Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Hot Rod Drag Week 2012 – Today’s Track: Thunder Road Raceway – Gilliam, Louisiana
After two intense days of competition at Tulsa Raceway Park and the Texas Motorplex, 2012 Hot Rod Drag Week competitors will be laying the lumber to the quarter mile at Thunder Road Raceway Park in...
Drag Week 2012: Today’s Track – The Texas Motorplex – Ennis, Texas
Today Drag Week heads to one of the country’s finest drag strips, the Texas Motorplex. There’s been lots of modern drag racing history made at this track and many of us are salivating at...
Drag Week Update: Nuclear Drag War in Oklahoma – Larson, Lutz, Barry All Crest 200mph!
Let it be known, Monday was the quickest and fastest Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week competition day in the history of the event, which is now in its eighth running. Three cars crested the two hundred...
eBay Find: A 1934 Chevy That’s Built To The Hilt – But Is It Too Much?
You can find lots of Pro Street style hot rods for sale on eBay. Most look the part, but don’t have all that much in the suds department. Then there’s the select few cars like this 1934...
Drag Week 2012 – What You Need to Know About Today’s Track – Tulsa Raceway Park
Today is the first official day of Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week 2012 presented by Gear Vendors. We’re at Tulsa Raceway Park in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Since you’re there and we’re here, we...
Drag Week Gallery and Info: Some Carnage, Some Big Numbers, and Some Awesome Cars
When Drag Week day one 2005 happened, there were about 45 cars on the grounds to attack KCIR on that fateful day in September. Today, more than 200 cars went though the tech inspection process, many...
Random WTF Photo of the Week: A Burned Out Monster Truck on A Russian Sidewalk
We’re not ashamed to admit that we stumbled on this mind warp when searching for monster truck pictures to kill time. The photos were taken in downtown St. Petersburg apparently near a subway...
eBay Find: A 1929 Studebaker Two Door Sedan Hot Rod That Absolutely Rules
One of the things I truly love about hot rodding is the fact that there’s no such thing as a “perfect” hot rod. We all see this stuff so differently and have different opinions on...
Watch Video of a Tube Chassis Mustang Powered by a Cummins Diesel Run Low 5s in the Eighth!
Mike Wood’s Duramax powered Mustang was a huge success on Drag Week for the couple of outings it went on. Knocking down 10-second elapsed times while also knocking down over 35mpg (including...
Caption this Photo: Humble Track prep
I’ll admit it, when I first saw this rig prepping the track at Thompson Drag Raceway back in 2002 I laughed. It was just the shock of seeing a golf cart pulling a large truck tire after seeing...
Watch Awesome, Gear Jamming, In-Truck Video From the Latest Insano Canadian Big Rig Drag Race
St. Joseph De Beauce, Canada was the scene of the most recent big rig street race in the Great White North. Leon Smith of hot rod Kenworth dump truck fame was there to mix it up with the competition...
MSD Power Grid Approved For Use In NHRA Pro Stock
The MSD Power Grid has been a game changer since hitting the market a while back. It puts an awesome amount of information and tuning ability right at the fingertips of the user. We’ve seen...
Top 11 Gearhead Terms that Sound Dirty, But Really Aren’t
Both Chad and I swear like sailors in normal conversation. For better or worse, it’s how we roll. The funny thing is when even the tidiest mouthed hot rodders get to talking about their cars,...
