Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Drag Gallery: The Kontinentals Day of the Drags – Our Final Gallery
(Photos by Charles Wickam) -We’ve been doling out Charles Wickam’s awesome photos from the 2012 Day of the Drags at Little River Dragway in Texas. The event, which celebrated its 10th...
Jump Cancelled for Today Check Back Tomorrow TO WATCH THE RED BULL STRATOS EDGE OF SPACE SKY DIVE!
The Red Bull Stratos mission, which will have Felix Baumgartner free falling from the literal edge of space, some 23-miles above the Earth is being live streamed on the internet and you can watch it...
Drool Worthy: Awesome Fab Work and Photos as DMC Racing Updates Paul Major’s Drag Radial Corvette – Turbos to the Front!
Paul Major’s wild twin-turbo radial tire Corvette has been one of the great pieces to come out of the DMC Racing shop over the last couple of seasons. The car has run very well all over the...
Explosivo Video: A Late Model Challenger Suffers A Big Nitrous Explosion and Major Fire – Whoopsie Doodle!
It isn’t a mistake or coincidence that nearly as soon as a new performance car is released, nitrous companies are on the scene with bolt on plate kits for them. It is cheap horsepower and when...
Video: Champion Wheelie From the World Power Wheelstanding Championships – Eighth Mile, No Wreck!
Of all the great ideas, innovations, and wacky creations that Byron Dragway’s Ron Leek came up with over the years as one of the nation’s best drag strip promoters, his master stroke was...
New Product: Rocket Racing Wheels Adds New Bolt Patterns to Their Wheel Lineup!
Rocket Racing Wheels has announced that they’ve added 5″x5″ and 5×5.5″ bolt patterns to some of their wheel offerings. We think that this is a great move as there’s...
Drag Gallery: More Vintage Cars and Competition From Day of the Drags 2012!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Yesterday we dropped the first load of photo goodness on you as shot by Charles Wickam at The Kontinentals Day of the Drags 2012 held at the historic Little River...
Found: A Perfect 1972 Opel GT Trar – Tiny Car With 44-Inch Tires = BS Approved!
BangShift tipster Rich Hintze is establishing himself as a true ninja of the internets. He’s dug up a bunch of cool stuff from eBay and CraigsList over the last few weeks, but this is the king...
Video: This Is What Happens When You Drive Like a Jackass On Public Roads and Fail At Drifting
What ever happened to pulling a hole shot at a light or maybe a little fishtail action leaving a parking lot or something? Why do today’s kooky kids need to act like complete death wish...
Gallery: Day of the Drags 2012 – Vintage Hot Rod and Drag Car Nirvana at Little River Dragway!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) The Kontinentals car club has been putting one one of the coolest old timey drag races in the country for 10 years now. “Day of the Drags” has been held at the...
Gallery: The 2012 Iron Invasion Hot Rod Show – Traditional Rods, Kustoms, and Trucks – Lots of Neat Stuff!
(Words and photos by Bob Chiluk) – Us midwest guys envy all you west coast and southern hot rodding bretheren that can partake in events all year round. October signals the close of the...
WATCH LIVE: THE BATHURST 1000 FROM AUSTRALIA! GREATEST DOOR SLAMMER ROAD RACE IN THE WORLD!
We have the live feed of the 2012 Bathurst 1000 embedded below! In terms of door car road racing, this is the pinnacle, by a lot! The course is legendary and narrow and fast as hell. Remember, Darrel...
Video: Would You Watch This TV Show About Sportsman Stick Shift Drag Racing?
So we found this 10-minute “sizzle reel” for a reality TV show pilot called, “Shifters USA”. The show follows a group of southern stick shift drag racers as they compete at...
