Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Ill Handling Beast Video: A Crazy Lister Corvette On the Road Course
First things first, Lister Corvettes are not really Corvettes at all. The name came from the late 1950’s when the Lister chassis started making their way to US shores from Europe and racers...
Ohio Mile Coverage: Unique Cars And Weirdo Engines From The ECTA
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Getting to the site of an event when it first opens is usually a great time to walk around and catch some really good photos as the sun comes up....
American Sleeper Video: Watch A Hammered Looking Dodge Ramcharger Nearly Bust Into The 12s At Englishtown!
Yesterday we showed you a cool Aussie sleeper station wagon that looked like a grandmother left it in the church parking lot but went 10s. Today we’re back on our own shores and looking at an...
Photos: 16 Cool Engines From Bonneville
While lots of people are seduced by the amazing bodies and incredible chassis fabrication at Bonneville, I am a knuckle dragging horsepower loving kind of dude, so motors are my obsession. There are...
This 1966 Ford Econoline Van Has Big Block (Chevy) Power And Is Totally BangShifty
1960s Ford Econoline vans are pretty awesome. Those bread boxes on wheels were based on the Falcon and sold like hot cakes for Ford. This is a kind of ratty looking Econoline van and Ford people will...
Doing It Wrong Video: How Not to Crane a Boat Into the Water
We’ve often thought that being a crane operator would be a pretty kick ass gig. Commanding such a powerful piece of machinery and completing tough jobs that require skill and a steady hand...
Cool Old Press Photo: Mercury’s 1957 Version of Air Ride
We recently dug up a copy of a technical announcement that highlighted some cutting edge thinking involved with the 1957 Mercury models involving air suspension. The engineers decided that using an...
Punjabi Tractor Pulling Delivers Again: YOU Make The Call – How Does This Video End?
Ok if you have gotten this far, the image on the video player below kind of telegraphs my punch but look, Punjabi tractor pulling is probably the highest stakes motorsport on Earth. How is that...
Ohio Mile May 2015: Cool Non-Race Vehicles (Or Bits From The Land Speed Pits!)
(Photos and words by Doug Gregory) – Anytime you visit a land speed event you are bound to see some interesting stuff that isn’t going to run the track. As we check out the competition we...
Bitchin’ Video: Ride Along In A Swedish Built, Ice Racing, V8 BMW With A Gnarly Sequential Gearbox
Let’s introduce this video with a geography lesson. Who knows where Morjarv, Sweden is (other than the guys who read BS and live in Sweden…yes there are such dudes!). Great, no one knows....
2015 FE Race And Reunion: Here’s Our Last Blast Of Wheels Up Photos From The Strip
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with a final installment of drag strip photos from the 2015 FE Race and Reunion at Beaver Springs...
Fuel Delivery: The Value Of Sumps Over Pickup Tubes In The Tank Of Cell Of Your Hot Rod From Aeromotive
We talk a lot about how we’re spoiled living in today’s world of seemingly limitless access to horsepower in our street machines and race cars but the reality is that with the increased...
Huge Auction Alert: This Massive Collection Of Cool Cars, Trucks, And Racing Stuff Is Coming Up For Sale In Maine
Maine-based BangShifter and fellow drag racing announcer Matt Lang tipped us off to this crazy huge auction of cool car stuff that is coming up next month in Maine. The link below will give you an...
Unlucky: A Compilation Of 13 Major League Drag Racing Crashes From Urban Hillbilly Action Video
Sean Melton at Urban Hillbilly Action Videos went face first into his massive archive again and came up with 13 spine tingling, weird, and altogether nasty wrecks from his extensive collection of...