Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
NHRA Announces Rule Changes In the Name of Safety for Four Classes
The National Hot Rod Association Tech Department has release safety related rules changes for four classes that compete with the organization. These amendments come on the heels of the passing of Top...
Event Gallery: The York US30 Reunion and Muscle Car Madness Show
One of the coolest and most action packed weekends of nostalgia drag racing happens each July in Pennsylvania. The York US30 Dragstrip Reunion and the Muscle Car Madness Car Show make up a one two...
Crazy Carnage Video: A Collection of Russian Car Wreck Footage
After sitting through this nearly five minute long collection of Russian car crash footage, the only way we’d drive around in that country is if we were in the seat of a massive Kamaz rally...
Company Working on Strange New Engine, Bill Gates Invests $23.5M Into Project
A Michigan company, known as EcoMotors has gotten a ton of press recently after Bill Gates decided to invest $23.5-million dollars with the operation to aid in the development of a strange new engine...
Craigslist Find: Doug Thorley’s Chevy 2 Much Match Bash Funny Car Recreation
A dead-nuts recreation of Doug Thorley’s pioneering “Chevy s Much” has hit the San Diego Craigslist ads. The car was rebuilt by Thorley and most of the original crew that...
Incredible GM Promo Video: Testing the 1963 Corvettes in October of 1962 with Zora Arkus Duntov
This video, entitled “Biography of a Sports Car” was produced by GM in October of 1962 just before the groundbreaking 1963 Corvettes were released for sale. It features noted sports car...
Project Car Spotlight: A Full-Tilt, Turbo-4, Road Racing 1989 Mustang
We hold guys who race stuff in special esteem. Not professional level racers, but guys who race stuff period. Racing takes lots and often gives back little. The failures are public and the triumphs...
Auction Action: Mark Donohue’s Championship Winning 1971 Javelin On the Block
The 1971 AMC Javelin that Mark Donohue drove to a championship in the Trans-Am series will be sold at the upcoming Russo and Steele Monterey Auction. This car was a true sledgehammer, racking up...
Killer Historic Drag Video: Frank Mazi’s Insane Blown Hemi Opel GT in Action Circa 1984
Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian is one of the best drag racing photogs we know. Her husband ain’t a band shooter either, but she’s cooler than him. Anywho, Dawn’s dad, Frank Mazi was a...
Revealed: What the Chevy Caprice Cop Cars Will Look Like, Link to Tech Manual
The talk and rumors have started to turn into facts regarding the upcoming Chevy Caprice police car editions. There will be two basic packages sporting at least one familiar option code, that being...
Event Gallery: Chryslers at Carlisle 2010
Our Pennsylvania-based photo contributor Joe Grippo may actually live at the Carlisle Fairgrounds in Carlisle, PA. He’s been our man on the scene for all the big shows this year and he’s...
Racing Junk Find: The Quickest and Fastest Drag Radial Car in the World
We never set our sights low around here, so when we went searching RacingJunk.com for a drag car, we found David Hance’s ass-kicking Mustang. This is the ET and MPH record holder for cars...
Tech: The BangShift 700-R4 Transmission Rebuild Part 2
In our first installment of this tech series, Indianapolis-based transmission master Jeff bradley pulled apart a 700-R4 transmission that he is overhauling for a fellow BangShift.com member. We were...