Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Watch Stevie Jackson Suffer A Horrendous Flying Wreck In The Shadow
Stevie Jackson suffered a massive and wild wreck on Sunday at No Mercy 7. He is OK but it appears that The Shadow, the famed small tire Mustang owned by NHRA top fuel crew chief Phil Schuler is...
The Driver Walked Away (After He Woke Up) From This Terrible Formula Off-Road Crash – Worst We Have Seen
We have seen some stuff when it comes to the Formula Off-Road over the years here at BangShift. From incredible highlights to wreckage that makes the hair on the back of your next stand up. In the...
A Day In The Life Of A Match Racing Don Garlits Circa 1982 – Awesome Video Of How It Was Back Then
The romanticized lifestyle of a barn storming drag racer from days of yore is slightly more glamorous than the real thing and this video of Don Garlits racing down in Mississippi in 1982 is living...
Cool New Stuff! Check Out The AutoMeter AirDrive Wireless OBDII Gauges
If this is not the easiest gauge install video you have ever seen we’ll ask you to point us in the direction of that video. What we have here are the AutoMeter AirDrive Wireless OBDII gauges...
Watch Kye Kelley Power Wheelie With The Header Flames Up At No Mercy 7
Like seemingly everyone else in the known universe, Kye Kelley bolted some radials to the back of his normally big tire equipped Camaro and took his shot at the insanely tractive eighth mile clocks...
This 1935 Maytag Engine Represents A Time In America When Even Your Appliances Were Gasoline Powered
There was a time when gasoline was so plentiful and cheap, it was almost a nuisance. This 1935 Maytag hit and miss engine is proof of that fact because yes, it formerly powered a clothes washing...
Roadkill! The Boys Bring In Help to Swap A Cummins In A Caddy, Run An Abandoned Strip, Jump It!
The latest episode of Roadkill is hot and this is an interesting mashup of weird engine swap, craziness, and thrashing. Joining Freiburger and Finnegan on this episode are Tony and Lucky from Hot Rod...
Here’s The Highlight Reel From The 2016 World Power Wheelstanding Championships
(Video by VictoryRedColorado YouTube) – Ron Leek is known for many things. He was the steward of Byron Dragway for decades, he has one hell of a big truck collection, he was one of the guys...
Fact: Upcoming 2018 Dodge Challenger ADR (American Drag Racer) Will Have AT MINIMUM 800hp
The car you see below is not the upcoming 2018 Dodge Challenger ADR (American Drag Racer), instead it is the Challenger GT concept from SEMA 2015. Why are we showing it? That answer is easy....
Wait For It – This Blown Falcon Lays Down A Space Shuttle Launch On The Streets Of Topeka!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – Sometimes it is easy to lose reality of how powerful or how fast some cars actually are when they are surrounded by equally matched cars at a racetrack. A good example is...
Finale: Here’s Our Last Batch Of Drag Week 2016 Images From Summit Racing Motorsports Park
(Photos by Jose Ferrer) – So we have made it to the end of the photo extravaganza that allowed us to relive Tuesday at Hot Rod Drag Week 2016. Rick Johnson at Gear Vendors deserves tons of...
This Ultra Slow Motion Look At Doug Kalitta’s Top Fuel Car On A Failed Launch Is Mental
To the casual fan, top fuel is an overwhelming stack of stats and numbers. 320+ mph, 11,000hp, 0-100 in less than one second. They are huge numbers and insane numbers but do they really mean...
This Old Mickey Thompson Cross Ram Intake Manifold For Ford FE Big Blocks May Not Make Power But It Sure Is Cool
There are things that sometimes transcend horsepower. Take this intake manifold for example. Currently sitting for sale on eBay for about $3,600 it is one of the only Mickey Thompson “Power...
