Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
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...
Rare Air: This Unmolested Chevy 302 Cross-Ram Intake Is An Awesome And Pricey Part
It’s not a stretch to say that the coolest parts that Detroit ever offered in the muscle car era, did not actually come factory installed on their cars. Take the legendary Chevy 302 Cross-Ram....
Cool New Product Video: The Aeromotive Phantom Apex Keeps You Fueled With Jet Siphon Technology
We love the guys and girls at Aeromotive Fuel Systems because not only have they been a part of BangShift since the day we opened the doors a decade ago, they have been innovating every days as well....
Old School Drag Video: Here’s The 1999 IHRA Winternationals From Darlington Dragway!
From top fuel to mountain motor pro stock, this is a show that’ll have you smiling. For many, many years the IHRA opened their season with the Winternationals at Darlington Dragway in South...
Legends Video: The 2018 NHRA SEMA Breakfast Assembled Amato, Prudhomme, Bernstein, and Force – The Stories Flew!
There’s something awesome about getting legendary racers together and letting them yak. At the 2018 NHRA SEMA breakfast, four of the greatest drag racers ever were put on stage and effectively...
2018 Pumpkin Run Nationals Photo Coverage: Sweet Cars And LOTS Of Great Parts!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We’d always been told the Pumpkin Run was large and that we ‘had’ to go. This event is held at the Clermont County Fairgrounds in Owensville,...
Ride Swap: Jimmie Johnson Hopped In Fernando Alonso’s F1 Car and Alonoso Hopped Into Johnson’s Stock Car In Bahrain!
It is always cool when racers swap cars and have some fun. Inevitably it is done because of a sponsor connection or some overriding media concern but the fun still exists and the whole thing can be...
It’s Ford vs Plymouth vs Chevrolet In This 1966 Station Wagon Showdown – Narration By Lorne Green
Remember the good old days when car companies actually made cars? We live in an era now when seemingly every week we see news that car companies are discontinuing the production of, well, cars. Back...
Fox vs Trans-Maro Spectator Drags Mayhem: Getting Crazy And Bent Up At Beech Ridge Speedway
We have highlighted awesome spectator drags action from Beech Ridge Speedway in Maine for a few years now. The Carbon Videos channel is on top of all the action at that place and there are usually...
Car Show Coverage: The Deputy Jamie Morales Benefit Car Show Brought Cool Iron Our For A Great Cause
(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – Deputy Jaime Morales is a former Marine that was working with US Marshalls and other agencies to apprehend a fugitive wanted in a string of bank...
Is This Ancient Model T Racer Build The Oldest Unfinished Project For Sale on The Internet?
If you have ever started a project and never finished it, like THAT ever happens to any of us, don’t feel bad. Why? Gearheads have been doing it for more than 100 years as evidenced by this...
2018 Fall Mad Mule Photo Coverage From GALOT Motorsports Park – Door Slammer Battle Royale!
(Photos and words by David Whealon) –) What a way to end Galot Motorsports Park’s 2018 season!! In just three years of Drag Racing and add a couple more for the Tractor Pulling and Monster...
