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Caption This Photo: A Convertible Cab Over Big Rig the Hard Way
Mar 30, 2013Brian Lohnes4
Obviously this photo comes from somewhere in Asia, but that is really beside the point. It could come from the moon and we’d still glare at it for minutes on end because it is absolutely...
Drag Week Gallery and Info: Some Carnage, Some Big Numbers, and Some Awesome Cars
Sep 09, 2012Brian Lohnes1
When Drag Week day one 2005 happened, there were about 45 cars on the grounds to attack KCIR on that fateful day in September. Today, more than 200 cars went though the tech inspection process, many...
Rocket Racing Wheels Now Offers True Thread-On Knockoffs and We Dig ‘Em!
May 31, 2012Chad Reynolds1
To us there is nothing worse than the old set of Appliance wheels with the crap knockoff center caps. Not only is it a quick way to ruin the look of your car, but also instantly cheapens it. Rocket...
Must See Video: A New Zealand Man Survives a Wild Helicopter Crash!
Nov 23, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Must See Video: A New Zealand Man Survives a Wild Helicopter Crash!
A veteran helicopter pilot with two decades of experience escaped death in New Zealand yesterday when the chopper he was flying crashed in dramatic fashion while he was working to place a Christmas...
Huge Drag Gallery: The 2011 Day of the Drags – Austin, Texas
Oct 05, 2011Brian Lohnes9
The awesome Little River Drag Strip in Austin, Texas played host to the Kontinentals Day of the Drags for the 10th time this year. Charles Wickam was on hand to shoot photos both on the strip and in...
It Came From the Fab Shop: A Guided Tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
Jul 01, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on It Came From the Fab Shop: A Guided Tour of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner
(By Loren Krussow) – The relentless and expensive pursuit of a slightly-lower ET or a few more miles-per-hour in our cars could seem ironic, given that for the price of a commercial airline...
Frozen Hell: The Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile Snowmobile Race Across Alaska
Feb 16, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Frozen Hell: The Iron Dog, a 2,000 mile Snowmobile Race Across Alaska
We here at BangShift.com are all about events that pit man and machine against the elements, but the Iron Dog snowmobile race, held in Alaska, is sado-masochism. Riders traverse 2,000 miles of Alaska...
No Gnus: All Quiet on the Steam Car and Mayfield Fronts
Aug 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on No Gnus: All Quiet on the Steam Car and Mayfield Fronts
British engineers and feuding Southerners have something in common. Both are vacant from the headlines of the news today. The British contingent had to call off their attempt at breaking the...
The Lohnes Wreck Files: Two-Time Monster Truck Crash
May 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Lohnes Wreck Files: Two-Time Monster Truck Crash
Lightning can strike twice in the same place, even a year apart. Lightning in this case was a 15,000-pound monster truck called Backdraft. I’m blanking on the year, but I know the event was...
Barnstormin’: Why the Martin M4 Pro Mod Bugs Me
Mar 31, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: Why the Martin M4 Pro Mod Bugs Me
With the IHRA Spring Nationals a few weeks off and the press machine working up to speed to promote the race, I got to thinking about Harold Martin’s M4 Pro Mod. The car made its debut at the...
Tata Nano: Tiny $2,000 Car to See Indian Roads by July
Mar 24, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Tata Nano: Tiny $2,000 Car to See Indian Roads by July
The little Tata Nano, a new car that will retail for less than $2,000 brand new, is set to cruise Indian roads in July according to a story by Reuters. Parent company Tata has been struggling as of...