Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Cash Stuffed Turkey: The Story Of The 1965 Mickey Thompson 200mph Meet At Fontana – Garlits, The Surfers, All The Giants
This video is very, very neat. What you are about to see is a nine-minute clip from a film that was produced in the 1960s called, “A Gathering Of Monsters” that told the whole story of...
Cacklin’ Turkey: This Totally Awesome Video Compilation Of Nitro Engine Warmups Is Cackle-tastic
We obviously love cool drag racing videos. This time of the year we get even more excited because we’re always on the hunt for stuff to make us forget that racing is still a ways off in the...
More Frozen Turkey: Watch Russian Guys Drag A Sunken SUV Out Of A Frozen Lake With Logs, Rope, And Human Power!
We have to thank our man Arild in Norway for the tip to this great video featuring a group of crafty Russian dudes extracting a sunken Honda SUV out of a frozen Russian lake with smarts, wood, and...
Moist Turkey: A History Of American Sports Cavalcade Swamp Buggy Coverage Hosted by Steve Evans! He Raced!
Two things that we’ve made abundantly clear since BangShift started are (1) Steve Evans ruled the roost when it came to racing announcers on TV and (2) watching Swamp Buggy races on TNN’s...
Stuffed Turkey: The First Mustang Was Built In The Late 1940s, Not By Ford, And It Looked Like This – Cool Story!
Ford is set to reveal the 2015 Mustang on December 5th and we’re in for a year of Mustang celebrations because 2014 is the 50th anniversary of the famous pony car’s debut. What if we told...
2018 Muscle Car And Corvette Nationals Photo Coverage: Amazing, Rare, An Never Seen Stuff!
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – Wow. Just wow. It is insane that year in and year out the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals reinvents itself and continues to bring some of the world’s most...
Event Photo Coverage: Cars & Coffee at the Bluegrass Stockyards – No Boring Junk!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Never been before. Seen lots of photos. Heard and read lots of stories. This chilly morning I went with my son in his ’65 Belair headed to what was...
Craigslist Find: This 1962 W300 Dodge Power Wagon Is Big, Burly, and Just Rough Enough
Well I have to blame or thank my pal Alan Reinhart, voice of the NHRA for the tip on this big, rumbling 1962 W300 Dodge Power Wagon that’s currently for sale. The truck is what I would call...
Lube Job: You Can Add Driven Racing Oil Products To Your COMP Cams Order And You Should
If there is one critical decision you have to make beyond what the specs of your camshaft and valve train parts have, it is what oil you’ll add to your engine after their installation. We hear...
Photo Coverage: Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest – History, Cars, and Friends In The PA Autumn
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Drag racers, seemingly by their very nature are pack rats. This may seem like a slightly insulting thing to say but it isn’t because if they weren’t we...
Last Photo Blast: Our Final Gallery From The 2018 NHRA Auto Club Finals – Comp, Alky cars, Pro Stock, Nitro!
(Photos by Wes Allison) – Well we have finally reached the bottom of the well when it comes to photos from the 2018 NHRA Auto Club Finals. This was a great race and a historic one as all four...
Watch A WWII Runway Get Rolled Out Like A Carpet – 14 Hours From Wheat Field To Air Strip
Color us surprised! We knew that there were loads of methods of creating air strips quickly during WWII but we had no idea that one of them was basically rolling one out like a carpet! The video...
2018 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals Photo Coverage: Glorious Barn Find Gallery!
(Photos by Bob Chiluk) – We don’t think that we’re saying anything out of school when we call the Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals the greatest muscle car-centric car show in the...
