Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Another Iron In The Fire: New L8T 6.6L Gas Engine For Chevy Trucks Is Stout, Iron Block and All
Perhaps shooed along by the announcement of Ford’s new 7.3L gas engine for their 2020 heavy duty trucks, Chevrolet has released the specs on the new L8T gas engine for Chevy trucks. This engine...
‘Vette Motor For Sale: This Is Where It All Began For America’s Sports Car
It is amazing to think that the early Corvettes that Chevrolet produced did not so much as have a cross flow cylinder head. It is also amazing to think about that the weak engines that these cars...
Watch Doug Kalitta’s Dramatic Top Fuel Win At The NHRA Winternationals – The Streak Is OVER
It was an awesome ending to a long race. Doug Kalitta and Steve Torrence were the last two guys to go rip-roaring down the track a the 2019 Lucas Oil NHRA Winternationals. Torrence was trying to keep...
2019 Pittsburgh World of Wheels Photo Coverage: Horrid Weather And Awesome Cars!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Mike Brooks and thousand of his Pittsburgh area hot rodding pals kept a steel city tradition alive recently by attending the 2019 Pittsburgh World of Wheels. This...
2019 NHRA Winternationals Photo Coverage: It Was Cool, It Was Fast, and It Was FUN
Don’t let the outwardly sunny appearance of these photos trick you into thinking it was some sort of tropical paradise in Southern California for the 59th running of the Lucas Oil NHRA...
Vintage Drag Video: The 1972 Australian Drag Racing Nationals – Check Out The Awesome Cars
Boy is this an awesome snapshot or what?! This professionally made film from 1972 features some action at the long defunct Surfer’s Paradise International Raceway. The drag strip that the...
Video: Watch This Nasty, Twin-Turbocharged Mud Bogger Exit The Pit Violently Stage Left!
The Mud Down in T-Town was one of the more brilliant schemes that Keith Haney and Todd Martin, the operators of Tulsa Raceway Park came up with. Using a piece of open property at their track, they...
Watch Jerry Yeoman Suffer The Most Violent Starting Line Transmission Explosion And Fire In Pro Mod History
I have seen some stuff in my days as a drag racing announcer, especially out of the pro mod class but I have never seen anything like you are about to see in the video below. The driver of the car...
Video: Watch A Huge And High Horsepower Dually Run The Autocross At Super Chevy Las Vegas!
In the scope of things that rule, seeing guys in laid out dually trucks attack an autocross course with zeal ranks right up there. Added bonus points are given for this dude because his truck...
Do You Love Trees? If So You’re Totally Going To Hate This Machine That Literally Vaporizes Full Sized Ones In Seconds
If you have ever looked at a tree and thought, “You know, I think that tall, leafy piece of nature is mocking me and I want to make it disappear in seconds!” boy do we have something for...
Freestylin’: Watch These Mega Trucks Romp and Stomp And Then Consider Our Comparison To Drag Racing
While it sounds completely and utterly insane that mega trucks, monster trucks, and drag racing would have anything similar to each other, we think that they do. In fact, we think that the same...
Awesome Story (and video) – The Tourist Line That Accidentally Became The Last Steam Railroad In America – Operated Until 1986!
(By Greg Rourke) – We recently showed you a steel mill that used steam locomotives to shuttle cars around until 1980. Some claim this was the last use of steam in revenue service. Those folks...
2019 FAST EFI Training Class Registration Is Open! Take The Course…Be A Boss!
The old saw that says “knowledge is power” is one that many people like to rattle off when they are feeling smart. For for hot rodding it needs to be adapted to, “Knowledge helps in...
