Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Best Of BangShift 2015: An Ex-Wife Is Making Her Ex-Husband Sell His 1978 MGB – The Craigslist Ad Is Pure Genius
We want to buy this guy a beer for posting one of the most genius, smart-ass Craigslist ads we have ever seen. This is not over the top craziness like many of the “funny” ads try to post...
Best Of BangShift: Thundering Bastard – The Day A Super Duty Pontiac Tempest Destroyed The World’s Best Sports Cars
One of my favorite movies of all time is the western Pale Rider. After Clint Eastwood’s character mangles a group of bad guys in a street fight with a simple axe handle, he quietly says,...
Freedom To Choose: Aeromotive Reminds You That They Offer Tanks With Pumps And Pumps That Fit In Tanks
This is a great weekend to hunt for hot rod parts, right? Maybe your project is coming together and you are hoping to have it up and running by the end of the summer. With most people having a couple...
NHRA Names Peter Clifford As New President – New Era At The Top Of Drag Racing’s Largest Sanctioning Body
(Photo credit: NHRA) – Yesterday it was announced that the NHRA had promoted Peter Clifford to the role of the organization’s president. Previous to this promotion, Clifford was the...
Looking For A Job In The Industry? Holley And Precision Turbo Are Hiring!
There’s a good chance that if you are reading this right now you are at work. Perhaps work is a job that you hate beyond all measure of actual human hatred and you are looking fort a change....
Cacklefest Photos! More Header Flaming Fun From The Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest
There is an implicit thing that is needed for someone to run a nitro powered engine whether it is in a cackle car, a nostalgia dragster, or a full blown modern top fuel car. That thing is trust,...
2015 Orange Drag Strip Reunion – Old Time Drag Racing At And Old Time Location
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – With a flag starter and a 330′ length course run on the landing strip at the small Sterling Airport in Sterling, Massachusetts the Orange Drag Strip Reunion...
VP Racing Fuels Expands Retail Operations Into New England With Sandri Partnership
Across the country VP Racing fuels stations are springing up as the company continues on a bold retail campaign that is putting their brand and their products in front of more people than they have...
Endless Dream 1970 ISCA Show Car Is For Sale – As Radical As They Come, Former ISCA Champion – Crazy Piece
We seems to be on a kick with the former ISCA show car stars around here lately, eh? From the recently uncovered Corvette we showed you a week or so ago to this mind bending creation, the wild show...
2015 LA Roadsters Show: Another Grab Bag Of Automotive Coolness
Before we return back to roadsters in our 2015 LA Roadsters Show coverage, we wanted to run one more eclectic collection of generally neat stuff that we found at the show. If you are just joining us,...
Mass. Cruisers Bass Pro Shops Cruise Night – More Photos From The Huge Gearhead Meet
The skies may have been on the gray side but that did not deter thousands of gearheads from across New England from gathering at the Bass Pro Shops location in Foxboro, Massachusetts for the...
This Pro Street/Strip 1976 Chevy Vega Has Great Looks And A Conservative Engine Combo
This little 1976 Vega is 100% street legal (in Minnesota) has a very mild little 350 under the hood (that needs to be fixed), and seems like it would be a spartan but fun little hunk of iron to beat...
Warhead: Watch The Test Mule Engine For Tom Bailey’s Sick Seconds 2.0 Make 3,625hp On Morris Racing Engines Dyno
If there is one thing that I consider myself fortunate to have witnessed first hand it has been the escalation of competition, technology, horsepower, and insanity in the world of street legal drag...
