Car Footage of a Dragster Rolling Over at Speed

The advent of the affordable on-board camera has made the wonder of in-car video a rather normal thing these days. Footage of cars crashing from the inside out never gets old in our book. We were...

Video Bonanza: Steam Tractors At Play

It has been too long since we attacked you with some good ol’ fashioned tractor action. Our open love of tractors is shared by a good portion of the BangShift universe, so when we were tipped...

Auto Trader Classics Find: The Last Super Duty Catalina Ever Made

In January of 1963 GM pulled out of all organized auto racing racing and put the binders on all of the factory built special edition hot rods and race cars. Among the top of hot rod heap during that...

NASCAR Makes Big Cuts to Purse Structure, May Limit Cup Drivers

NASCAR recently announced that they will be slashing the purses of the 2011 Nationwide Series races by 20%. This will have an impact on the low budget teams who are literally racing for their supper...

NASCAR Slashes 2011 Nationwide Series Purse by 20%, May Limit Cup Drivers

NASCAR recently announced that they will be slashing the purses of the 2011 Nationwide Series races by 20%. This will have an impact on the low budget teams who are literally racing for their supper...

Courtney Force to Begin Testing in Nitro Funny Car by the end of 2010

If the game plan stands, there will be more than one Force girl in the seat of a Nitro Funny Car in 2011. Courtney Force, Ashley Force’s younger sister is advancing from her A/Fuel dragster...

Pikes Peak Video: In-Car Footage of Bill Caswell’s Trip Up the Mountain in the Infamous BMW

Our pal Bill Caswell dropped us a note recently to let us know that he had uploaded the actual in-car footage from his recent adventure at Pikes Peak. It is some awesome viewing. His world famous...

Craigslist Find: An Original, Unrestored 1953 Studebaker Commander Pickup

This may be the finest unrestored 1953 Studebaker Commander truck in the country. With only 39,000 miles on the odometer accrued over the last 57 years it has been used gently and infrequently. It...

In-Car Video: Charlie Westcott Jr and Senior Making Runs in Their SS/AH Barracudas

The US Nationals are coming up fast and that means that the ultimate Mopar Hemi Shootout will be going down on Friday of the race weekend. SS/AHemi racers all over the country are flogging their...

Great Thread: Cruising American Iron in Sweden

BangShift forum member Jobergg lives in Sweden and is neck deep in the American car and hot rod scene in that country. He comes up with awesome video and photos pretty frequently and his most recent...