Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Hot Saw Action! Watch Chainsaws Powered By V8s, Four Bangers, and More In Competition
It’s the part of any lumberjack competition that gearheads love. Its’s a place where creativity and wackiness being supreme, and it is a place where the objective is like any other drag...
The End of Big Muskie: Watch The Largest Piece Of Earth Moving Equipment Ever Get Blown Apart
53,000hp, a bucket that could move 220 cubic yards of material at a time, and a career that saw a singular machine move more Earth than was moved during the entire construction of the Panama Canal....
1980s Video Goodness: Battle Of The Monster Tanks – Loads Of Tracked Monsters We Never Knew About!
Some people may scoff at hardcore monster truck fans but we don’t. While we love looking back at the history of these trucks we don’t have the knowledge and wherewithal to build kick ass...
Question of the Day: What is the First Thing You Can Remember Driving?
Recently we got to thinking about the first thing we can remember driving. For us it was the uber-cool Bigfoot Power Wheels. We patrolled the front and back yard in that thing to no end, wiping out...
Watch The 1980 Drag Racing Documentary Life In The Quick Lane Right Here
We love old drag racing films around here and we know you love them too so that’s why when we found this three part film called “Life in the Quick Lane” which was made in 1980 on...
2018 Houston Autorama Coverage: The Show Cars, Trucks, Racers and More Made This One HUGE
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Traditions are something that people hold near and dear whether we’re talking about automotive traditions or family, or anything else really. Traditions...
2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Gallery: Wagons, Convertibles, Fords Mopars and Chevys!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – I’m told in the track area of the fairgrounds several informal paddocks exist consisting of like vehicles. There’s a Mopar section, Torino Section,...
2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Coverage: More Great Cars and Parts From This 40 Year Old Event
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – So I’m back to attempting some categorizing of photos. For this particular event it seemed to make the most sense because there was so much variety. ...
Video: Here’s What Drag Racing In England Looked Like 40 Years Ago – Snetterton Circuit Action
I’ve always been fascinated with drag racing in places like England and Australia because the populations share the love of speed and internal combustion but as the sport is basically...
Strangely Elegant: This 1940 Ford Flower Car Is Unlike Any Other We Have Ever Seen
If the LeSabre was weird verging on kind of bad, this 1940 Ford flower car is unique verging on amazing. Built by the Eureka Manufacturing Company of Illinois, this thing is so different because it...
Weirdness For Sale: Someone Once Built An Executive Limo Out Of A 1989 LeSabre T-Type And Only Put 1,500 Miles On It
Somehow, Mike Stolfi who is a dedicated BangShifter found this insanely weird car listed for sale and immediately sent us the link. Like him, we believe that the comma is in the wrong place and like...
Sam Foose Has Died At Age 83 – Amazingly Talented Custom Car Builder and Father Of Chip Impacted Industry
Earlier this week, Sam Foose, a very well known and respected custom car builder and the man who raised one of this generation’s true hot rodding super stars, Chip Foose passed away at 83 years...
Bo’s BACK: Bo Butner Announces Full-Time Return To NHRA Pro Stock with KB Racing
A drag racing class that was in need of some good news got some yesterday with the announcement that Bo Butner will be returning to run the full slate of 2019 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series pro...
