Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
New Jersey’s Atco Raceway Turns 50 Years Old
Atco Raceway in New Jersey, one of the most notable drag racing plants on the East Coast, turns 50 this season. That’s a hell of an accomplishment for a track that is centrally located to...
Hilarious Video: Three-Wide Bus Racing at a Michigan Oval
So far today we’ve taken you to Indy and to the Midwest Musclecar Challenge, two events featuring cars that have been designed, tested, and trashed on the race track. Now we’re headed to...
Event Coverage: Ridetech’s Midwest Musclecar Challenge
Our pals over at Ridetech have been all over the first ever Midwest Musclecar Shootout. As one of the event sponsors and a company at the vanguard of the high-performance handling end of the...
AutoTrader Classics Find: An Ultra Rare 1970 428CJ Cougar Eliminator
Now that the end is supposedly drawing close for Mercury, we’re getting a little nostalgic for the former “mid-scale” brand in the Ford fold. The Mercury Cougar was, for all intents...
Great Shots: A BangShifter’s Indy 500 Day in Photos
After BangShift.com forum member IndyShiftMan shot and shared a bunch of great photos from pre-Indy 500 practice, we were hoping he’d bring his camera to the race. We were happy to see that our...
Thanks to Those Who Have Served and Are Serving on Memorial Day
Memorial Day was first proclaimed and recognized in 1868 as a day to remember those who have died in our nation’s service. It is a day to remember those that have left us and thank those who...
The Parting Shift: Robert Schmitt’s Killer 1967 Chevelle
We’re checking out for the long holiday weekend, but before we abandon our battle station on the blog we wanted to leave you with some good ol’ fashioned gear rowing. Robert...
Danica Patrick Blasts Indy Team, Fans Blast Back
Drivers complaining about the setup of their race cars is nothing new. In fact, we bet that the first Indy 500 was full of guys who blamed poor performance on their crew’s inability to get the...
Awesome Read Update: How American Open Wheel Racing Destroyed Itself: The Finale
The inside story of how open wheel racing in America essentially wrecked itself is incredibly riveting, especially when told from the inside out by legendary racing journalist Ed Hinton. We read the...
Rumor: Ford to End Mercury Brand
In what has to be the least shocking rumor regarding the closing of an automotive brand, Ford seem to be getting ready to close down Mercury for good. Making up only about 6% of Ford’s sales...
Craigslist Find: A Weirdo, Homebuilt, Mini Big-Rig
We swear that this stuff finds us. While piling through Craigslist ads in the Pittsburgh area, we found a listing for a truly unique truck. The concept is totally BangShift approved but the actual...
RacingJunk Find: The Baddest 1968 Road Runner Ever
If we told you that we found a Hemi powered Road Runner on RacingJunk.com, you’d shrug and move on. If we told you that Hemi was a 14-71 blown 496ci Keith Black engine, you’d stick...
LIFE Gallery: Neato Kiddie Cars From the Past
Old kiddie cars are cool. Today most vehicles for small children are of plastic construction and move around on power supplied from batteries. That was not the case back in the day, as cars were...
Roger Burgess Forms World-Wide Pro Mod Association, Creates 2011 World Challenge
Roger Burgess, the uber-wealthy and uber-enthusiastic Pro Mod supporter and racer, has formed the World Wide Pro Mod Association and has created an awesome World Challenge race that will be held in...