Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
The Top 11 Reasons Why 1964 Was Bar None, The Greatest Year For American Cars And Will Never Be Topped
Since McTaggart took us through his twisted mind today I thought it was a good idea to take you through some history as well. 1964 was of course 51 years ago and it was the greatest year for the...
Vintage Petty Video: A TV Ad For the 1972 Richard Petty Special Lawn Mower at Lowe’s
Long before life and NASCAR got very complicated for Richard Petty, he was living the dream. Racking up wins and earning sums of money that few if any other drivers in the world of motorsports could...
Gearhead Guys You Should Know: Barney Oldfield
Barney Oldfield was a race car driver. More specifically, Barney Oldfield was the first guy to gain fame and fortune for driving here in the US. With a successful bicycle racing career in full swing,...
Watch An Idiot Truck Driver Smash A Too Tall Crane Into A Bridge Repeatedly – This Is Incredible
Potentially the most basic rule of being a truck driver is knowing how tall the load on the truck is and paying attention to structures (like bridges) that may be too low for the truck and its cargo...
All The Humanity! This 4-Door Late Model Challenger Is Just…Wow
We recently were educated about a four door Barracuda concept that never made it beyond a single prototype. In our opinion, it wasn’t a bad looking car, but filled a need already covered by...
This Guy Put An Allison Airplane Engine In A 1939 Chevy, Added EFI And We Love The Wacky Looking Thing!
Tom Carrigan’s 1939 Chevrolet is absolutely friggin’ insane and we love it. Powered by an Allison V-1710 12-cylinder engine that was purchased from epic BangShift hero EJ Potter, this car...
This Worked Up, 440 Powered, Mud Bogging Winnebago Could Be The Most BangShifty Thing Ever (Video)
I was initially planning on writing this item mocking Chad obsession with old motorhomes and then I actually pressed play on the video below and a little pee came out. With a hot rodded 440ci...
Tech Video: Watch As Moroso’s Scott Hall Demonstrates How An Oil Accumulator Works By Using A Clear Oil Accumulator – Fascinating!
If you have been around any form of racing for any length of time you have surely seen Moroso oil accumulators bolted to cars and trucks of all shapes and sizes. Those silver looking aluminum tubes...
Epic Freaking Video: Home Movies From The 1968 Daytona 500 — Incredible Footage!
This incredible, home movie footage from the 1968 Daytona 500 ranks on the top of the charts as far as vintage stock car movies go. Why? Ironically for none of the reasons that modern slick videos...
Watch An FIA Racing Big Rig Powerslide Its Way Through A European Hill Climb
It is Friday, hopefully the man is not keeping you down with work and you’re counting the seconds before you get to blow out of the office for the weekend. If you are being held down by the man...
BangShift Question of the Day: What Was Your Favorite Automotive Toy As a Kiddo?
Combining the video of the Crazy cart and the fact that I recently stumbled upon this photo of a young me, proudly perched in my Power Wheels truck back in the early 1980s got me thinking. Of all the...
Funny Car Video! This Footage From Atco In The 1970s Is A Brilliant Window Into How It Was
It has been a while since we delighted your senses and showed you some classic drag racing footage. The good news is that we recently ran into an amazing video that was taken back in the 1970s at...
Ride On A Driver’s Shoulder For A F1 Lap Of The ‘Ring Circa 1973 – Jackie Stewart Narrates
This is some zen-like racing video right here. Firstly, we’re at the Nurburgring in 1973, secondly we’re riding shotgun in a screaming Formula One car and thirdly we have Jackie Stewart...
Watch This 1980s Apache Off Shore Racing Boat Skip Across The Ocean Like A 2,000hp Stone
(Editor’s note: Sometimes massive power, massive stones, and massive amounts of skill all come together to create a situation that’s violently poetic and beautiful. Such is the case here...