Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Cool Old Press Photos: The 1957 Buicks
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Old Press Photos: The 1957 Buicks
Buicks were certainly a hot GM ticket in the late ‘50s. With an economy that was rebounding from a bit of a slump, many people were aspiring to own one of the General’s intermediate...
Champion Speed Shop Top Fuel Dragster Streamlined for the March Meet
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Champion Speed Shop Top Fuel Dragster Streamlined for the March Meet
With the March Meet coming this weekend we got a neat press release from our pal Mike Bumbeck regarding the Champion Speed Shop team and their Nostalgia Top Fueler. This car is powered by a...
Gearhead Destination: The Studebaker National Museum
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Gearhead Destination: The Studebaker National Museum
OK kids, if you are going on the 2009 Hot Rod Power Tour you have absolutely no excuse to not check this place out as the tour is running through South Bend, Indiana, the ancestral home of Studebaker...
NHRA versus ADRL on Nitro Pro Mods
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA versus ADRL on Nitro Pro Mods
Proudly, we were one of the first news sources to bring you the inside story on the ADRL allowing injected, nitro-powered Pro Mods at their races. When the story broke and news came that cars were...
Former NASCAR Racer Busted for Making Moonshine
Mar 05, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Former NASCAR Racer Busted for Making Moonshine
Nope, this is not a repeat of some headline from the ’40s or ’50s. This is a headline from 3/4/2009. The racer Carl Dean Combs, who made 24 Winston Cup starts from 1981-1984, got busted...
Bathtub Car is not Dead, Should Be
Mar 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Bathtub Car is not Dead, Should Be
We spotted the infamous Bathtub car of Bob Reisner this summer and it’s looking like, well, that would be too easy. We don’t get the show rod scene and frankly we’re happy that...
Harold Martin Unveils Bizzaro Pro Mod
Mar 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Harold Martin Unveils Bizzaro Pro Mod
Harold Martin is a well known Pro Modified racer. He’s been the champion of nitrous and electronic fuel injection for many years and is widely recognized as one of the smartest racers in the...
Cancel Your Vacation: Abu Dhabi F1 Theme Park on Hold
Mar 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Cancel Your Vacation: Abu Dhabi F1 Theme Park on Hold
So we guess it’s not a good time to be building half-billion-dollar theme parks these days anywhere on Earth, even in the formerly cash rich Middle East. We’re not exactly surprised to...
Book Review: Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan
Mar 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan
We thought of Super Stock: Drag Racing the Family Sedan, by Larry Davis, when we heard the news of the John Calvert driving a new Cobra Jet Mustang to the win Stock Eliminator at the 2009 NHRA...
The Lohnes Wreck Files: Norwegian Drag Racers and Rain Don’t Mix
Mar 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Lohnes Wreck Files: Norwegian Drag Racers and Rain Don’t Mix
This one qualified as an actual nightmare unfolding right before my very eyes. It was one of those nights at the drag strip that just wasn’t going all that great from the git-go and this...
Barnstormin’: Were the Big Three Really That Good?
Mar 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: Were the Big Three Really That Good?
While the current crop of auto executives are getting flayed at every turn, us “car guys” look back lovingly at the famous leaders and executives from the past. The problem of course is...
eBay Pick Counter-Attack: 4.3-Mile IROC Camaro!
Mar 02, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Pick Counter-Attack: 4.3-Mile IROC Camaro!
While Chad is betting Daphne’s jewelry and his kid’s piggy bank account for that hill-climbing Mopar, I’m going the classy route and throwing my bank at an IROC. But it’s an...
Crane Cams May Be Reopening Soon
Feb 28, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Crane Cams May Be Reopening Soon
Autoweek.com is reporting that Crane Cams will be reopened after restructuring as early as next week, but most likely the plant will be open in a month. Although all 280 company employees have been...
Unbelievable Wrecked 1969 Mustang Mach 1
Feb 27, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Unbelievable Wrecked 1969 Mustang Mach 1
Man, we had to share this with you. It’s from our pals over at CarDomain.com and their blog. Believe it or not, these photos were actually once a very sweet Mustang fastback. No, it was not at...