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BackFire! An Impassioned Reader Response To Our Editorial Columns By BangShifter Bryan McTaggart – Do You Agree With Him?
Oct 02, 2013Brian Lohnes48
Editor’s note: Last week Chad and I both wrote columns lamenting stuff. Chad’s was about globalization and identity while mine was about apathy and youth disengagement with hot rodding....
The Doomsday Scenario…What Happens Next?
Aug 01, 2013Brian Lohnes29
Boy, that sure sounds ominous, huh? We got a shockingly emotional response from the blog item we ran earlier in the week that announced the news that Ford was leaving NHRA drag racing as a...
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics – The Incredible Story Behind ChumpCar’s 36-hour Endurance Race!
Jul 09, 2013Brian Lohnes12
(Words John Condren – Photos by Alicia Glubrecht) There’s always something cold and heartless about statistics. Raw numbers. Basic facts that rarely tell the whole story. For example,...
Aussie Road Trip Gallery: The Roadside Finds On A Long Trip Across Oz
Mar 19, 2013Brian Lohnes4
(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – We’ve been showing you cool photos from the Top Gear Festival in Australia recently and those photos came from Darryl Danies who lives down there. Darryl went...
Road Trippin’: Cruising A Vintage Impala To Northern California – Great Photos and Adventure!
Nov 07, 2012Brian Lohnes9
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – As I prepared for my semi annual trip to Northern California I got to thinking back to when I was a little kid taking road trips with my family. It seems...
Guest Blog: Broadway Bob Metzler Remembered By Bret Kepner – The Epic Stories Were All True
Aug 02, 2012Brian Lohnes6
(Editor’s note – We’re honored to have this guest submission from Bret Kepner that stands as the definitive chronicle of “Broadway” Bob Metzler’s life and career...
Barnstormin’:The Little Drag Strip That Could, Did…After Almost 50 Years
Jun 04, 2012Brian Lohnes12
It will go down as the coolest gearhead non sequitur I have ever seen. Walking up to the old Boston city hall building, deep in the heart of downtown and seeing Bob Tasca III’s nitro funny car...
BARNSTORMIN: WHAT I LEARNED IN 2011
Dec 30, 2011Brian Lohnes11
As we literally get ready to close the books on 2011 and move into an exciting 2012, It is time to do that whole retro look back thing on 2011. The third year of BangShift’s life was a good...
Bad Ass Chevelle Sleeper For Sale: Buy a 10-Second Car That Looks Like a Barge!
Aug 16, 2011Brian Lohnes10
A couple years back, a sleepy, twin-turbo 1970 Chevelle started making the rounds on the internet. The car is truly one of the coolest Q-ships we have ever seen. It sports a twin turbo LQ9...
Barnstormin’: Nitro Can Be a Real Bitch…and Other Ruminations From a Wild Weekend in Canada
Jul 20, 2011Brian Lohnes3
Last weekend’s IHRA Mopar Nitro Jam Nationals at the Grand Bend Motorplex, in Grand Bend, Ontario, Canada was a pretty wild deal. The race provided several stark examples of just how dangerous...
eBay Find: Yet Another WTF-amino
Feb 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: Yet Another WTF-amino
Just in case you thought we were going all straight and narrow on you with our wall to wall coverage of the 2010 Grand National Roadster Show, we’re kicking things off today with this most...
Barnstormin’: As Go the Rivalries, So Goes Drag Racing
Sep 22, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: As Go the Rivalries, So Goes Drag Racing
When Tony Pedgregon and John Force had their emotional eruption at the US Nationals, it set the stage for one of the most intense final season stretches in recent NHRA history. It was going to be...
The Lohnes Wreck Files: Litton at Epping, 2006
Feb 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Lohnes Wreck Files: Litton at Epping, 2006
It seems that lots of guys dug the stories of racing accidents that I have witnessed from last week’s Barnstormin’ column so I am going to profile a wreck or odd occurrence I’ve...