Mighty Mites: Sometimes It Is Better to Buy Older When It Comes To Yard Tractors And Here’s Why!
Oct 31, 2016Brian Lohnes1
(By Greg Rourke) – For various reasons, I haven’t built any cool rods are done much noteworthy for over 30 years. I always read all the magazines, attended a few races and car shows, and...
Breaking News: Chevrolet Unveils The Camaro SS Drag Race Development Program Cars! Exclusive In-Depth Photos Here
Oct 31, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
It sat in the center of the building…obviously a sixth-generation Camaro SS, but wearing the kind of swirly camo you see on prototype test mules. Normally, you don’t see Hoosier drag...
SEMA 2016: We Snuck In During Monday Setup To Show You Neat Stuff!
Oct 31, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA 2016: We Snuck In During Monday Setup To Show You Neat Stuff!
We’re are HERE at SEMA 2016 and we’ll be rocking it hard all week to show you the coolest new parts, the coolest new builds, and the stuff that you want to see from the most humongous,...
Gallery: Southeast Gassers Action From Mt. Park Dragway – Coolest Cars In The Country!
Oct 31, 2016Brian Lohnes8
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – When we first heard the SEG was going to make the haul to Mt. Park Dragway we knew for sure this was a must-see event. This is the furthest-North event...
eBay Find: Want To Buy A Former SEMA Show Car? This 2015 Wide Body Mustang Was A Hit Last Year
Oct 31, 2016Brian Lohnes1
Ever wonder what happens to many of the hundreds and hundreds of show cars that are built and displayed at SEMA every year? Here’s a hot tip: Go to eBay and type: SEMA in the search bar and...
Watch Cruz Pedregon Make The Most Incredible Run In NHRA Funny Car History
Oct 31, 2016Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Cruz Pedregon Make The Most Incredible Run In NHRA Funny Car History
The best thing about the sport of drag racing is that you literally do not know what is going to happen one minute to the next. For instance, funny car at the NHRA Toyota Nationals last weekend was...
Lohnes’s Two Favorite Cab Over Trucks From SEMA 2015 – One Ford and One Chevy
Oct 31, 2016Brian Lohnes2
If you had told the engineers and designers that were making these trucks come to life decades ago that the yeoman equipment they were working on would be considered iconic Americana in the next...
Pro Commuter Perfection: This 1991 Oldsmobile Calais Quad 442 W41-R Is The Perfect Daily. No, Really!
Oct 31, 2016Bryan McTaggart7
Before you say one word, I want to lead with the horsepower ratings for some of the better choices in vehicles for 1991: basic Corvette had either 245 or 250 horsepower, depending on your axle...
Project Angry Grandpa: Our First Test With The New Setup At Beech Bend – How Close Are We To The 12-Second Goal?
Oct 31, 2016Bryan McTaggart13
You are damn skippy that I was going to take the new and improved Chrysler out to Beech Bend the first chance I got! After thrashing earlier in the week to give old Gramps a bit more get-up-and-go,...
Random Car Review: 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback RS Premium
Oct 31, 2016Bryan McTaggart2
SEMA is kicking off in Las Vegas and I’m about sixty miles away in Pahrump, Nevada. What am I doing out here, you ask? Chevrolet has invited a bunch of people out to…well, at the time...
You Just Might Need This 4×4 Pacer In Your Life
The American Motors’ Pacer will, for better or worse, be one of the best-remembered cars in the company’s checkered past. Ungainly and overweight, it was the byproduct of a lot of things gone...
The World Rally Championship Will Be Faster in 2017, Which Means Both Big Crashes and Improved Safety
The FIA World Rally Championship is already faster than the mind-blowing Group B rally days of the 1980s and with new regulations forthcoming in 2017, stage rally will actually be getting even...
RideTech To Debut New Instinct Electronic Shock System At SEMA – Powered by DSC Sport
Oct 29, 2016Brian Lohnes1
RideTech is unleashing a torrent of great new products at SEMA this year and we told you about just two of them yesterday. The StreetGrip system for early Mustangs is cool and something that will...
Would You Rather, 1960s Four-Door Compact Edition: Five-Car Bonanza!
I am unabashedly a fan of 1960s American compacts. That said, I don’t have a grand preference for one over the other, though I do like some aspects of certain cars: the early Mercury Comet’s...