Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Video: Watch A Human Powered Helicopter Fly Beautifully And Crash Violently – Wild Stuff!
With headlines that love to talk about binge drinking, immoral activity, and other craziness at colleges and universities around the country, it can be easy to forget that there are lots of brilliant...
Drag Action Coverage: More Killer Stuff From Cars and Stars At Empire Dragway In Leicester, New York
(Photos by Jose Ferrer) – Yesterday we showed you some killer Mike Brooks photos from Empire Dragway and their Cars and Stars event. Well, we’re back with more ace lens work. This time...
Drag Action Photos: A Hot Night At Beaver Springs Dragway With Big Names and Cool Cars
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we showed you the first batch of photos from Joe Grippo’s camera featuring the action and the cars at Beaver Springs Dragway a weekend ago. It was an...
Momentous: Drag Racing’s First Live National Network TV Broadcast Was 61 Years Ago – The Loop Closes Next Weekend In Denver
(Thanks to Bret Kepner for the big time assist on this one) – November 13, 1955 was a very important day in the history of drag racing and there are very, very few people who remember why. On...
Match Bash: Daddy Dave vs Andy Jensen At Beaver Springs Dragway – Tons More Cars
(Photo by Joe Grippo) – What is this Daddy Dave Day here at BangShift?! No, not exactly but what it does illustrate is that the idea of the Barnstorming match racer is not dead. In fact, it is...
The COMP Performance Group Is Going Big This Weekend At The St. Paul Street Machine Nationals – BE THERE!
This weekend is the St. Paul Street Machine Nationals in Minnesota and what that means is more than 7,000 cars will descend on the massive fairgrounds and show their stuff in front of tens of...
Watch LIVE Now: DragStalgia – Europe’s Largest Nostalgia Drag Race Complete With Fire Burnouts And All!
(Photo credit: Julian Hunt) – Nostalgia fans are in for a spectacular weekend as the Rat Trap and Bradfords Fiat Fuel Altereds head for Dragstalgia at the UK’s Santa Pod Raceway. Waiting...
Empire Dragway Stars and Cars Coverage: Larson, Daddy Dave, Killer Drag Cars of All Shapes!
(Words and photos by Mike Brooks) – Sunday July 3rd made an incredible day of drag racing at Empire Dragway in Leicester, NY. The track hosted their “Stars and Cars” event and it...
Think Trars Are Weird? How About Trucktors – The Newest Craze Sweeping The Nation
Ok, maybe not yet but we think that this trend has the potential to outstrip even the seemingly unending number of Trars that pop up for sale on various internet sales outlets. By trend we mean one...
They Came, They Saw, They Lost: Buffalo Small Tire Racers Take Care Of Street Outlaws Heroes – Photo Coverage
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Our man Mike Brooks was on the scene of a very busy night at Lancaster Dragway outside of Buffalo, New York a couple of weekends ago. Street Outlaws Kamikaze Chris...
Mooneyes Open House: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Killer SoCal Gathering
Ok, anytime you can get stuff ranging from rat rods to classics hanging out in the same place with people literally lining the streets to watch the cars come in and out, you have something special on...
Heeeee’s Baaaaaacccckkkk! Gary Putnam And His Gnarly Mustang Are Loaded To Take On All Comers For Drag Week 2016
If you can believe it, this is a relationship built on bacon…and almost destroyed by it. Ok, that sounds like a horrible line from a soap opera but it kind of happened. See, Gary Putnam went on...
COPO Cosworth: This Vega May Have Crummy Photos But We Want It Anyway – Beautiful!
Thanks to BangShifter Anthony Catalanotto we have photos and the link to a really, really nice car with some pretty crappy photos that’s for sale. The machine is called the COPO Cosworth and...
Holley Announces New Frostbite Aluminum Radiator Line – Lots Of Applications
With induction and exhaust system covered it only makes sense for the dudes and dudettes at Holley to get involved in the cooling system marketplace. They have done so with their new line of...