Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Chuck Etchells, First Driver To Run 4s In A Funny Car Has Passed – We Remember Him Here
Chuck Etchells notched his name into the stone tablet of funny car history back in 1993 when he became the first driver to punch his way into the four second zone in a nitro funny car. On a weekend...
Blown Deco: This 1941 Graham Hollywood Is A Supercharged Pre-WWII Beauty Many Have Forgotten
Graham is one of the American car makers that tends to get lost in the historical shuffle. The built some of the most beautiful cars of their day and unfortunately it all came to a stop for them in...
Listen Up! The WFO Podcast Features BangShifty Goodness – Talking Pro Stock and More!
Well that pro stock column really got some attention last week! Between a ton of people reading it and lots of great comments it also resulted in an appearance on the WFO podcast which is hosted by...
NMCA All-American Nationals Action – A Last Blast Of Greatness From Indy
(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – Well we have showed you plenty of drag racing, drifting, and pit action thus far from the 2016 NMCA All-Amercian Nationals in Indy. The event was held under tough...
Big Fun In A Little Package – Drag Racing Smart Cars At A Historic Strip For A Good Cause (Video)
Many of you out there in BangShiftland are familiar with our pal Kevin Tetz. You have seen him on TV for years and his writing appears in magazines like Car Craft and others. The guy is a really cool...
Old School Huge: This 1978 Chevy Stepside Is The 1980s Pro Street Car Of Trucks And We Love It
I quite literally learned to read with National Dragster and honed my skills on Petersen’s 4-Wheel and Off-Road. I still get that magazine delivered to the house today and have for more of my...
Project Hay Hauler: An Engine Swap Along With An Overdrive Trans You Didn’t See Coming!
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – If you have been following along on our Project Hay Hauler, ’67 GMC C1500 pickup, owned by our contributor Scott Liggett, you would have seen how he has...
Planes of Fame: A Look At The Awesome Machines Of The Chino Air Show
(Photos by Jeff and Mike Burghardt) – There may not be anything more patriotic around this time of the year as is a local historic airshow. The yearly Airshow at the Planes of Fame Air Museum...
How Do You Even….What The…..Clearly This Chevy Truck Was Attacked By A Monster Of Some Sort
We’re at a loss here. Typically we can look at some of the stuff we find on the IAAI.com site and do some armchair forensic work on to determine what happened. Mashed a telephone pole? Easy....
This Australian Couple Got So Annoyed With Their Dodge Journey They Had Someone Drive A Tank Over It (Video)
We have all had a car that we hated so much we wanted to see it crushed, right? Well as many of us as have had those feelings few, if any of us actually acted on them. The same cannot be said for an...
Trar-Rod: This 1977 Nova Has Big Tires, A Cage, Lots of Horsepower, And A Spoiler
BangShifter Rob Miller sent us this hot off the presses tip yesterday and we thought that you’d want to see it today. Why? This is one of the more interesting trars we have ever seen because it...
On The Inside: We Get A Look Behind The Scenes At WELD Racing – Wheel Heaven!
One of our absolute favorite things to do in the world is to visit the people that sponsor BangShift and see how they do what they do. In this case, some great timing meant that we were going to be...
The List! Here’s the 61 Drivers That Have Won An NHRA Pro Stock Race Listed In Order
(Vintage photos by Bob Boudreau) – I was pretty shocked and happily so at the response my recent story about the history of pro stock and the fact that only 61 people have ever won in the...
Watch And Listen To This Nitrous Huffing Big Block Make 1,750hp On The Dyno – Header Flames And All
When I was with my kids at the drag strip last weekend I was reveling in the chance to teach them stuff about the cars they were looking at. Lots of the stuff we take for granted understanding like a...