Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Watch This ProCharged Chevy Caprice PPV Destroy Tires And Scream To The Heavens (Thom…SHIELD YOUR EYES!)
The Chevy Caprice PPV hit the streets a year or two ago as a model intended to be purchased by police departments and other law enforcement agencies. It was not intended to fall into the hands of...
Rowdy Rodders: The Holley Hot Rod Reunion After Party Cruise Turned Into A Burnout Contest Of Epic Proportions
(Words and Photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – During Tommy Lee Byrd’s Bowling Green experience, the destination for Friday night was the Holiday Inn, which is the host hotel for the National Hot...
HURRY! Enter Now To Win A VIP Experience With COMP At The 2014 Street Machine Nationals Or Car Craft Summer Nationals
If you have a cell phone or even a point and shoot camera you’ve got a shot at winning an awesome VIP experience with COMP Performance Group that you can “cash in” at either the Car...
2014 LA Roadsters Show Coverage: More Amazing Hot Rods From The Massive Show In Pomona
Our continuing photo coverage of the 2014 LA Roadsters Show is back and we’re bringing you more awesome snaps from the 50th running of the event. As we have said before, this is a massive event...
Thunder In The Valley Car Show Coverage: Fun Stuff On The Streets Of Lexington, Nebraska
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – We love the small towns of America. Car shows right on the cobble stone streets of one are great. Lexington’s 4th Annual Thunder in the Valley was...
Magnum Opus: Nitro America’s Feature Length Film Covering The 2014 March Meet Is Beyond Description
Well Les Mayhew has finally gone and done it. Seriously, this guy has really gone and blown up the neighborhood. What do we mean? Mayhew produced and released a feature length and feature quality...
BangShift Approved? Check Out This Ratty Chevelle We Saw In Bowling Green And Let Us Know!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – Alright there, residents of readerville we need your opinion. See McTaggart snapped the below photos of a pretty ratty looking 1967 Chevelle in the swap meet at...
This Small Block Ford Powered, Sort Of Pro Touring 1971 Mail Jeep Is The Coolest Hot Roddy Mail Jeep We’ve Seen
It isn’t like this is the first old mail Jeep to be screwed around with and made into a hot rod but we’d submit that this is probably the BEST one. Why? Sure, the pro street ones look all...
AFCO Releases New Brake Pedal Assemblies – Strong Enough For Stock Cars And Cool Enough For Your Hardcore Pro Touring Ride
As the lines between “race car” and street car” continue to move closer together and in come cases blur completely, we can’t help but get excited when we see new products...
Airport Invasion: Hot Rodders Show Their Stuff At Nebraska’s Grand Island Airport – Great Car Show Setting
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – That’s almost a headline you would hear on a cable news network. In this case, it isn’t ominous at all. In fact, it’s a annual tradition...
NHRA Bristol Pro Mod Coverage: Peter Farber Goes The Distance For First Time In NHRA Competition
(Photos/words by Benoit Pigeon) – For the first time in his career, pal-o-BangShift Peter Farber left an NHRA Pro Mod race with a Wally. Farber took on all comers at the recently completed...
Roadkill: How The Hemi 1955 Chevy Was Built – In All Of Its Sleep Deprived, Stop And Go Glory
Unless you live under a rock, surely you have heard of the 1955 Chevy build that Finnegan dreamed up decades ago and had begun to actually construct on Roadkill about a year and a half ago. The guy...
The Hot Heads Car Club Charity Car Show – Lots Of Cool Pre-1972 Iron On Display From Rats To Resto Muscle
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – Being that it is smack-dab in the middle of June, car season is in full swing and schools are getting ready to lock down for the summer, sending throngs of kids...
