Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
RideTech Racers Score Big At USCA Gateway Motorsports Park – Our Man Rodney Is Headed To OUSCI!
As the Ultimate Street Car Association works and weaves its way around the country to events both far and wide, the RideTech crew has been one of the steady forces at every venue this year. From the...
This Incredible, Unmolested 1930s Hot Rod Is For Sale On eBay – A Real Link To Hot Rodding’s Past
If you dare suggest that one blessed thing be changed on this car, we’ll send a black helicopter to your home and no one will ever see you again. Frankly, after the Lincoln abomination that...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Coolest Cars, Parts, And Stuff From The Pits (Part 1)
(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – As any drag racer or gearhead knows, all the cool stuff happens in the pits. The racing is just a byproduct of the work being done by the owners and...
Lions Super Pull Of The South – Unlimited Tractors And Two Wheel Drive Wheelstanding Modifieds – Get Some!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Yeah, we held onto the most popular two classes until the end of our 2014 Lions Super Pull Of The South coverage. Why? Because we’re big meanies,...
This 1960s Drag Racing Home Movie Is Flipping Awesome – Can You ID The Track For Us?
We love when people convert and post their old home movies from the drags onto YouTube because while the slick and highly produced professional films of the day were cool, nothing beats the...
The 2014 BangShift Busted Knuckle Award Has Been Handed Out – Yes, It Is A Real Thing And Yes, The Trophy Rules
Sometimes it is all about survival. Each year, the BangShift Forum Freaks swarm the Hot Rod Magazine Power Tour. They cruise in packs, they help each other, and they have developed their own culture...
The Worst Email I Got This Week: An Invitation To The Taiwan International Fastener Show (I’m Serious)
Chad and I have been kicking this idea around for a while because we both get scads of off the wall junk into our email every week and some of it is downright hilarious. Because we’re men of...
Tale Of Woe: This Lamborghini Owner Has Started A Blog To Document His Experience With A Shop – Ugliness Abounds
Listen, I understand that Lamborghinis are built in factories like all other cars, but we see a mental picture of those factories as being filled with skilled craftsmen who are lovingly building...
Diesel Power Challenge Week: Quarter Mile Heads-Up Drag Racing At Bandimere
Last week I went on a bit of a rant when internet keyboard jockeys everywhere started calling out the Challenge Hellcat for running 12s at Bandimere when it had run in the low 11s on street tires at...
Cruise Gallery: More Cool Cars And Trucks From The Kearney Cruise Kickoff Party – Kearney, Nebraska
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – When our pal Scott Liggett decided to ditch out on life in Los Angeles for a job with Blueprint Engines located in the heartland of America known as Nebraska we...
Meltdown Drags 2014 Coverage: The Cars Came From All Over And The Show Will Be Talked About For Days
(PHOTOS BY GREG ROURKE AND BOB CHILUK) – We’re back with more sweet, sweet action photos from the Meltdown Drags 2014 that happened at Byron Dragway last weekend. With more than 500...
The Incredible Photo Sequence Of The Tugboat Cahaba – How It Managed To Submerge Under A Bridge And Live – Detroit Diesel Power FTW
(Words by Greg Rourke – Photos by Unknown) – Here on BangShift we see all sorts of great drivers making all sorts of brilliant saves on drag strips, oval tracks, and autocross events....
This 1963 Dodge D300 Wrecker Is Awesome And Insanely Cheap – It Was Saved Once And Now Needs A Good Home
This is a live breaking report from the Brian Lohnes home for wayward tow trucks. There’s a wrecker out there that needs a new home and YOU…yes, YOU are the one to grab it. The truck was...
BangShift Public Service Announcement: Don’t Ever Get Into A Motorized Lift With This Guy
Consider this the best advice that we’ll give you all day. DO NOT, under any circumstances get into a motorized lift with the guy in the video below. Why? Well you’ll see when you...