Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Cool Old Stuff Gallery: The Northern Illinois Steam Power Club Show and Threshing Bee!
(By Greg Rourke) – It’s the second weekend of August, and the air north of Sycamore, Illinois is thick with coal smoke…it must be time for the Northern Illinois Steam Power Club...
Speed Week LIVE Audio Feed Link Here – Listen To All The Action and Keep Up With The Stories
We’re late on the trigger with this one but there’s a live audio feed of the announcers at Speed Week. You can listen to it by clicking the link below. This is absolutely the best way to...
Bonneville Speed Week 2017: More Engines, More Cars, More Trucks, and More Cool
(Photos by Cole and Chad Reynolds) – One of the things that sets Bonneville Speed Week aside from any other racing event on Earth is the purity of the competition and the diversity of the...
Interesting eBay Find: Want To Buy An SB2 Built By Dale Earnhardt Enterprises That’s Only Ever Been Run On The Dyno?
The SB2 small block Chevrolet is considered by many to be the ultimate factory engineered version of the venerable engine family that was introduced in 1955. The SB2 first appeared in the NASCAR...
Would You Rather: 1970s Luxury Barge TV Commercial Edition! 1970 Lincoln Vs 1974 Cadillac
While it seems weird, I had a conversation on the salt yesterday with some pals and the topic of Cadillacs came up. We all agreed that the only thing you need to do with a Caddy from the middle 1960s...
The Scoop! Here Are The Cars That Will Be Running For Records Today At Bonneville
Today was a challenging day on the Bonneville Salt Flats. The only thing you need to know to understand that is the fact that there are only four cars who will be running for records on Tuesday. So...
Engines! Here’s A Gallery Of Very Diverse Power Plants On The Salt At Bonneville Speed Week 2017
Engines. They are the thumping lifeblood of Bonneville Speed Week 2017. Part of the reason people love this place and the sport of land speed racing so much is that creativity is not punished as it...
Half A Hairy Hemi Video: Watch The Steinegger and Eshenbaugh F/Fuel Lakester Haul On Nitro With A One Headed Hemi!
I’m not much of a hunter but I know guys that are. They tell stories about times where they have come close to bagging a trophy but missed it by that much. Timing is everything, even at...
This 383 Stroker Small Block Powered, Crown Conversion Mid-Engined Corvair Is Awesome!
Corvairs are cool but Crown Conversion Corvairs are cooler. Why? Crown was a company that developed a kit to bolt a small block Chevy into a Corvair where the back seat would be. With the engine...
This 1961 Pontiac Bonneville Was Optioned To Fly – Too Nice To Be A Salt Cruiser, But We’re In Love
If you were a Pontiac man in the 1960s and you wanted the best, you bought a Bonneville. The biggest and most luxo cars that the division produced, they were a symbol for success. The third...
The Scoop! Here’s All Of The Racers Who Have Qualified To Make Record Runs On Monday Morning
Bonneville may be the only place on Earth where people look forward to getting up early on Monday morning. Hundreds will descend on the salt (us included) to see record contenders prepare their cars...
Blunt Force Truck: A 220+ MPH Bad Ass 1999 Ford F-250 Powered By A Twin Turbo V-12 Detroit Diesel
It’s baaaaack! The “It” is the 1999 Ford F-250 Super Duty of AF Dick who hails from Oregon. The last time I saw the truck was at Speed Week 2013 and I instantly fell in love with...
Bad News: Three People Were Killed In A Shooting At Great Lakes Dragaway On Sunday
We take no pleasure in relaying news like this from a drag strip. Three people were killed in a shooting at Great Lakes Dragaway on Sunday. The historic track in Union Grove, Wisconsin was hosting an...
