Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This Rollout Video For The Craftsman Tools Made To Race Comet Project Is Flipping Awesome (And Stars Our Pals)
As if Kevin, Chad and the crew at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle weren’t already cranking hard enough on cars like the Whistling Death Chevelle and the Violent Valiant, they have now been tapped by...
Auto Meter’s GPS Enabled Rally Navigation Speedometers Are Just The Ticket For Pinpoint Accuracy
GPS speedometers are finding their way into more and more cars and trucks recently and the whole thing make sense. With A GPS speedo, you no longer have to worry about accuracy due to tire size...
Video: This Trucking Couple Makes Their Living In A Custom Volvo VNL Truck That’s A Rolling Palace
Volvo is running a series of videos lately that highlight different owners and operators of their trucks and how they are using their big rigs. We were blown away by this latest video because it...
Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod/Big Dog Pro Mod Extravaganza Coverage: Pro Mods A-Plenty At Piedmont
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – On August seven, Piedmont Dragway’s Big Dog and Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod, EOPM, joined forces for the very first time. Big Dog is a monthly event and...
Slow and Low Chicago Community Lowriders Festival 2014 Coverage: Killer Photos Of Some Incredible Lowriders
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – Don’t hate on me just yet! I had an absolute blast at this show. The cars were awesome, the people were awesome, and the food was awesome! So often...
BangShift ‘Ute Battle: This 1997 BMW 328i ‘Ute Blows MacTaggart’s Junk 5th Avenue Right Off The Map
Earlier today, McTaggart posted breathlessly about this 1985 Chrysler Fifth Avenue ‘Ute (click to see it) and it makes sense that he did that because Bryan McTaggart is in love with the...
Roadkill Video: Freiburger and Finnegan Find And Save A 1950 GMC From Eternal Junkyard Purgatory…Kind Of
Junkyards are the places where so many hot rod dreams start. They are also the places where the end of many hot rod dreams land. No matter where you are from of what you are into, a ‘yard is a...
This 1989 Pontiac Firebird Zombie Response Team Trar Is A Big Block Powered Winner
I know you people out there in readerland (is there anything worse than “you people”?) must think that I sit around and seek trars in all of their glorious forms all over the internet....
Video: A Wild Drag Boat Save and Sink – No Wreckage, Amazing Driving, Then Cue The Rescue Drivers!
In 1985 Danny Sullivan executed the famous “spin and win” maneuver at the Indy 500 and became a sensation. In drag boat racing there is no such thing but there is something we’re...
Watch An Icelandic Maniac In A Formula Off Road Truck Travel More Than 1,000ft Over Water
(If there were a standing record for a wheeled vehicle skittering atop water, this Jeep would have it and it would be on the salt RIGHT NOW resetting the damned thing) There are certain things that...
The Sealegs Amphibious Boat Is Genius And BangShift Approved Idea, Plus You Can Actually Own One
(Because of the rainout of Bonneville, we’re running some stuff that would be of use or fun on the water logged Salt Flats today.) Virtually every day of my life I am confronted with...
Video: Awesome Hovercraft Racing From France – Yeah, We Just Said Awesome, Racing, and France Together
(We know…you were expecting wall to wall Bonneville coverage today. Since the event has been cancelled, we’re going to highlight stuff that could be raced at Bonneville or stuff that...
SCTA Bonneville Speed Week 2014 Has Been Cancelled
Bad news here on the Salt. Here’s the statement from SCTA – The SCTA Board is currently on the salt flats and the BSF is under water and will not dry in time for Speed Week to be...
