Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Dat’s It: Here’s Our Last Collection Of 2019 Piston Powered Expo Photos!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Yes, we have finally come to the end of our expansive coverage of the 2019 Summit Racing Equipment Piston Powered Expo Show. Mike Brooks handled us awesomely with the...
The Way It Was: Watch The Green Elephant Funny Car Win The 1973 NHRA World Finals In Amarillo
To start, we should explain something that many people don’t really know or understand. Before 1970 there was no such thing as a funny car championship in NHRA drag racing. Then, between 1970...
Flowmaster Rolls Out Three New Exhaust Systems For Silverado, F150, and Titan!
As manufacturers release new vehicles to the public, the aftermarket releases new products to make them even better. One of the biggest modifications that any hot rodder applies to a new vehicle,...
Rare and Weird: These Former Marine M-677 Forward Control Kaiser Trucks Are Awesome Oddities
Don’t feel bad, we didn’t know that these things existed either! You are looking at two of the most weird and interesting trucks ever spec’d out and ordered by the US Military. By...
Great Read: How Dead Horse Hill In Worcester, Massachusetts Once Dominated National Racing Headlines
Today when we think about racing we immediately envision the vehicles competing in the modern palaces of speed that have been built to house the different forms of the sport. Well, 100+ years ago...
SAFE! Watch This No-Prep Racing Mustang Go Into A Top End Slide After Breaking The Tires Loose
No-prep style drag racing has brought an amazing number of young people into the sport and that’s a great thing. They are attracted by the unpredictable nature of the action, the cool cars, the...
Tech Video: What’s A COMP Camshaft Swap Worth In A Legit Boss 302? Find Out Here!
You CAN teach old engines new tricks, even the iconic ones. In this video, our pal Richard Holdener talks about waking up a Boss 302 engine, not a modern overhead camshaft version but the classic...
There Is A Four Door 1980 Corvette For Sale Right Now: As if You Needed ANOTHER Reason To Crave A 1980 ‘Vette
(By Greg Rourke) –Over the years a few cars have been referred to as a “four door Corvette.” The mid 90’s Impala SS, the 9C1 Nova police car, and the CTS-V Cadillac to name...
Gearhead Zen Video: Getting This 1960s Vintage Homelite Gas powered Circular Saw Running Is Awesome
My kids were mystified. A GASOLINE POWERED CIRCULAR SAW?! What kind of freakish, medieval, bizarre implement of doom is this?! Obviously humans did not live in the realm of 18 and 20 volt battery...
Dumb Fun: Watch This Kid Put 4-Foot Wheel Spacers On A Pickup With Predictable (And Funny) Results
For starters, you need to check your attitude at the door here. If you do not approach this video with the idea that you are looking at a guy knowingly doing something goofy, you’re gonna get...
Bronco-Licious: This 1970 Bronco Is All Original And It Has A Period Camper On Its Back
There are certain combos that just completely ooze cool. This 1970 Bronco is one of them. The fact that it is a ’70 Bronco is one thing. The fact that it is all original and has the right...
Sometimes It Gets Weird Video: Odd Moments, Crazy Moments, and Bizarre Moments At The Drags – Must Watch Stuff
Drag racing is the simplest of motorsports. Fixed distance, straight line, two (ok, sometimes four cars), first guy or girl to the end wins. There’s this weird thing about humanity, though. We...
They Are Still Racing (and Crashing On) The Dirt Quarter Mile In Sonora, Mexico
It was a bunch of years ago now that we first showed you video of quarter mile drag racing on a dirt course in Sonora, Mexico. While sitting on a plane home from SEMA I started to wonder if they were...
COMING THROUGH! Watch This Supra Take A Short Flight After Losing Its Brakes
While most of us have never lost our brakes during a competitive wheel to wheel racing situation I’m guessing the large majority of BangShifters have had a brake related pucker moment in their...