Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Insane Video: Operator Fells A Smoke Stack on Top Of His Excavator
The Avondale Mills smoke stack had been a pretty significant local landmark in Pell City, Alabama for a long, long time. The mill that it once was attached to had been there since the 1980s and in...
Rough Stuff: This Video Compilation Of 1990s Nostalgia Drag Racing Wrecks Is Crazy
As a kid who grew up kind of obsessed with drag racing and who read virtually everything he could get his hands on, I was woefully unaware of the burgeoning world of nostalgia drag racing until the...
From The Rodder’s Journal Vault: Photos From The Fremont Nostalgia Drags Circa 1986!
(Photos by Steve Coonan) – A first for Bangshift – the guys over at The Rodder’s Journal supplied us with a file of old photos taken at Baylands Raceway in Fremont, California, back in...
Ultimate 64 Challenge Coverage – The Coolest Cars At Mountain Park Dragway!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Back with more from the Ultimate 64 Challenge event at the revitalized Mountain Park Dragway in Clay City, KY. I told you all in the first installment...
It’s DONE! Check Out The MAHLE Drive With The Original 1,000hp Mustang And Enter To Win It!
The monster is done and you can win it! Petty’s Garage has finished the 1,000hp, twin turbochared Mustang that’s the huge central prize for the MAHLE Drive With The Original promotion....
Watch The Kenworth From Hades Pull Off High Speed Drifts, A Tire Smoldering Slalom, And More Wild Tricks At Sanair Speedway
Previously we have showed Sylvain Noel’s Kenworth W900 beating a BMW M5 into submission at the drags, beating up on other big rigs in a street race while fully loaded and empty, and generally...
Drag Action: The Ultimate 64 Challenge At Mountain Park Dragway!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – There’s one track not far from us that we hadn’t been to much over the last several years. It had seemed to be in decline and though there were...
More Drag Week 2017 Action From Byron Dragway – The Baddest Street Cars On The Planet
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – One of the things that makes or breaks a Drag Week is the quality of the tracks and the effort put forth by the venues to be prepared for the event. Believe you me,...
The Land Of Fruits, Nuts, and Cheap Asses – The Joys Of Being A Gearhead Hosting A Yard Sale
(By Shawn Clarke) – So we had our annual garage (aka garbage) sale this past weekend and the nuts and flakes came out of the woodwork. I really hate to throw certain things out especially if...
Five Shifters For $5,000 – This Guy Has His Hurst Lightning Rods Collection For Sale
Ever hear the expression that there’s a fine line between hobby and mental illness? I was thinking that when I saw this eBay ad listing FIVE yes FIVE Hurst Lightning Rods shifters for sale at...
Would You Spend $60,000 For A Non-Running Engine, Even If It Is Kind Of Awesome?
So pretty much everyone that reads BangShift has some sort of a non-running engine or vehicle laying around. Sometimes multiple. That’s a fact of the matter for many car and truck enthusiasts...
Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2017 Photos: Action From Byron Dragway In Illinois!
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2017 was a huge success and an absolute blast from top to bottom. There were stories of triumph like Dave Schroeder and Jon Ens finally...
This 1972 International Harvester Travelall Limo By Stageway Is Ridiculously Huge And For Sale!
We’ve gotta thank Charles Wickam for pointing this gem out to us indirectly on social media. What you are looking at is a 1972 International Travelall which was converted into a 15-passenger...
Edelbrock Brings Back The “Top It Off” Promotion – Free Carb With The Purchase Of A Power Package Top End Kit
Well if you missed it last year, Edelbrock has come to the rescue again. The “Top It Off” promotion is BACK! What does that mean? Basically it mans that if you buy an Edelbrock Power...