Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Cool Gearhead Spot: Doorthy’s Place
Nope, we didn’t spell that wrong. Doorthy’s Place is a neat little corner of the web that celebrates a dude who has a kick ass home shop where all his buddies hang out and wrench on their...
Car Looks Dumb, Gets Great Mileage, With Video
Apparently making your car resemble a Gila monster will result in big mileage gains. We think it will also result in a marked reduction in the amount of lovin’ you receive from the opposiste...
Feds to Auction Massive Car Collection in Utah, With Video
The U.S Marshals are set to auction the 220-car collection of Jeffrey Mowen, a Utah man who has been indicted on charges relating to a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme. Note we said indicted as...
Illinois Drag Racer Gets the Call of a Lifetime From Qatari Sheik
It sounds like something out of the movies. Illinois drag racer Alex Hossler, who runs a totally bad ass Camaro Pro Mod, was called by Qatari Sheik Khalid bin Hamad al-Thani who asked Alex to run in...
GM to Recall Corvettes Due to Potential for Roof to Fly Off
Imagine the horror. You’ve just put on freshly pressed slacks, a brand new sweater, and your golf shoes are all polished up. You kiss the missus on the cheek and zip off with your clubs in the...
Pipe Dream? Delayed Alabama Track Still Hopes for 2011 Opening
So many times we lament whiny neighbors, draconian laws, and stupid local politics for blocking progress on new race track projects, but it seems that as many stories as we see about that stuff, we...
End of the Line for Venerable Yates Cylinder Head in NASCAR
If you’ve been racing a Ford product in NASCAR competition since 1992, you have been running the Robert Yates designed cylinder heads and intake manifold. The heads, which were originally...
2009: Bad Year for Cars
We’re not breaking any news here when we tell you that 2009 was just about the worst year in the modern history of selling cars. Aside from Ford climbing out of the ashes and starting to make...
Carnage Video: Failed Burnout Leads to Massive Clutch Explosion
Clutch explosions are among the most horrific examples of automotive component failures. Few things attached to a car have the ability to cause more instant carnage, to things both mechanical and...
EBay Find: Restored 1992 Camaro Cop Car
We were tipped to the eBay auction of this pristine 1992 Chevy Camaro BC4-package cop car by BangShift.com forum memember MR4Speed. The car was an active unit in Utah for most of its life before...
Saab: Is it Over Yet?
Saab, depending where you get your news from, is either dead or not quite dead. The Spyker company is still putting out releases that it is expecting to hear word from GM about the last offer to...
The Very Best of BangShift.com in 2009
This web site has been live for a little over a year and has been called BangShift.com for just 10 months. In that time it has grown from an idea into a place that has been visited 900,000 times....
Gary Densham Heads To Australia in Nostalgia Nitro Flopper
Gary Densham, a stalwart on the NHRA Funny Car trail, has, after several years of struggling hunting for cash to run the NHRA tour, taken to racing his nostalgia Camaro Funny Car. He’s sending...
Was This The Coolest Dirt Track Race Ever?
We have to thank BangShift.com forum member Mr4Speed for the tip on this item about an amazing dirt track race that took place back in 1959 at Langhorne Speedway in Pennsylvania. The item was posted...