Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Tribute Video: Watch The Boston Strangler Funny Car Get Loaded Into A Funeral Home To Honor Keith Hughes
They were Ellison, McGarvey, Karp, and Hughes. They were some of the biggest names in drag racing to come out of the New England area. They were the Boston Strangler team and Keith Hughes was their...
Big Spenders: Lawsuit Reveals That Farmers Was Spending About $660,000 Per Race For NASCAR Sponsorship
Lawsuits have a funny way of bringing interesting stuff to light. In this case a lawsuit has brought to light the sponsorship agreement between Farmers Insurance and Hendrick Motorsports,...
Watch The Lagana Brothers Run The Nitro Ninja Top Fuel Dragster 338mph In The Quarter Mile!
We love the Lagana boys. They grew up in the sport of drag racing as part of a nitro soaked family and they learned to race smart and with virtually no budget. The boys learned from their dad how to...
It’s OK Until It Isn’t – Watch This Grudge Camaro Nearly Wipe Out A Load Of People On The Starting Line
We bust the chops of rally fans who stand next to the course when cars go ripping by but we generally fail to bust the chops of starting line hangers at the drag strip who are cannon fodder if...
This 1959 Chevy Oilfield Truck Is Awesome – A True Roughneck Of A Rig
It’s rough and it’s tough, and it has battle scars, rust and dents. It also has character for days and stories of a lifetime if it were only able to talk. This 1959 Chevy oil field truck...
Wild Rides Video: The Ozark Raceway Park Shutdown Area Was Eating Cars Recently
Some days it just seems like the track has it out for the racers. We don’t mean the management of the track but the physical, actual track itself. Urban Hillbilly Action Videos was recently at...
Fragola Performance Systems Releases 180-degree ORBxORB Male Adapters
Fragola Performance Systems is at it again! The Connecticut company continues their tradition of developing solutions to problems and challenges that car builders, racers, and hot rodders face when...
X275 Craziness At Epping! Watch This Run With A Massive Wheelie And Some Carnage
This small tire drag racing thing can’t last, right? I mean, it can’t be popular anymore, right? WRONG! Small tire drag racing is as busy, popular, and fun as it has ever been. Why?...
Put Up or Shut Up Gasser Battle Video: 9,000 RPM, Four Speeds, Dry Hops, and More
So along with BangShift I run around and do a few other things as well. Among them is a show on the Motor Trend on Demand Channel called Put Up or Shut Up. The premise of the show is pretty simple. I...
US60 Dragway Coverage – Check Out These Images of Gassers!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Okay, so non-straight-axle cars not otherwise classed run together. Anyone in the car show can also make passes. This is made up of some of that and...
Chrome and Coffee Coverage FromThe Iron Gate Motor Condos – Neat Stuff!
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – A coupla two-three weeks ago Bob Chiluk took us on a photographic tour of the Iron Gate Motor Condos in Naperville, Illinois. I decided I needed to see it...
Bracket Racing USA – Here’s A Look At The Sportsman Action From US60 Dragway In Kentucky
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – We normally get out to US60 Dragway in Hardinsburg, KY two or three times a year to have a good time with the Straight-Axle Mafia and the Nostalgia events...
Devil’s In The Details – Here’s The Story Behind The Challenger That Gets Towed And Crushed In The Original Gone In 60 Seconds
(By Greg Rourke) – I’ve always been amazed at how knowledgeable the Mopar guys are with their favored marque. “This was the only Fury III with a 2 barrel 318, with the AM radio set...
