Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Suspended NASCAR Driver Jeremy Mayfield’s Ex-Brother In Law Suspended From NASCAR For Drugs
Mar 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Suspended NASCAR Driver Jeremy Mayfield’s Ex-Brother In Law Suspended From NASCAR For Drugs
NASCAR’s drug policy has nabbed two more offenders and one of them is Jeremy Mayfield’s ex-brother in law, William Keith. The the other suspended crewman is Matthew Huffstetler, who works...
Awesome Video: Huge Trucks Flying Through the Air At Crazy Mud Bogging Event
Mar 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: Huge Trucks Flying Through the Air At Crazy Mud Bogging Event
We think we know about all types of racing and wild motorsports events, but on a pretty regular basis we’re slapped with something incredible we’ve never seen before. This video of the...
Highway Deaths Hit Lowest Level Since 1954
Mar 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Highway Deaths Hit Lowest Level Since 1954
Yay for us! Highway death in the US dropped for the 15th straight quarter to the lowest levels seen since 1954. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration attributes the drop to lots of...
Holy Freakin’ Torque: GM Releases 2011 Duramax Diesel V8 Specs
Mar 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Holy Freakin’ Torque: GM Releases 2011 Duramax Diesel V8 Specs
Most likely as a move to steal some thunder from the upcoming Ford “Scorpion” diesel, GM dropped the goods on what kind of snot its 6.6L Duramax will be making in 2011. How about 397 hp...
RacingJunk Find: All-New Boss 429 Crate Engines
Mar 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on RacingJunk Find: All-New Boss 429 Crate Engines
The Boss 429 is a legendary powerplant from the epic muscle car era. Some would argue that in street trim, the engine left a lot on the table, but its massive ports and hemispherical combustion...
Carnage Video: Car Flips and Burns at 24 Hours of Lemons
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: Car Flips and Burns at 24 Hours of Lemons
By now most of you have heard of 24 Hours of Lemons, the road-race enduro series with gag cars that supposedly cost less than $500 to build, safety equipment aside. Seems it’s a good thing that...
Hilarious Video: Trucks Climbing Each Other
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Hilarious Video: Trucks Climbing Each Other
We’ve seen magazine covers and other other static photos of massive trucks perched up on another truck’s tire, we’ve just never seen it done in moving pictures. We’re hoping...
Hot Rod Magazine 2010 Drag Week Tracks, Dates, and Rules Announced
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Hot Rod Magazine 2010 Drag Week Tracks, Dates, and Rules Announced
Hot Rod Magazine has announced the 2010 dates, tracks, and rules for Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive. The fun kicks off on Monday, September 13, 2010 and rages all through the...
Carnage Video: A Tractor Puller Crashes Through the End of the Course
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: A Tractor Puller Crashes Through the End of the Course
Last week we showed you video of a pulling truck losing its entire rear axle assembly at the end of a pull. Today we’re showing you what happens when the pulling sled itself fails and causes a...
Great Plate: His Maserati….
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Great Plate: His Maserati….
We’ve got to thank intrepid BangShift.com reader Paul Layfayette for sending us this photo that he shot on his commute to work last week. We can’t recommend snapping photos at 80 mph on...
eBay Find: Kooky Kustom 1961 Corvair
Mar 15, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Kooky Kustom 1961 Corvair
Talk about bizarro world! This 1961 Corvair was put through the full kustom treatment in the late 1960s or early 1970s and then stored. It’s a time capsule to a world we’re not sure we...
eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s 1987 Buick Batmobile LeSabre Funny Car Body
Mar 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Kenny Bernstein’s 1987 Buick Batmobile LeSabre Funny Car Body
This could be the drag racing barn find of the decade. The infamous 1987 Buick LeSabre Funny Car body used by Kenny Bernstein but designed and perfected by Dale Armstrong was located in a storage...
The Parting Shift: Gear Whine M22 Rock Crusher Style
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift: Gear Whine M22 Rock Crusher Style
We’ll be the first to admit that Two Lane Blacktop is a weird movie. That doesn’t mean we don’t like it, because we do, but the whole thing is strange. Things that aren’t...
NHRA’s Angelle Sampey Retires From Drag Racing as the Most Winning Female Racer Ever
Mar 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA’s Angelle Sampey Retires From Drag Racing as the Most Winning Female Racer Ever
NHRA Pro Stock Bike racer Angelle Sampey, the winningest female professional racer in the history of motorsports, has retired. She left the sport after a failed attempt to team up with Shirley...