Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This 1959 Bristol Ace Is NOT A Shelby Cobra and That May Actually Make It Cooler
Any car guy worth his weight in salt knows that the car that became the vaunted Shelby Cobra began life as a Bristol Ace. This relatively unknown little sports car was not much of a big seller in the...
Big Winner! Steve Matusek Breaks Through For First Career National Event Victory In Pro Mod
Everyone loves to see their friends succeed and that’s why we were smiling doubly wide two weekends ago at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas watching our pal Steve Matusek capture a win in...
2017 Dusty Rose Comeback Tour: Southwest Heritage Racing Association
(Words by Bad Brad Klaassen, photos by Kenny South, Dusty Rose and Bad Brad Klaassen) – Let’s go back to September 17, 2016, at Tulsa Raceway Park’s, Nostalgia Nitro Nationals and a...
Watch One Of The Most Vicious And Awesome Flaming Aussie Burnout Performances Ever
The Holden you’ll see in the video is called UNLOAD as Aussies have this cool habit of naming their cars on license plates. Now, if there were truth in advertising and enough spots on the...
Nice Try Video: Dude Nearly Saves His Opel Drag Car But Ends Up on Lid Anyway
Over the past couple weeks we have featured some great driving work in the form of drag cars being dragged back from the brink of wreckage by their drivers. Well, just to show you that not all of...
Those Old Display Tanks At War Memorials Don’t Run, Right? In Russia They Do!
Chances are, your town or local area has some sort of war memorial and that war memorial may have an old piece of iron at it. Maybe it is some sort of a gun, maybe it is even a tank or a personnel...
In 1967 Art Arfons Mounted A Jet Car On Sponsons (With Tires!) And Planned To Go 300 MPH On Water – He Didn’t
I remember the first time I saw the lead photo in this story and the thoughts that ran through my head. “Is that….wait…I think…HOLY CRAP IT IS!” Yes, you are looking at...
2017 NHRA Springnationals Through The Lens of Charles Wickam – (Part 2)
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with the second installment of awesome Charles Wickam photos from the 2017 NHRA Spring nationals that were held at Royal Purple Raceway in...
This Is The Simplest, Fastest, And Most Brilliant Way To Move An Excavator Around A Huge Mine – BangShift Approved
In any business, efficiency is king, no matter the scale. Think about a giant mining operation and how many trucks, people, and “moving parts” that it has. We’re assuming that...
Not A Ford 429 Fan? Buy This 1965 Cadillac Calais And Get You Some Cadillac 429 Power!
What’s that? You are not a fan of the Ford 429? Well we don’t really understand all that but we do know that there is another option for you out there in the land of the 429 and that is...
2017 NHRA Spring Nationals Through The Lens Of Charles Wickam – (Part 1)
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was one heck of a weekend in Houston just a few days ago and thankfully our man Charles Wickam was on the scene to capture the images we know you wanted to see...
OPGI Is Taking Pre-Orders For Their Upcoming 1982-87 Buick Grand National, T-Type, and Regal Catalog!
If you have a Grand National, a Buick T-type, or a 1978-1987 Buick Regal your life is about to get better. Yes, OPGI is now taking orders for their upcoming 1982-87 Buick Grand National, T-Type, and...
King Boss! Ohio George Montgomery’s 1969 Mustang Boss 429 Twin Turbo Gasser
Ohio George Montgomery is one of drag racing’s Gasser Gods. He was a driving force in the class from its earliest days right up until it moved back toward the realm of the Competition...
Action Photos: Outlaw Fuel Altered Association/ Southwest Heritage Racing Association OK Spring Nostalgia Nationals
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – Springtime in Oklahoma always means two things, the wind is going to blow and two of the coolest old school nostalgia racing associations, based in north...