Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This Japanese Maglev Train Broke Its Own Speed Record This Week With An Incredible 374mph Charge
For 11 seconds, this Japanese Maglev train powered through a tunnel at over 370mph with a peak speed of 374 mph. That’s not to say the thing shot up to that speed and was done. Nope. This train...
Watch A 27-Liter Rolls Royce Powered Rover SD-1 Make A Dyno Pull And Make Some Header Flames
Big engine in a little car is pretty much the basic formula for success in the hot rodding world. Huge flipping engine in even smaller freaking car is the kind of math that BangShifters absolutely...
Land Speed Racing Video: Make A 177mph Blast At El Mirage On The Wing Of This AA/Fuel Modified Roadster
I’m in a land speed racing kind of mood as the ECTA season opens in just a couple of weekends out in Wilmington, Ohio and we’re in final prep ode for the race. I went hunting for some...
45th Annual Spring Tune Up Car Show – Our Photo Coverage Continues
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – Our high school attending contributor Johnny Gaudette spent last weekend at the Early Ford V8 Club Of New England’s 45th annual Spring Tune Up Car Show. The...
The Parting Shift: Cruise The Neighborhood In a Lenco Equipped, 584ci, 8-Second, Street Legal, 1964 Fairlane
There are few more pleasurable things to do in your car than strike out on a beautiful day and cruise around. The lack of a destination is typically part of the fun because a free form drive will...
2015 Lonestar Round Up: Our Photo Coverage Continues From The Austin Shindig!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – What makes a car event good? Sometimes it is easier to tell what makes a car event bad than it is to actually pinpoint the stuff that makes something like the...
Red Heaven: We Visit The Incredible Paquette International Farmall Musem and Hall Of Fame
One of the highlights of a recent family trip to Florida was a visit to the Paquette International Farmall Museum and Hall of Fame which is located in the town of Leesburg. It was about an hours...
Robbie Knievel Charged With Felony DUI In Butte, Montana – Three Additional Misdemeanors As Well
(Photo credit: Montana Standard) – A haggard, disheveled, and perhaps confused Robbie Knievel appeared in a Montana court room and was charged with felony DUI after causing a four car accident...
Rough Stuff: Two Major League Wrecks From The IHRA Pro-Am At Richmond Dragway In Virginia
If you have been around the sport of drag racing for any length of time in either the spectator or racer capacity, you know that one of “those weekends” is bound to come up here and...
Lonestar Round Up 2015: Flatheads, Nailheads, Wagons, Trucks, Hot Rods, Kustoms, More!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The avalanche of Charles Wickam photos continues from the 2015 Lonestar Round Up. This is the Austin, Texas car show that draws fans and cars from all corners of...
The 45th Annual Spring Tune Up Car Show By The New England Early Ford V8 Club Ruled – Photo Coverage!
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – For nearly half a century now, the Early Ford Club V8 of New England has put on the Spring Tune Up car show to get hot rodders and gearheads out of the winter...
This 1981 Chevy C80 Is A Four Car Hauler/Rolling Stunt Launch Ramp You Have Always Wanted
You know, some vehicles are built for one purpose but can totally be used for another. School buses are regularly turned into campers, old flatbeds are made into car haulers, and car haulers can be...
Changed! 2015 Hot Rod Drag Week Registration Is Saturday May 2nd Be Ready Or Be Left Out!
At 9:00AM Pacific Time on Saturday May 2nd, Hot Rod will post the registration link on their website and the electronic gold rush will take place again to fill the 350 open spots that the magazine...
Barnstormin’: Notes From A Fun Weekend On The Road With The Lohnes Clan
As whacked out as my schedule has been this Spring, it really gets cranked to 11 starting this weekend when the races and events really stack up on each other. That being the case, my wife and I...