Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Officially Undead! Heartland Park Topeka Announces Weekly Racing Program
Yes, we know that the sprawling Heartland Park Topeka facility was technically saved when it came under new ownership a couple of months ago but the reality is that with the announcement of weekly...
Watch This Crazy Diesel Powered Nova Wreck Hard At The Top End Of Woodburn Drag Strip
Rob Coddens has long been known as one of the best guys in the country at making big power with the GM Duramax diesel engine. He had a series of ever quicker pickup trucks before he graduated to a...
Mud Bog Time Machine: Let’s Take A Trip Back To The Gumbo Of Hennessey, Oklahoma 1983/84
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This is the second in a new, throwback (wow…) series I put together from my photo archive. First stop is a mud bog near Hennessey, OK situated on the...
Charlie Cooper’s Turbocharged Cobra Jet Is A Real Rocket – See It Run Here
(Video Credit: VictoryRedColorado YouTube channel) – Those of you that are really up on your drag racing geekery will know that the quickest “legal” Mustang Cobra Jet in the NHRA...
BangShift Speed Records: A Brief History Of Plymouth Duster Jingles Past and Past-er
(By Eric Rood) – Plymouth used the Duster moniker not once but twice in the space of a couple decades and managed to churn out some quality of-their-time jingles for the respective...
Cruising Memories: Joe Grippo Takes Us Back To Pottstown, PA Circa 1993 And A Nationally Recognized Scene (Videos)
(By Joe Grippo) – “Where were you in ’62?” was the question posed by arguably the greatest car cruising movie of all time, American Graffiti. Well, today Bangshift is asking where were...
Mud Bog Time Machine: Early 1980s Mud Bog Action From Oklahoma – Awesome Rigs!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Part one of our expedition to yesteryear takes us to Perry, OK. Situated just off Interstate 35, Perry is home to the Cherokee Strip Museum and the...
Unique Beauty: Check Out This Unique 1961 Vignale Bodied Corvette And The Story Behind It
It is kind of sad that we live in the post coach builder era. Yes, there are amazing metal artists that are still making things. Guys like Rob Ida, the Marcels, and others still have the old world...
Bimmer Kart: This V12 Powered Rig Looks Fun! Why Has No One Made A Race Series Yet?
Ok we can’t stand it any longer. After watching this video of something that have dubbed the “Bimmer Kart” we’re demanding that someone out there make a racing series for...
Watch Vincent Nobile Have A Rough Ride At Pomona – Wall Slapping, Tire Shaking, Badness
Vincent Nobile managed to do something at the NHRA Winternationals that Erica Enders-Stevens did not while racing the same Camaro for a championship in 2015. Touch the wall. During a run against Drew...
Funny Car History Video: Lewis Bloom Talks With 1969 NHRA Winternationals Winner Clare Sanders
The origins of the funny car class are widely known. Escalations among the manufacturer through the stock and then the super stock ranks caused everyone to lose their collective minds in the middle...
Small Slicks, Two Engines, And 360-Degrees Plus! Watch The Evil Twin Spin On The Strip And Hit Nothing
Rocky Phillips is a heck of a guy. The driving force behind the famed Eagle Field Drags and the guy who built the awesome Evil Twin dragster shown in this video at his home shop, he has the drag...
Mark Rebilas Has Published His Best Of 2015 Crash And Burn Photos – Must See!
(Photos by Mark Rebilas) – I have the good fortune to see Mark Rebilas on more weekends than I don’t between the months of March and November. While Mark shoots all kinds of stuff like...
