Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
2019 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Winner: George Poteet’s 3-Penny 1936 Ford, built by Pinkee’s Rod Shop
Big news tonight from Pomona, California as George Poteet’s 3-Penny 1936 Ford has won the 2019 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Award. The car was built by Colorado’s Pinkee’s...
Blake Alexander Becomes Youngest Nitro Funny Car Team Owner In NHRA Drag Racing – 12 Race Season On Tap
At 30 years old, Blake Alexander is set to live our a lifelong dream during the 2019 NHRA drag racing season as he’ll be operating his own nitro funny car team. Alexander send a shockwave...
She Gone: Courtney Force Announces Retirement From NHRA Funny Car Category – Winningest Female Funny Car Driver Ever
The announcement came on social media first, fittingly. Courtney Force has retired from her job of racing nitro funny cars for John Force Racing. Courtney steps away form the seat (but not from the...
This Is The Greatest Asphalt Pulling Video Ever – Screaming Engines, Mega Smoke, And Front Porch Bleachers!
(By Jason Mazzotta) –Clearly it is a tractor pull, but from the smoke boiling off the tires and the screaming rpm’s of the engines you may not know the difference. This video is epic for so...
AMC Power! Watch This Worked AMC Small Block Make 400+ Horsepower With Factory Stuff
We’re a little confused about the intentions of this engine but not confused at all about how much we like it! This is a 357ci AMC V8 on the dyno being run in and tested out for what the title...
New York’s Lancaster Dragway Future In Limbo – Owner Vows To Sell Facility, Will Not Reopen For Racing Without New Ownership
In what has become a sadly recurring tale for Lancaster Dragway located outside of Buffalo, New York, an owner’s outlook for the facility may see its gates closed forever. Owner Gordon Reger...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Erwin Cannonball Baker
Since we just told you about the Motorcycle Cannonball event and Brian Darwas’s film that documents riders dashing (as a figurative term) across country on motorcycles made between 1900 and...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Are You A Messy Or Organized Shop Kind Of Person?
I got the photo of the old man working in the severely cluttered shop in an email this morning and he looked so at peace just working away with all that stuff around that it got me thinking about my...
Breaking: VIDEO- LA Rams Star Ndamukong Ngwa Suh Purported To Be In High Speed Porsche Crash
BangShift.com has acquired video that purports to show LA Rams star Ndamukong Suh crashing a Porsche at the company’s track in Carson, California. We have learned from sources close to the scene...
Steve Matusek Announces Partnership With Garrett Turbochargers For 2019 Season
This is great news for our pal Steve Matusek as he has announced a major partnership with Garrett Turbochargers for his 2019 E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod campaign. While Matusek’s name is linked...
This 1970s Formula Vee Promotional Film Is Brilliant – The Class Continues Strong Today!
There are certain things that happen in racing which are so well designed and so well thought out that the make as much sense as 1+1=2. One of those things is Formula Vee. The open wheel racing class...
This 1970 VW Type 3 Is A Forlorn Bonneville Project That Needs To Be Finished
When it comes to Bonneville, you know that the freaks show up. The level of creativity, boundary pushing, and creative rule interpretation is beyond anything else in racing and that is why we love it...
2019 Indoor National Dragfest Photo Coverage: Our Second Load Of Images From This Event
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We’re back with more cool Joe Grippo photos of the 2019 Indoor National Dragfest which did two really important things. Firstly it pulled drag racing enthusiasts...
