Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
The Full Story Behind the Speed Demon’s 462mph Bonneville Run – Plus a Thursday Update!
On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, in competition during Mike Cook‘s Land Speed Shootout on the Bonneville (UT) Salt Flats, the “Speed Demon” streamliner of George Poteet, Ron Main and...
As One Ohio City Embraces the ECTA, Another Kills A Long Planned Flashlight Drags Event
Yesterday we delivered you the killer news that the East Coast Timing Association would be running their 2012 season in Wilmington, Ohio on a recently vacated airport runway. It was the great work...
Holley Introduces New Billet HP and Dominator Fuel Pressure Regulators and Filters
Holley continues their product line expansion with the introduction of their new Billet HP and Dominator fuel regulators and filters. These are two more products that allow hot rodders to make Holley...
The BangShift Burnout Battle: Send Us Your Tire Smoking Video!
So hopefully you have voted in the first BangShift burnout battle. If not, you have until Friday to place your vote. We’ll determine the winner by seeing who has the highest vote count by...
Crazy Awesome eBay Find: The Tow Rig and Rocket Car of Fearless Fred Goeske
“Fearless” Fred Goeske is a true drag racing legend. Through the 1960s and 1970s he terrorized strips from coast to coast in a series of awesome Funny Cars that were nitro powered to...
Breaking News: The East Coast Timing Has Officially Landed a New Home at Wilmington Air Park!
Just a couple of hours ago, the East Coast Timing Association was given permission to hold land speed racing events at the Wilmington Air Park in Wilmington, Ohio for the 2012 season. This includes...
Drag Video: The Baddest Dodge D-100 Truck in History
If you follow the NHRA’s Get Screened America Pro Mod series, there’s not doubt you are familiar with the name Peter Farber. He runs the immaculate Dodge Charger Daytona Pro Mod that...
Barnstormin’: A Drag Week Question Answered
When Larry Larson made the first six second lap in the history of Hot Rod’s Drag Week last year, I gulped a little. While the individual performance was amazing and noteworthy on many levels, I...
Racing Junk Find: A Blown 1963 Dodge 440 Wagon!
The styling department at Chrysler gets whizzed on a lot for their designs that hit the streets in the early 1960s. Virgil Exner led the unit and gets most of the criticism for the odd looking cars,...
History! Poteet and Main Speed Demon Runs 462-MPH at Bonneville!
It is being reported by multiple sources that the Poteet and Main “Speed Demon”, powered by a Kenny Duttweiler built, twin-turbo, 347ci Chevy on alcohol ran the fastest speed ever...
Sprint Carnage Video: A Winged Sprint Car Fights the Roughest Track in History…an Loses
Who knew qualifying could be so hazardous?! Chad’s notes: Wow, this sucks for this dude. If I didn’t know any better, I would say that the staff at Heartland Park Topeka must have prepped...
Question of the Day: Matt Hagan Makes First Three-Second Nitro Funny Car Run of the 1000-Ft Era – Do you Care?
Taking full advantage of the mine shaft air and hard biting track at zMax Dragway in Concord, North Carolina, Matt Hagan and his team became the first to break into the three-second zone on a 1,000ft...
Grunt Force Trauma: The Recovery of Project Brutus – Our 1968 Chevy C50 Wrecker!
Well, I can check the bucket list box that reads, “buy an old heap sight unseen, show up and drive it home 500 miles,” now. The mission to go out and get Brutus, the newest addition to...
Caption This Drag Week Photo: Why the Long Faces?
BangShifter John Gatliff send us the photo you’ll see in large form after the jump and it struck us as funny for a couple reasons. The first, of course is because Chad’s mouth is closed....