Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
In-Car Video: Let’s Go Legends Racing At A Bullring Called Wake County Speedway
Wake County Speedway in Raleigh, North Carolina advertises itself as America’s favorite bullring and that’s pretty awesome. The place has been open for about 50 years and it lived the...
This Promotional Film For The 1955 Chevrolet Is Awesome Propaganda
We clearly love old promotional films around here. We run basically all of them that we can find. Why? They are fun and sometimes funny but they are also a great window into how the companies...
This Go Kart Racing Video From The Early 1960s Is Poetry In Slow Motion – Sideways Coolness Abounds
Today, racing karts is a worldwide phenomenon and serves as both incredible training for the race drivers of tomorrow and a battle ground for talented mature racers to let their skills shine....
Check Out This 6×6 Engesa EE-25 Army Truck And It’s Freaky Boomerang Rear Suspension In Action
Army trucks, we love them. Why? Well for the same reason we love functional hot rods that are lacking in amenities but are heavy in ass kicking ability. No matter the country of origin you are...
The Pit Crews: This 1971 Short Film Looks At How Pit Crews Worked In NASCAR, IndyCar, and On Modifieds
Often times when we show you videos from the old “Car and Track” TV show, they’re road tests of then new cars just getting the stuffing beaten out of them. Well that show had a...
Today Is September 11th – Please Take Some Time To Remember That
None of us will ever forget that place we were when the news started flooding on that dreadful day of September 11th 2001. It was a seemingly unending sluice of terrifying, maddening, and soul...
All Whine, No Cheese: Five Minutes Of Glorious, Differing, and Awesome Blower Noise
In the world of hot rodding there are times when we value quietness and there are times when noise is king. This is one of those times. You are about to watch a five minute video that celebrates all...
Ride Shotgun In A Swamp Buggy As it Runs Full Bore Around The Mile O Mud In Florida!
Like many of you, I have waned to drive a swamp buggy since I was a kid in the 1980s and watched them tear up the famed Mile O Mud in Florida. Well this video from the Sims Racing YouTube page takes...
This 1968 Ford Truck Commercial Is Crazy And Had To Have Been Fun To Make! Full On Beat-Downs!
In any sort of job, there are highs and lows. There are things that are fun to do, things that are not so fun, stuff you love, and stuff you hate, right? This actually has to apply to stunt or...
This 1972 Video Featuring Chevy Trailers And RVs Is So Cool – An El Camino With A 5th Wheel?!
The recreational vehicle and trailer industry in the USA is booming. The pandemic saw many hundreds of thousands of families invest in an RV, a camper, a trailer, and all the stuff that comes along...
Little Truck Big Punch: This 1944 Video Shows An Experimental Jeep Mounted Rocket Launcher System Being Tested
Now THIS is a mighty mite! As we all know, there was constant innovation and invention during WWII. After all, nothing spurs the human mind on like figuring out ways to knock out the bad guys. For...
Rare Flyer: The 1990 Olds Cutlass Calais International Series Quad Four Was Quick And Rare
We love to play the old “when’s the last time you saw one of these…” game around here. It is pretty fun to have your memory jogged about interesting or strange cars you forgot...
Yikes Video: Watch This Hot Rodded Volvo Suffer A Clutch Explosion During A Burnout – Crazy
There are few things with more insane duality than a clutch explosion. Firstly there is the horrifying destruction and potential for people to be cut to ribbons from the shrapnel of flying clutch...
Get It Right: Here’s The Proper Way To Measure For Custom Shocks From The Crew At Ridetech
You want to install custom shocks on your car. Maybe you just want to make a simple change with a single adjustable tube shock or maybe you are going bigger with air suspension or perhaps multi-way...