Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Aeromotive Fuel Systems and Waterman Racing Components Expand Marketing Partnership in 2017
Here’s some good news! The crew at Aeromotive and Waterman Racing Components have stepped up and expanded their marketing partnership with Heartland Park Topeka in 2017. Obviously that...
Kris Krabill Parts Ways With Austin & O’Brien Racing Team – Runner Up Car At March Meet Driverless
After a successful but ultimately fiery 2017 Good Vibrations March Meet driver Kris Krabill has announced his departure from the Austin & O’Brien Racing Team. The guys made the rain delayed...
This Inside Look At The Target550 Land Speed Effort Is A Peek Into The Unforgiving Realm Of The Streamliner
Fittingly, as I type this the backdrop behind me is a white out. This video looks inside the Treit and Davenport Target500 land speed streamliner and it is both a glimpse at the mechanical and the...
Dodge Reveals What’s In The Challenger Demon Tool Box – Cool Snap-On Stuff!
One of the things that we have been interest in since it as first mentioned is the Challenger Demon tool box that comes with the car. Obviously we have spilled all the beans we’ve known about...
AFCO Cooling Releases Host Of New Heat Exchangers For Modern GM Muscle Cars
One of the most interesting things in the way engines have changed over the last, say, 50 years is on the cooling front. More power from less displacement means that engines work harder than ever and...
Road Trippin’: A Quick Return To Watt’s Repair & Auto Salvage Means More Parts, More Photos, And Picking Up A Pick Up
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – I certainly I had not planned to go back to Watt’s Repair & Auto Salvage so quickly, but this past weekend I was being dragged back to that...
Car Feature: Wagon Woah – An In-Depth Look At The Awesome 1965 Chevy II Longroof of Dan Allen
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Success can be measured many different ways. In the gearhead world winning any kind of event can certainly illustrate the culmination of effort and...
Limo Demo Derby Action Video! Watch Every Chauffeur’s Dream Played Out In Real Life!
(By Greg Rourke) – We’ve featured a Trans Am stretch limo and a Corvette stretch limo recently, and managed to piss off about 75% of BANGshift readers. Now you can wash your eyes out...
Stevie Fast Talks NHRA Pro Mod, 2017, and How He Plans To Attack The NHRA’s Toughest Class
Unless you have been living under a rock for the last couple of months you well know that this weekend at the 2017 NHRA Gatornationals, “Stevie Fast” Jackson will be making his...
This Commercial Featuring Legendary Driver Sir Jackie Stewart Cements His Place As One Of The Coolest Guys Ever
Sir Jackie Stewart was one of the best race drivers of his era, he was a tireless advocate for improvements in safety for racers, fans, and tracks, he’s a freaking knight, and he was also a...
Watch The Finals From The Wild And Wet 1977 NHRA Gatornationals
Thursday I make a break for Gainesville, Florida to be part of the announcing staff at the 2017 NHRA Gatornationals. The weather is looking iffy which stinks but it certainly isn’t the first...
Awesome Video: Watch A Rarely Seen McLaren M6GT Roar Around The Mt. Tremblant Course In Canada Circa 1970
The McLaren M6GT is an interesting study in how racing can be a fickle mistress to creative people like Bruce McLaren. The basic premise behind the M6GT was to build a run of 50 road going versions...
Suspension Install: This 1971 Chevy C10 Gets A Stance, Handling And Fun Upgrade With RideTech StreetGrip!
We’ve been working hard on our Win A Classic Sweepstakes C10 these last couple weeks, so we thought we’d bring you an update on the build’s progress. To start off, we did a breakdown of our...
