Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Event Gallery: Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party 2009
The Radir Wheels Dead Man’s Curve Wild Hot Rod Party 2009 is the unofficial kick off party for Lead East, the rollicking 1950s-themed celebration/car show/concert that essentially takes over...
Event Gallery: 2009 Spindles Car Club Auto-Fest
The Spindles Auto Club claims to be the oldest continuously operating car club in the country, and it has great name recognition in eastern Massachusetts. The club uses that good PR to draw tons of...
Garlits Eliminated At Indy; Becomes Incredibly Overqualified Spectator For Weekend
Don Garlits’ trip to the 55th annual Mac Tool US Nationals as a racer has come to an end. After qualifying his 2009 Drag Pack Challenger in the Stock Eliminator field, he was felled in a heads...
Tragedy: Three Killed in Horrific Florida Street Racing Wreck
Three people have died as a result of a high speed car wreck in Holly Hill, Florida. The single car accident happened on Thursday night and is believe to be streer-race induced as the Camaro that...
Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: Gov’t Hopes to Have Dealers Paid by the end of September; Year Not Specified
The phrase, “Close enough for government work” is ringing true recently. The row over getting car dealers paid for their Clunker trade-ins seems to have finally been settled and now the...
Event Gallery: 2009 Old Time Drags and Funny Car Reunion at Englishtown, New Jersey
The Englishtown Old Time Drags and Funny Car Reunion is a kick ass event. We’ve been to two of them and can vouch that the fun factor is very high. Luckily for us, reader Joe Grippo attended...
Craigslist Pick of the Week: A Monte We Wanty
This one is personal. Back in high school in the late 1990’s we knew a kid, whose name we’ll withhold to protect him, who had this identical car. It’s so close to the car he had, we...
Audi President Says Chevy Volt is a Car for Idiots; We Think It Sounds Like a Perfect Fit For Him
Smarmy. It’s a word used to describe someone who oozes trumped-up self importance, arrogance, and a sickening level of uppity-ness. Basically it describes Johan de Nysschen, who is the...
BangShift Member’s Project of the Week: Eric’s Speedy Beater 1979 F350 Build
This is a new weekly feature where we’ll feature a Bangshift.com forum member’s project each week. We have a huge number and variety of reader project cars that you can read all about...
Ridetech.com Coverage of the 23rd Goodguys West Coast Nationals
BangShift.com sponsor Ridetech attends numerous shows nationwide each year, and often posts coverage on the Ridetech.com site. The most recent photos there are from the Goodguys 23rd annual West...
Chainsaws from Hell: Cool Story on Pro Lumberjack Hot Saws
If you’ve ever attended a lumberjack competition or watched one on television, no doubt you saw the “hot saw” competition. It’s essentially a drag race through a big log using...
Chrysler Posts Year-to-Year Sales Loss During Cash For Clunkers Program
Chrysler was the only car company to actually see a US sales decrease in August, despite the Cash for Clunkers program. This was due to a lack of inventory to sell. The company is getting ready to...
German Cash For Clunkers Program Ends Early
The German government has announced the end of its Cash for Clunkers program earlier than expected as the program, much like the one here in the USA, cooked through its alotted cash a lot more...
NASCAR Suspends Three Crew Members On Drug Policy; 10 So Far This Season
The Associated Press is reporting that three NASCAR crewmen have been suspended from competition due to violations of the substance abuse policy. The story seems to indicate the the three were caught...