Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
One Last Blast Of Photos From The 2016 RPM First Blood Winter Test At PBIR
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – As you read this, Chad will be at Bakersfield for the 2016 March Meet and I’m down in Bradenton, Florida at the 2016 NMRA Spring Break Shootout. The last time...
Wheelies, Launches, and Action From Famoso Raceway During Saturday At The 2016 March Meet
If you didn’t attend or watch the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet yesterday you made a grave mistake because this was easily one of the best days of drag racing we have ever seen. Sure, there...
March Meet 2016 Saturday Photos From The Swap Meet And Famoso Grove
Despite dire weather predictions, the people, the cars, and the racers all showed up to do battle on Saturday at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield. Yeah, there was a rain delay in the middle of the day...
Dragsters and Altereds In Action at Famoso Raceway – March Meet Hot Rods At Work
It was dragsters that built the March Meet. From its earliest days in the late 1950s to the point where funny cars were so popular that they could to longer be ignored, front engine dragsters were...
Video: Forty Two Years Ago The Most Spectacular Fire In The History Of Dirt Track Racing Took Place In Kansas At The Hutchinson Nationals
Thanks to BangShifter Don McGinnis we have this incredible video to show you today about a catastrophe that happened 40 years ago and has largely been lost to the unrelenting march of time. This is...
World of Outlaws Coverage: More Great Action Photos From Royal Purple Raceway
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – A day or two ago we showed you Charles Wickam’s first batch of killer photos from the World of Outlaws event which was held on the dirt track at Royal Purple...
Big 3 Swap Meet 2016 Coverage: Killer Kustoms, and Lots More Bang Shift Approved Iron
The Big 3 swap meet goes far beyond what that simple name implies. Because it has been going on for a half a century, it has developed a culture all its own and there are lots of people who show up...
2016 Detroit Autorama Coverage: The Most BangShift Approved Iron Inside COBO Hall Is Here!
(Photos by Mike Brooks/Octane Images) – We’re lucky to have guys like Mike Brooks here at BangShift. Without him we’d be in total darkness on these pages because (as usual) the...
Mud Bog and Monster Truck Time Machine: Here’s The Scene, The Rigs, and The Muck From Newkirk, Oklahoma Circa 1984
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Here’s the latest installment of our mud bog and monster truck time machine stories. Heading further North on our wayback journey we turn to NewKirk,...
Carl Casper Car Show 2016 Coverage: Wing Cars, Mopars, and Cool Stuff You’ll Love!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – More than halfway through the 2016 Carl Casper show coverage. Lots of stuff in here, but we were blown away by the winged wonder and its tale of...
Good Vibrations March Meet 2016 Friday Drag Strip Action From Famoso Raceway!
It was a day of big numbers, big carnage, and big surprises as racers attacked the historic quarter mile at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield California during the second day of the 2016 Good Vibrations...
Good Vibrations March Meet 2016: Friday Pit Thrash Photos! Lots Of Work Being Done
Friday was a hard luck day at the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet. There was carnage a plenty in virtually every class and especially in the nitro burning categories. There were funny cars flipping...
March Meet 2016 Photo Coverage: Friday In The Famoso Grove At Bakersfield
As we told you the other day lots of the show at the March Meet takes place off of the track. Not that far off of the track, mind you but basically parallel to it in the Famoso Grove. From the guys...
Here’s All The Qualifying Sheets From Thursday At The 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet
(Photos by Mike English) – Here’s the full slate of sportsman qualifying sheets from the first day of the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California....