Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Redemption No Prep In Houston: Action And Pit Images Featuring The Small Tire Heroes At The 2017 NHRA Spring Nationals
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When the NHRA announced that they would be having a select group of Shannon Morgan’s Redemption No-Prep cars at the 2017 Spring Nationals at Royal Purple...
Time Warp: This Insanely Clean 1987 Chevrolet Dually With A Blown 454 Needs Some “Decontenting”
So, wow. Right? You are probably thinking the same stuff we are. Firstly you were struck by the fact that this truck is one of the cleanest square body, later 1980s Chevy dually trucks you had ever...
Barnstormin’: Lawyerin’ – Everyone’s Pleading Their Case At All Times In Drag Racing
One of my favorite all-time Saturday Night Live skits starred the amazing Phil Hartman as Andy Griffith’s character Matlock. For those of you who have no idea who Matlock was, the character was...
Great News: AutoMeter DashLink System For Apple iOS Has Been Released!
Great news iOS users, you can now have the power of the AutoMeter DashLink System! If you are unfamiliar with DashLink just think of it in these terms. For $150 you can have the full data logging...
More Drag Racing Action Photos From Byron Dragway – Cool Cars Testing and Tuning
(Photos by Greg Rourke) – Here’s an admission for you. I love test and tune days. I used to love them as an announcer and I love them on the rare occasion I can sneak off to one with my...
This Rambler American Has A Turbocharged Jeep 4.0L Inlinx Six, A T-5, And Our Admiration
This is so BangShifty we can hardly stand it. Thanks to Erich Von Dussen we have this amazingly clean and awesome Rambler American to show you. On the outside the thing has 100% factory looks with...
This 1972 International-Harvester Travelette 1210 Is Close To Perfect But Not Quite – We Still Love It
Now this is some BangShifty coolness for you! How about a 1972 International-Harvester Travelette 1210? This tough as nails crew cab is largely stock and that’s A-OK with us. The previous...
Drag Day! Cool Cars and Action Photos From A Busy Sunday At Byron Dragway In Illinois
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – Sunny warm Sunday, sounds like a trip to the drag strip is in order. So off to Byron Dragway I went. The program promised a visit by Midwest Super Comp...
Racepak’s Free 8-Week Webinar Series Starts Tomorrow At 5pm Eastern – This Is AWESOME
Ok now THIS is awesome! Racepak’s free 8-week webinar series starts today at 5:00pm Pacific time. Watching is as easy as clicking on the link below and checking it out. You can see the schedule...
The Baytown Rumble: Elite Motorsports and Gray Motorsports Crews Brawl In Texas
Well, it got weird in Houston. A long simmering feud between Alex Laughlin’s racing operation and Gray Motorsports boiled over and resulted in the Elite Motorsports and Gray Motorsports crews...
Big Hit: Watch Bob Rahaim’s Rough J&A Service NHRA Pro Mod Ride At Houston
If you are an NHRA J&A Service Pro Mod fan you know that there was some true insanity during the 2016 NHRA event in Houston, Texas. Three major league wrecks headlined that race and competitors...
Viva Las Vegas 2017 The Finale! A Final Blast Of Images From The Event – From Race Cars To Step Vans
(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re not sure we have ever had a gallery of photos from an event that featured race cars and step vans in the same collection but this one does. That...
This Petrolicious Film Takes A Look At A Guy And His Old School Land Rover As He Drives The Dunes At Pismo And Splashes In The LA River
I have long espoused that Petrolicious is one of the best channels on YouTube for car videos and they continue to crank out tasteful, interesting, and beautiful work as proven by this video that...
