Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Event Gallery: The 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals
Chad Reynolds, the bearded half of the BangShift.com brotherhood, was at the 5th Annual Goodguys Nashville Nationals, a massive car show held at LP Field, home of the Tennessee Titans football team....
Barnstormin’: It’s All Fun and Games Until…Smash!
I left the house on Sunday afternoon in a bit of a rush. After failing to heed my wife’s order of refilling our propane tank for the gas grill, the thing ran out half way through making dinner....
Gallery: Killer Rides From a Pennsylvania Sonic Cruise Night
Our East Coast photo contributor Joe Grippo was at it again last weekend, hitting up a weekly cruise at a local Sonic Drive-In in Pennsylvanis and shooting a ton of great photos. The great thing...
Event Coverage: The 2010 George Barris Culver City Car Show
The 8th Annual George Barris Culver City Car Show was a smashing success by all accounts. There were hundreds of cars, thousands of people, typically bad ass SoCal weather, and everyone seemed to be...
The Parting Shift: Grabbin’ Gears in a Mustang at Atco
This week’s Parting Shift takes us to Atco Raceway in New Jersey for some good old fashioned four-speed abuse. The Mustang featured in this video sure seems like a runner as it takes no time at...
Fast With Class Lives: Buick Regal GS to Be Produced By GM, Maybe With a Turbo and 6-Speed
Good news coming from the Buick division of General Motors. A high performance version of the new Regal, appropriately dubbed the GS, will be available for purchase. Details of its release, final...
Cool Drag Racing Video: The History of Funny Cars as Narrated by Steve Evans
Any drag racing video that features the dulcet tones of Steve Evans is automatically awesome in our book. If you combined the pipes of Evans and a fun subject like the evolution of funny cars you...
Caption this Photo: Whoopsie-Doodle
We got this photo in an e-mail and immediately started asking ourselves how the hell the Mercury Cougar managed to turn the old Honda on its side and climb on up. The Cougar is a RWD car so...
Crazy Truck Video: Massive 8×8 Trials Competition From Czechoslovakia
Who knew such craziness existed in the Czech Republic? This video of giant trucks battling in an extreme off road competition is great. Seeing what an 8×8 truck powered by a big turbo-diesel...
Craigslist Find: A Snotty, Ratty VW Bug
Nothing inspires buyer confidence like poorly lit nighttime shots of a black car. By our estimation this VW Bug is one ugly son of a gun, but by the list of mechanical parts that appear to make up...
It’s Over: Judge Drops Jeremy Mayfield’s Case Against NASCAR
Jeremy Mayfield’s case against NASCAR was dealt a potential death blow on May 18, when US District Judge Graham Mullen dismissed all claims against NASCAR brought on by Mayfield stemming from...
Fantastic Vintage Drag Video: Garlits, The Greek, The Snake, Muldowney, Trophy Girls and Nitro
This video carries the ambitious title, “The History of Drag Racing.” At only three and a half minutes, the history is a bit truncated, but the footage used in the film is some of the...
Is the AHRA Dead (Again)?
It seems that the strange and bumpy road the American Hot Rod Association revival has been on may have led off a cliff. The first race of the season, held at Desert Thunder Raceway in Midland, Texas,...
Boss 302 Mustang Confirmed, Could Be a 2011 or 2012 Model
Rumors of a street-legal Boss 302 Mustang have been circulating for months and they really kicked into high gear when GM made the announcement that a Camaro Z28 is in the pipeline. Details are still...