Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Win a Free Exhaust System from Cherry Bomb!
BangShift.com sponsor Cherry Bomb has a great promotion going on over at StreetFire.net. Just sign in on the form provided and you could win one of two grand prizes, which are complete Cherry Bomb...
Great Read: A Maryland Man and His Vintage Mack
It is always cool when we hear stories of guys who worked for a particular car or truck company, and who have such deep affection for the stuff that they were working on that they bought one for...
NASCAR Testing 17-inch Tires
Word has escaped that NASCAR and Goodyear will be testing a 17 inch tire today at Richmond International Speedway. In addition to the increased wheel diameter, the tire is also 1.5 inches wider....
Carnage Video: Drift Driver Runs Himself Over
This video was probably posted online the day after Al Gore invented the Internet, but it’s still stunning. An amateur drifter at a parking-lot event starts doing donuts, gets out of the car,...
Jerks! Hot Rod Stolen in Oklahoma
All points bulletin! The pictured ’31 Ford coupe has been stolen in Purcell, Oklahoma. Spread the word and keep your eyes open. This is a recognizable car with yellow paint that will melt your...
ALMS: A Plucky Racing Series Making Its Own Way (Plus Outrageous Crash Footage)
The American Lemans Series has been around since 1999. It was conceived by and is operated by Dan Panoz the owner of Florida’s Sebring, Canada’s Mosport, and Georgia’s Road Atlanta...
Event Gallery: Geezers at the Grove 2009 by Joe Grippo
Maple Grove’s big nostalgia race every year is the weekend long festival of old stuff called, “Geezers at the Grove”. Racers and fans travel from miles around to see the show which...
Missed the Memo: News Story on the
Published the same day that the results from the RM “Icons of Speed and Style” auction became widespread knowledge, this piece from the Bloomberg News Service touted the awesome rising...
Welcome to the Big Leagues Kid: Logano Flips Seven Times in Dover
Joey Logano already has a Sprint Cup win under his belt, but his real baptism by fire came last weekend on the “Monster Mile” in Dover, Delware, when he was involved in a nasty wreck that...
Great Find: Gallery of Vintage Print Ads for Muscle Cars
Automotive print ads from the muscle car era ranged from funny to boastful to downright trippy. That being said, they all were awesome and some could be great examples of how the domestic...
Craigslist Find: Lawn Tractor Death Machine From Hell
Let’s be honest, we all need a lawn tractor capable of driving over a Prius. Read the Bill of Rights closely some day and deep down in the fine print somewhere past the “bear arms”...
Renault F1 Team Wrecked Intentionally; Full Story From the New York Times
It sounds like something out of a movie. A desperate F1 team, two drivers, a planned crash. Thing is, it’s real life. It has been revealed that at last season’s Singapore GP, the first...
It Came From the Forums: Holley Carb Rebuild
The BangShift.com forums are ripe with all kinds of good technical info. Forum member milner351 recently tackled the rebuild of a Holley double pumper carb and did so with great photos and...