Great Read: How New and Old General Dynamics Employees Worked Together to Repair a Nuclear Submarine
Jul 25, 2011Brian Lohnes16
When the submarine USS Hartford crashed into a Navy ship back in 2009, the future for the nearly billion dollar machine looked bleak. It had sustained massive damage to several critical areas of its...
Cool Video: A Chute’s-Eye View of an 8-second drag car run
Jul 25, 2011Brian Lohnes2
It is tough to really illustrate the speed of a bad ass drag car through video. Actually, it used to be hard to do that. Before killer little cameras became commonplace, industrious racers would...
eBay Find: A Big Block Ford Powered AC That Isn’t a Cobra and Is Kind of Ugly
Jul 25, 2011Brian Lohnes8
We like learning stuff, so when we found a listing for a 1968 AC Frua on eBay, we had to investigate simply because we had never heard about these cars before and since they had a 428ci BBF in the...
LSR News: Ohio State Students Begin Planning Buckeye Bullet 3 — Goal is 400 MPH
Jul 25, 2011Brian Lohnes2
Ohio State’s Center for Automotive Research is a place we wish we go hang out at. They teach and train some of the best and brightest engineers for the future of the automotive industry, and...
Wake Up Video: A Bad Ass Recreation of the Jerry Titus 1971 Pontiac Trans Am Road Racer
Jul 25, 2011Brian Lohnes7
Is your Monday already headed down the tubes at work? Don’t fight it, just accept your fate that the day will suck and zone out, we’re here to help. A BangShift reader posted this video...
R.I.P Courtney Halowell ….Drag On Brother
Jul 22, 2011Chad Reynolds10
It’s a good thing it’s Friday, because as of 11:30 am Pacific Time I am going to start drinking heavily. Industry icon, renowned journalist, hardcore car guy, and more importantly my...
Caption This Photo: License and Registration, Please
Jul 22, 2011Brian Lohnes7
Our cousin, Brian Walsh is in the Air Force. In fact, he flies stuff. Brian stumbled upon this rather funny looking scene on base the other day and shared it on his Facebook page. We saw it an...
Video: 2011 Goodguys Heartland Nationals 4th of July
Jul 22, 2011Chad Reynolds1
The Heartland. It says it all doesn’t it? A single word that drives home the point. Well Goodguys Heartland Nationals in Des Moines Iowa certainly embody all that the Heartland implies. Held on...
Captain Insano Video: Ride on the Nose of Bill Warner’s 311mph Motorcycle at Loring, Maine!
Jul 22, 2011Brian Lohnes3
You’ve undoubtedly read lots of stuff about Bill Warner’s wild 311mph run at the Loring Timing Association’s event last weekend. Now you can ride along with him! In this video...
Tune In NOW: Lohnes Announcing the NHRA Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 1 Points Meet in Epping, NH
Jul 22, 2011Chad Reynolds3
After he got thrown out of Canada last weekend, Lohnes has set up shop at his happy place, New England Dragway in Epping, NH for the Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Division 1 points meet. He told me...
eBay Find: A Super Cool and Ultra Rare Frenzel Supercharger
Jul 22, 2011Brian Lohnes4
Early speed parts rule. That’s a fact. Back in the late 1940s and early 1950s industrious machine shop owners across the country could make and market parts of their own design. One such...
Donate if You Can: Bitchin’ Mike Charlton Documentary Film Makers Looking to Group Source Funding for Final Filming
Jul 21, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Donate if You Can: Bitchin’ Mike Charlton Documentary Film Makers Looking to Group Source Funding for Final Filming
Back in March we told you about and showed you a trailer for a documentary being made about Ohio resident Mike Charlton and his home-brewed quest to set the LSR record for motorcycles with his crazy...
Project Fat Cad Update 6: Adding a Cold Air Intake and a Measly Pound!
Jul 21, 2011Brian Lohnes7
Project Fat Cad Update 1 Project Fat Cad Update 2 Project Fat Cad Update 3 Project Fat Cad Update 4 Project Fat Cad Update 5 At Spectre Performance, we not only design and build...
Cool News: Sponsors Announced for the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge
Jul 21, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool News: Sponsors Announced for the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge
The Optima Ultimate Street Car Challenge has really become the defacto measuring stick for the highest level Pro Touring cars in the world. Featuring events like a Speed Stop Challenge, Autocross,...












