Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
2016 Nissan Titan XD PRO-4X: We Drive The Cummins V8 Powered Rig On and Off Road
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – If there is a bigger truck story in 2016 than the launch of the all new Nissan Titan, we’re not sure what it is. Nissan has pushed all of their proverbial...
More Killer Cars From The 2nd Annual Goodguys/Speedway Motors Day In The Hay – Nebraska Fun!
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – When Scott Liggett moved from southern California to Nebraska he had to have been wondering what the car culture shock would have been like, right? After all, SoCal...
Tune In Tonight! NitroReports Will Be Talking Wall To Wall Drag Racing Starting at 6PM Pacific!
Tonight July 19th NitroReports.com brings on plenty of nitro drag racing with IHRA President Mike Dunn on the season so far – and into 2017. IHRA Edmonton Nitro Funny Car winner Shawn Bowen,...
Drag Action Coverage: The Oklahoma Nostalgia Nationals At Thunder Valley Raceway – Noble, Oklahoma
(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – It is pretty interesting when you consider the multiple personalities that different drag strips have. We say that in the most positive way possible,...
Aerospace Components Vacuum Pumps: A Look Inside And A Static
If there is one thing that Aerospace Components is best known for outside of their highly successful brakes, it is their equally as bad ass vacuum pumps. These can be found on engines ranging from...
Drag Action Coverage: PDRA North-South Shootout Photos From Maryland International Raceway
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was hot as blazes for days on end in Maryland last week but that did not stop the PDRA from cranking out another awesome event that was populated by some of the...
A BangShifter Done Good: One Of Our Contributors Has Gone Into The Classic Car Business – Check It Out!
Editor’s Note: It is always cool when a BangShift Alumnus goes on to do something neat with cars and such is the case with Kaleb Kelley. A former contributor to the site, he’s now in the...
Barnstormin’: Winners and Losers – The World Needs Both, Even If You Cannot Admit It
The most basic concept of a race is that someone wins the race and someone loses the race, right? That’s the whole freaking reason that any sort of event like racing, sports of all types, etc...
See The Historic And Restored Shelby Super Snake Fuel Dragster Roar To Life With Prudhomme At The Wheel! Burnout Too
There are restorations, there are recreations, and then there’s whatever this counts as because it is a restoration as performed by the guys who built the car in the first place. Seriously. Don...
This 1958 Anglia Is One Of The Most BangShift Approved Things We Have Seen In Some Time!
Little cars have been a staple in the world of hot rodding since the whole thing began. It was basic sense that had guys in the 1930s and 1940s repowering little cars with engines from larger...
Ride With Todd Paton As He Resets The Lancaster Dragway Speed Records In His Top Fueler
Todd Paton’s name is no stranger to the electronic pages of BangShift. We have seen Todd through his work at Racepak, through the piloting of funny cars, and most notably though the driving he...
Nitro Anglia: Watch The Lil’ Bit 1948 Anglia Throw Fire And Then Shimmy Like Crazy
When is a gasser not a gasser? That would be when it runs on nitromethane! Oklahoma’s Tod Barker has a 1948 Anglia that casual drag racing fans would look at and call a gasser. They...
Watch Tim Savell’s Horrifying No Prep Wreck From Kennedale, Texas – Amazingly He’s OK
Up until the other day, Tim Savell was having one hell of a year. His daughter had recently graduated from high school, he and the Bankston racing team are leading the NMCA pro mod points, and the...
