Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Romp And Talk Video: Ride With Jim Pace As He Laps Daytona In A Shelby Daytona and Narrates The Lap!
There is nothing like hearing someone who is really good at something describe how to do it…as they do it. In this video we get the road racing version of just that as Jim Pace laps Daytona in...
2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: Images From The Pits At The First Race Of 2019
The NHRA Winternationals not only represent the first race of the year for drivers, more importantly the Winters represent the first race for the crew men and women who provide the backbone and...
2019 Cavalcade Of Customs Photo Coverage: All The Cool Stuff, None Of The Boring Junk!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Indoor car show season is in full swing. When we went to the Cavalcade at the Duke Energy Center in Cincinnati it was one of the first events in the...
Watch The Emergency West Wheelstander Perform At Great Lakes Dragaway
There have been dozens and dozens of notable wheel standers in the annals of drag racing but few of them were as BangShifty cool as the Emergency West wheelstander. We’re talking about a 1977...
BangShift Daily Tune Up: Chevy Van – Sammy Johns (1973)
The 1970s were about vans, chicks, and getting busy with chicks in vans. Sammy Johns understood this trend and released the song Chevy Van in 1973. Although it wasn’t an immediate hit, the song...
Bitchin’ 1970s Photos From New England Dragway – Willie Borsch, Muldowney, More!
(Photos by Bob Boudreau) – These photos were taken at the big AHRA meets the track hosted during that era and as you’ve seen and will continue to see, they drew the biggest names the...
Watch The Truly Great NHRA Pro Stock Final From Houston ’94 – The WJ/Scott Geoffrion Battle!
As I’ll be at the NHRA national event in Baytown, Texas in a few weeks. I am working on my notes and prep stuff this week so I am locked and loaded to go down there. It is impossible to think...
OPGI Love My Car Sale Ends Tonight – A Valentine’s Day Sale For Your Car! Save Big, Hurry!
Yes, today is Valentine’s Day 2019, traditionally a day where guys step up to make their girlfriends and wives feel special and express their love. You can do all that junk but you need to...
2019 NHRA Lucas Oil Winternationals: A Flurry Of Fuel Cars On The Strip
It was a chilly weekend at the 2019 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals with temperatures barely escaping the 50-degree range during the day. The result of this was a race track that proved to be tricky...
2019 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels Photo Coverage: One Last Blast Of Images From The Big Show
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Annnnd we’re back! Back with more 2019 Pittsburgh World Of Wheels photo coverage that runs the gamut from classics to super cars and loads of stuff in the...
Check Out Duncan Pittaway Racing The Wheels Off The Beast Of Turin – Looks Like Fun!
We have pretty much run every single video that has ever been created featuring the amazing Beast Of Turin. That’s the massive 28-liter Fiat race car that Englishmen Duncan Pittaway spearheaded...
Another Iron In The Fire: New L8T 6.6L Gas Engine For Chevy Trucks Is Stout, Iron Block and All
Perhaps shooed along by the announcement of Ford’s new 7.3L gas engine for their 2020 heavy duty trucks, Chevrolet has released the specs on the new L8T gas engine for Chevy trucks. This engine...
‘Vette Motor For Sale: This Is Where It All Began For America’s Sports Car
It is amazing to think that the early Corvettes that Chevrolet produced did not so much as have a cross flow cylinder head. It is also amazing to think about that the weak engines that these cars...
