Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Progress Is Eating The Remains Of Historic Oswego Drag Raceway – Sad Photos Here
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Progress. I usually hate it. Except for central air conditioning, cable television, and tubeless tires I usually just shake my head at what we call...
Watch This Ford Fiesta Rally Car Jump Half A Football Field At Rally Sweden! Woah Mamma!
(By Eric Rood) – Ah, Rally Sweden, the world’s best snow rally. When not contending with mixed ice and snow conditions on the country’s back roads, drivers are fighting the difficulty of...
This 1970 Dodge D100 May Be The Neatest Pickup Truck We’ve Seen – Awesome In Every Way
There was flood of words that come to the tip of my tongue when I saw this truck and none of them are printable. I unabashedly love every inch of this rig and what’s even better than the looks...
Swapped Freak: This Caddy 4.9L V8 Powered 1981 Citation X-11 Has A Four Speed – Want It?
All swaps are not created equal. Some are weird for the sake of being weird. Some are entertaining because they are so wrong, and some, like this one are just plain interesting and different. The car...
11th Annual Edelbrock Car Show Announced: Shop Tours, Big Fun – Be There!
Edelbrock has announced that it will be hosting it’s 11th Edelbrock Car show on May 14th 2016. Not to be missed are shop tours happening on the day preceding the event on May 13th 2016. The...
Check Out This 1940 Studebaker Six Making Some Dyno Pulls – Low-Po Cool!
What kind of person sticks an old Studebaker flathead on an engine dyno? What kind of person builds a pretty awesome tubular intake and header for it? The same type of person who wants to make sure...
Cool Video: The Road To The Mint 400 – Steve Olliges Takes His Retro Awesome Ford To The Desert
The name Steve Olliges has been associated with off-road racing championships and Ford for more than three decades now. The guy has racked up a hall of fame list of accomplishments. As a member of...
More Show Coverage: The 2016 Motorsports, Racer Car and Trade Show – Pennsylvania
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – In what has become a yearly tradition here at BangShift we have Joe Grippo’s photo coverage of the 2016 Motorsports, Race car, and Trade show event from the...
SCCA Track Night In America Driven By TireRack Returns For 2016! 7 Venues Added – This Rules!
The best program that the SCCA has ever created returns for 2016! Track Night in America is greatness because it is a no hassle, all fun way for you to get your street car onto a road course...
This 1955 Imperial Newport Is A 331ci Hemi Powered Survivor That We’d Cruise As Is
In our fair opinion, there are few things cooler than a legitimate survivor car. Not something that has been dragged from a barn on its last legs and about to break in half but a car that has...
The Jungle Jim Nova Funny Cars – Get Some Killer Winternationals History On These Neat Machines
There’s some irony here. As you are reading this the guy you’ll see talking in this video, Ron Huegli is at Pomona for the NHRA Winternationals with the car on the right side of the...
Last To First In One Lap! This Spec Miata Racer Schools The Field IN A HURRY!
(by Eric Rood) – We’re always big fans of last-to-first charges here at BangShift, but this one might take the cake. Spec Miata racing pits identical Mazda roadsters against each other in a...
Show Coverage: 2016 Racecar and Motorsports Expo – Pennsylvania Racers Come Out in Force
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – As the first major snowstorm of the year began to dump 2 plus feet of snow on Southeastern Pa, racers and fans from all over filed into the Greater...
