Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Four Wide: The Strip At Las Vegas Motor Speedway Joins zMax Dragway As Second Four Lane Drag Strip In World
It wasn’t supposed to happen this way. When The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway as built about 20 years ago, it was intended to be a four lane drag strip. Anyone who has ever visited the...
This Massive 1954 Chevy 4400 Woody Truck Is Claimed To Be One Of Two Ever Built!
The ad calls this truck the “king of all woodies” and judging on size alone, it would be tough to refute that claim. A massive 1954 Chevy 4400 woody truck, with seating for 16 people, an...
Fuel Altered Video: Wild, Nitro Fueled Action At The US131 Northern Nationals – Take A Trip Into The Sand Trap!
(Video Credit: Drag Strip Riot YouTube Channel) – This is a video that is teaming with win. So much win that some may actually leak off the screen and onto your keyboard. If that happens we...
Syracuse Nationals 2017 Coverage: Are We Ever Going To Run Short On Photos? Probably Not
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We love the fact that Mike Brooks shot pretty much everything that moved during the 2017 Syracuse Nationals car show. It gives us the ability to continue sharing his...
Have You Been Watching The AutoMeter Garage Build? Here’s An In-depth Clutch Install On The Project EVO
If you have been following along with the AutoMeter Garage series you know that the guys have really done a nice job of upgrading their project EVO. The car started life as a bone stocker and it now...
Drag Strip Fun: Check Out This Punishing Burnout, Period Backup Action, and Dry Hops!
Ahhhhhh, showmanship! In an amazing twist, the world of modern pro stock seemed to stumble upon the idea of entertaining their fans last weekend in Brainerd, Minnesota. How? Breaking in tires. Those...
19 Feet of Ugly – This 1958 Lincoln Premiere Is One of The Few Remaining Examples Of The Largest Unibody Car Ever Built
This is not a custom car, this is not something that someone at home cobbled together to complete their artistic vision or anything like that. Nope, this is a 1958 Lincoln Premiere and among other...
2017 Syracuse Nationals Photo Coverage: Street Machines, Trucks, And A Whole Lot More
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We’re back with more Syracuse Nationals photos from the lens of Mike Brooks! He totally loaded us up with these bad boys and we took a brief interlude drug the...
Bonneville Speed Week 2017: More Cars, Trucks, Racing, and Scenes From The Sprawling Pits
So here’s a photo-set that I shot on Tuesday and it is basically presented as a “day in the life” of the salt type of situation. There’s the killer Barracuda with its twin...
Movin’! McLeod Racing Is Relocating To New Digs In September 2017 – No Interruptions For Customers
We’re always happy to hear about legacy aftermarket companies continuing on their tradition of success and in the process of doing that, upgrading their facilities. In the case of McLeod...
Trouble Down Under: Column Paints Stark Picture Of Aussie Supercar Series
What happens when a factory style racing series loses virtually all of its factories? That’s the question that the organizers of the V8 Supercars series (now the Supercars series) are asking...
Sleeper For Sale: This Chevelle Has Four Doors, a Big Block, and a Blower!
Sleepers come in all shapes and sizes. From tricky mini-vans to tiny pocket rockets and muscle cars that appear to have seen better days, there’s no wrong way to sleeper in our book. That being...
Amazing Video: Original Footage Of Don Garlits Winning The 1967 US Nationals And Shaving His Beard At The Starting Line – All Time Stuff!
I know that I am a weird guy and I am OK with saying that out loud because when I watch a video like this, I feel myself getting emotional because of how cool the whole scene is. Just one of the...
