Tag Archive: spotlight
Watch the 17th COMP Cams Shakedown Nationals LIVE HERE NOW! Eliminations all day on Saturday!
It’s that time of the year again, kids. Time for the 17th COMP Cams Shakedown Nationals at Virginia Motorsports Park. Qualifying action on a cool Virginia Thursday night means that the times...
BangShift Power Laggin’ Project Truck Update: Fixing More Hackery And Making Some Improvements!
Welcome back to our coverage of Project Power Laggin’! Follow along as we take a tired 1979 Dodge W150 Power Wagon we found in Central Maine and transform it from a derelict roadside attraction to...
Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2019 Photos: A Wet But Fun Monday In Virginia Started The Week
(Photos by David Whealon) – Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2019 got off on an interesting foot at Virginia Motorsports Park last Monday. Mother Nature decided to make the first day a test wills,...
Incredible Read: This Profile Of Danny Thompson And The Challenger 2 Is Automotive Writing Perfection
Every now and again we run into some motorsports jouralism that really knocks us back on our keister and today is one of those days. This piece was published by Smithsonian about a month ago but we...
Babs: The Incredible Story Of A Land Speed Record Holding Car That Was Buried For 42 Years!
Burying stuff is a very human thing, right? The word can be used in a multitude of different contexts, the act itself is kind of symbolic of a lot of stuff, and usually whatever gets buried is put...
YELLOW BULLET NATIONALS FREE LIVE STREAMING DRAG RACING RIGHT HERE
We told you we were going to bring you even more live drag racing this weekend from the Yellow Bullet Nationals at Cecil County Dragway on a weekend that features an overwhelming amount of awesome...
More Bonneville Speed Week 2019 Photos For You To Check Out! Man The Machines On The Salt Are Awesome.
We told you we weren’t done yet, and this is one of our last few galleries of photos from the 2019 Bonneville Speed Week races. Bonneville is a very special place to us. I’ve raced there,...
Southeast Gassers Action Coverage: The Old School, Gear-Banging Heroes Invaded Mooresville Dragway!
(Photos by David Whealon) – There’s a common thread happening with the Southeast Gassers these days. What it is? None of us can get enough of the series. None of us meaning the media who...
The Rtech Fabrications Built Ponderosa 1966 Chevrolet Crew Cab 4×4 Dually Truck Is One Awesome Beast
If you aren’t familiar with the crew over at Rtech Fabrications, you certainly need to be. They build trucks that never came from the factory and build them in a way that makes you question...
Great BangShift Approved Gearhead Ads Circa 1966 – Cars, Gas, and More
It has been a while since we’ve delved into the archive here at the Lohnes Institute for automotive, racing, and cool gearhead stuff history so today, let’s dip our toe back in. Chad...
Dragster In The Woods: This Rescue Of An Amazing Vintage Dragster Will Have You Smiling
Tommy Lee Byrd has been cranking out great magazine stories for years and his YouTube channel has become a great spot for car content as well. This video is his neatest work yet. If you remember,...
Total Brutality: Ride Along Inside This Hairy 1969 427 Corvette As It Battles Other Muscle Greatness
This is the Corvette of Jody O’Donnell and as you watch this video you’ll be able to tell one important thing. Jody has some GUTS. This car is a really monster and just when you think...
Great video: A Profile On Grumpy Jenkins At The 1968 US Nationals – Brock Yates Hosted!
It was good to be Grumpy Jenkins in 1968. He had fully established himself on the scene as a killer in stock and super stock, he was at the helm of a growing business tuning said cars, and he was...
