Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
There’s An Ultra Rare (In The USA) Toyota 1GZ-FE V12 For Sale On Craigslist – Weird!
BangShifter Will Sanders sent us the link for this really interesting engine that he found for sale on Craigslist. The mill is a Toyota V12! While we like to think that we know lots of stuff, there...
Season From Bell: NASCAR Truck Competitor Chris Bell Suffers Another Big Wreck, This Time While Leading In Atlanta
(By Eric Rood) – Christopher Bell has had a rough start to his 2016 season. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver tumbled across the front straight in spectacular fashion at Daytona in...
More Great Action Photos From The RPM First Blood Pro Mod Event In Florida
Boy oh boy, if you missed our live streaming coverage of the 2016 Bennett Auto Supple RPM First Blood event at PBIR last weekend, you really screwed up. It was pro mod heaven at the strip with record...
Awesome Video: The Rock Island Grand Prix Shifter Kart Race Is Held On Public Streets! Ride Along
(By Eric Rood) – The grand days of the SCCA racing on temporary street circuits is long behind the world of road racing, but a few holdouts still host wheel-to-wheel racing on closed public...
Full Replay Right Here: The Bennett Auto Supply Real Pro Mod Association Winter Warm Up 2016
Coming in a couple of weeks, BangShift.com will kick off our live broadcast year with the airing of the 2016 Real Pro Mod Association Winter Warm Up LIVE and FREE from Palm Beach International...
2016 Bennett Auto Supply RPM Pro Mod Winter Warm Up – Action Photos and Video!
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Because my photography skills are weak and crummy on my best day, we’re totally fortunate to have Benoit Pigeon here with us at Palm Beach International...
Pro Mod Action Gallery! Photos from the 2016 Bennett Auto Supply RPM Pro Mod Winter Warm Up
We had an awesome day at the kick off of the 2016 Bennett Auto Supply RPM Pro Mod Winter Warm Up here at Palm Beach International Raceway yesterday. The best cars in the country are here and there...
Andrew Comrie-Picard, Chris Komar, and Brad Lovell To Take On Alcan Rally In Stock Jeep On BFG KO2s!
It is the craziest automotive event you have likely never heard of. The Alcan Rally is a 5,000 mile sojourn into the arctic that combines elements of a Time Distance Event with challenges, special...
Here’s A Fun Look Back At The Best NHRA Winternationals Funny Car Finals In History
The NHRA Phoenix event is underway as you are reading this but we wanted to share this recently dropped NHRA video that looks back at some of the most memorable funny car final rounds in...
2016 Dallas Autorama Coverage: T-Buckets, Customs, Muscle, And A Load Of Wallys!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Between a t-bucket with a Ford Indy car engine in it and a drag car surrounded by an absolute pile of NHRA Wally trophies this round of 2016 Dallas Autorama...
Go! vs Woah! – Les Mayhew Tackles The Great Debate Of Tradition Versus Progress In Nostalgia Racing
As you diehard BangShifters well know, we’ll be LIVE from the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet at Bakersfield next weekend. That is one of the largest and most prestigious nostalgia drag races...
Freaky Funny Car Barn Find: Odd Chassis And Configuration Have Us Scratching Our Heads
This is truly a case of a story being more than skin deep. Most people would look at this 1969 Nova bodied funny car and think that it was some sort of old match racer or nitro burner from the glory...
Record: Watch The First 250+ MPH Quarter Mile Pass By A Six Cylinder Car EVER – EKanoo Does It!
We were alerted to an awesome piece of drag racing history that happened today in Bahrain by Bret Kepner when he sounded the alert that the first 250+ mph quarter mile pass ever made by a six...
Epic Troll Bernie Ecclestone Declares F1 ‘Worse Than It Has Ever Been’, Tells Reporters He Wouldn’t Pay To Watch
If there is one thing that Formula One honcho Bernie Ecclestone can never be accused of it is hiding his feelings. The guy says what he thinks and has built up a layer of armor around him thick...