Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Watch An Idiot Truck Driver Smash A Too Tall Crane Into A Bridge Repeatedly – This Is Incredible
May 09, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 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
May 08, 2017Brian Lohnes15
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!
May 08, 2017Brian Lohnes7
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)
May 08, 2017Brian Lohnes6
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!
May 08, 2017Brian Lohnes1
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!
May 08, 2017Brian Lohnes4
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
May 08, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 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?
May 07, 2017Brian Lohnes18
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
May 07, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on 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
May 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1
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
May 07, 2017Brian Lohnes1
(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...
Motorized Freak of the Week: The LeTourneau L-2350 – W/Video!
May 07, 2017Brian Lohnes3
This week’s freak hasn’t been chosen because it was a failure, quite the opposite actually. This thing is a (literal) huge success. The LeTourneau L-2350 is the largest front end loader...
Watch The Rear Axle Get Ripped Out From Under A Top Fuel Dragster On The Launch! Old School Wild Footage
May 07, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch The Rear Axle Get Ripped Out From Under A Top Fuel Dragster On The Launch! Old School Wild Footage
Tommy Johnson Jr. is having a pretty good weekend here at Atlanta Dragway in Commerce, Georgia. His “Make A Wish” funny car has qualified strongly in the field and he seems to have shaken...
The Most Insanely Dangerous Rally Corner We Have Ever Seen Is Populated With Fans Who Share A Collective Death Wish
May 06, 2017Brian Lohnes4
Maybe it sounds mean to say that the rally fans in this video have a death wish but that’s only because they do. Why else would they stand in the middle of the road as race cars flew through...





