Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Icelandic Formula Off Road Action – Watch A Bunch Of Different Rigs Dominate A Cliff Face
The world of Icelandic Formula Off-Road racing is pretty awesome. The rigs that they build are full tube chassis jobs often with big blocks sporting nitrous. Turbos are now making their presence felt...
This Look Into The Crazy Busy Cockpit Of An Alky Funny Car Is Spectacular – Jason Rupert Getting It Done
Lots of BangShifters know the name Jason Rupert through his success in the nostalgia funny car world, but Jason has a long history in alky cars out on the west coast and this video shows him...
Watch Allen Johnson Suffer an Insane Pro Stock Wreck At The 1999 Gatornationals – He Walked Away (somehow)
NHRA Pro Stock is one of those classes where not much happens…until it does. In this case the guy the stuff was happening to was pro stock racer Allen Johnson and the devilish aerodynamics of...
Five Minutes Of Engine Failure Carnage – Drag Racing Engines Biting The Dust At Races And Tracks All Over The Country
Engines fail in every form of motorsports, that’s not a big shocker to anyone, right? We’d argue that in our experience, drag racers do a better job of killing them in spectacular fashion...
Ride With Mike Hawthorn As He Laps Le Mans In A D-Type Jag Circa 1956! With Commentary
This could be the single coolest video we have ever posted here at BangShift and we have posted literally thousands. Shot in 1956, this is 1955 Le Mans champion Mike Hawthorn, then a factory Jaguar...
The Gee Bee R1: A 1930s Airborne Hot Rod From Hell And The American Hero Who Tamed It
This was the fastest machine in the world in 1932. It had 45-mph on Sir Malcom Campbell’s land based monster, it had 172-mph on Gar Wood’s boat that packed four massive Packard airplane...
GLORIOUS: We Found Video Of A 6V53 Detroit Diesel Powered T-Bucket! Burns Tires In ALL Gears!
Chad hates every T-bucket has has ever seen, but if he lays eyes on this one and doesn’t like it we’re going to cal him out as being un-American because this one is beyond reproach! This...
Slow and Cool: This 1930 Mack AB 5-Ton Dump Truck Is One Tough Old Bastard
It has been a shameful amount of time since I posted up about some weird, old, chain-driven truck so I aim to fix that today. The object of my desire is this 1930 Mack AB 5-ton dump truck. Now,...
2019 Detroit Autorama Photo Bonanza: Here’s Our Last Loads Of Images From The Show
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – That’s it, baby. We are officially done with a seemingly endless supply of great images that Mike Brooks took at the 2019 Detroit Autorama. Like the other...
2019 Holley LS Fest West Registration Is OPEN – Sign Up Today And Be A Part Of The Madness!
Big news for those of you who have been attending LS Fest West or those of you wanting to attend Holley LS Fest West. 2019 Holley LS Fest West Registration Is OPEN which means you should sign up and...
Here’s The Wild Top Fuel Final From The 1996 NHRA Gatornationals – Blow Over Insanity!
This is a wild video from 23 years ago that features the top fuel final round from the 1996 NHRA Gatornationals. The race pitted Scott Kalitta against Blaine Johnson in a late evening bout that had...
Boosted Magic: Watch This Aussie Mustang Make 9 Dyno Pulls With Increasing Boost Levels – How Much Power? Find Out!
If you think you are seeing a car that you have seen before on BangShift, you’re right. This Mustang from Australia has been featured here a couple of times but it was with a completely...
Video: Ride With And Watch Mike Ryan Attack The 2013 Pikes Peak Hill Climb In A Freightliner – Insanity!
Mike Ryan and his brutal Freightliner truck are no strangers to the electronic pages of BangShift. We have showed this thing in videos, Chad has written about riding in it, and we’ve...
