Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Awesome Video: In 1989 Testing A Cutting Edge Bigfoot Monster Truck Meant Jumping It Over Parking Lot Curbs
Every motorsport on Earth evolves, that’s basically the hallmark of anything that is technology driven, right? Indy cars went from basically being horse carts with powerful engines to the...
Groovy Video: These 1964 Drag Racing Home Videos From So Cal Take Us To Fontana, San Fernando, Lions, and More!
Even in today’s world of incredible technology there are certain things that we are unable to do, things like improving the taste of broccoli and time travel. While the taste of broccoli will...
The American Powertrain Monday Shift: Frame Twisting, Gear Jamming, Big Rig Torque – In-Truck Video!
No, there’s nothing wrong with the angle of the picture here. There’s no problem with the person holding the camera. The only “problem” is that this big rig is making so much...
Watch This Mini Unlimited Tractor Suffer A Wild Hook And A Grinding Stop In Europe
We have told you time and time again that the pulling scene in Europe is hardcore. These guys and girls love this stuff as much as anyone in the USA does and they compete just as hard. When anyone in...
Classic Drag Racing Film: Awesome Action At Southeastern Dragway In 1968
Now THIS is the kind of thing we really love to see. You are about to watch some killer drag racing action at Southeastern Dragway in 1968. The little track in Dallas, Georgia was about as far away...
Nitro Video: Watch This Hillclimbing Triumph T140 Thunder Up A Stepped Slope
We often think of nitromethane as only being a drag racing fuel but that is really, really wrong. Motorcycle guys love to burn nitro in various different disciplines of competition. In this video...
Here’s Mud In Your Eye! Watch This Compilation of Crazy Mud Bog Runs and Wrecks From The 1980s
With the explosion in popularity of monster trucks in the 1980s, other motorsports in that genre of competition were also uplifted. One of those sports was mud bog racing. It was the simple fact that...
Old Caterpillar Video: This Introduction Film Of The Caterpillar 944 Wheel Loader From The 1950s Is Awesome
We take lots of stuff for granted today when we see it. Machines and operations that have seemingly been around since tim first began. The fact of the matter is that everything we do as human beings...
Old School Tech Video: This Breakdown Of A Road Ranger Big Rig Transmission From The 60s Is Brilliant!
There are millions of awesome videos on the automotive end of the internet and we try to find cool ones to show you every day here at BangShift. This particular video is an honest gem of 1960s tech...
Miniature Blown Small Block Video: Listen To This 6ci Devil Fire Up And Run – So Cool!
We love miniature engines and have featured dozens of them over the years here at BangShift and each time we discover what we think is a new one we like to show it to you. Now we know that this...
In Estonia, They High Speed Rally Old Russian Trucks Packed With Screaming V8s – This Video Is AWESOME
Your eyes are not deceiving you, that really is an old truck power sliding around a dirt corner on a rally course. We got tipped off to this madness by our buddy Arild who found this video and passed...
The 800 Club: The Biggest Production Car Engines In American History
(Photo credit: ConceptCarz.com) – Being that we live in the world of the 100+ hp per liter of displacement engine now, what about the other end of the spectrum. Human history pretty much...
Watch a Honda CRV Wreck in Horrifying Fashion on the Nürburgring
Imagine being able to slap down $35.00 and run whatever junk you are driving around the coolest road course in America. Keep imagining because you can’t do that here, but in Germany, you can...
