Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Dueling Nitrous Explosion Video: A Pair Of Pro Mods Both POP Their Scoops At Norwalk
When Jim Laurita and Dan Stevenson headed down the strip during qualifying at the 2014 Summit Racing NHRA Nationals last weekend, neither expected to kill their hood scoops during the lap. Funny...
The Places They Raced: An Abandoned Street Racing Haven
It is a straightaway to nowhere located off a bustling secondary road in Braintree, Massachsuetts. Ironically, it is now part of a nature reservation, but for several years in the 1960s and early...
Killer Historic Drag Video: Highlights From Arizona’s Beeline Dragway Circa The Early 1970s
With the recent announcement that Arizona’s Speedworld dragway would be closing down we couldn’t help but think about another dead Arizona strip that was once a hotbed of national level...
Screaming Video: Watch A 2.3L Turbo Ford Clip Nearly 10K On The Chassis Dyno In A Drag Car!
Job Spetter Jr has been tuning full tilt turbo and EFI engines for a long time. His name is very well known around drag racing circles and he’s both driven and tuned others to lot and lots of...
Watch A NASCAR Crew Guy Change A Tire While The Rotor Literally Bursts Into Flames – Helmet Cam View
Ever since the Wood Brothers figured out decades ago that a drilled and organized crew could help them win races, NASCAR pit crews have become more and more specialized and athletic. These days, pro...
Gallery: A Collection Of Classic American Full Sized Cars From The BangShift Archives
(Photos from the BangShift Archive) – Call me an ugly American is you want but bigger is definitely better when it comes to may taste in cars. The humongous machines of the 1960s and 1970s...
Dyno Video: Watch A Wretchedly Overpowered Sand Car Lay Down 1300hp At The Tire With A TT 454ci Warhawk Mill!
Few vehicles on Earth have the power to weight ratio that modern sand cars have. These tube chassis wonders that were once mostly powered by stock or warmed up VW engines now sport turbocharged V8s...
Nitro Video: A Quick Recap, Explosions Included, From Bakersfield’s Saturday Night Nitro Show Last Weekend
Les Mayhew, the drag racing film making maven was at the Saturday Night Nitro event at Bakersfield last weekend and while he was there he shot a ton of video featuring the various classes that were...
Hotchkis Updates Its TVS Kit For 1967-1972 C10 Trucks To Include Long Bed Applications And Dropped Spindles
You know it and we know it, 1967-1972 GM half ton trucks are one of the hottest vehicles in the aftermarket right now. From builds like Project Cheap 10 that we are covering to insane hardcore pro...
Show Coverage: The Cruise Down Memory Lane In Vineland, New Jersey Was A Blast!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The unsinkable Joe Grippo is back with photo coverage of an event we have never showed you and whole bunch of cars you’ve never seen, either! This time Joe and...
TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Coverage: A Photo Highlight Reel From The Recent Battle At Watkins Glen
(Photos by David Hakim/HP2 Communications) – Last weekend, our buddy David Hakim attended the TUDOR United Racing Series event at Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York, one of the...
Flowtech Releases New Shorty Headers For Late Model Trucks – GM, Ram, And Tacoma Applications
The shorty header is an interesting and great thing for late model performance enthusiasts that need to keep their vehicles emissions compliant for state inspections or any other reasons. Far...
Mega BOOM: A Canadian Pulling Tractor Blows Up So Hard It Barfs Most Of The Motor Right Out Of The Chassis
Bryan Lively is the editor of Pro Pulling Magazine (ProPulling.com) and he’s a BangShifter as well. Bryan sent us a video link to some footage taken recently at a pull up in Canada. Things were...
NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 Coverage: More Shredded Fenders, Flying Stock Cars, and Great Action Photos From Sonoma Raceway
(Photos by Jeff Burghardt) – Yesterday we showed you Mike Burghardt’s sweet, sweet photos from the NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway and today we’re right back at you...