Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
2017 Street Machine and Muscle Car Nationals Coverage: The Pomona Fairplex Was Jumping
(Photos by Wes Allison) – We’re about ready to apply for residency at the Pomona Fairplex in Southern California because we have been there so much this year but before we do that how...
Car Show Coverage: Magnificent Mopars At The 2017 Spring Fling
(Photos by Wes Allison) – For 31 years the Mopar faithful in Southern California have been gathering for the famed “Speing Fling”. This is the largest all-Mopar gathering west go...
McLeod By Raybestos Performance Automatic Kits Now Available For C4 Automatic Transmissions
We broke the news on the awesome partnership between McLeod Clutches and Raybestos to develop and sell automatic transmission kits at the 2016 PRI show. As promised the company has released the...
Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park Lighting Fight Takes A Turn For The Good – Joint Study To Examine Possible Solutions
In the best news we have heard in some time, Summit Racing Equipment Motorsports Park has announced an agreement to enter into a study with the Ohio Dept of Transportation regarding the lighting...
Video: Meet The Coolest Firetruck Ever: Custom Built By Four Companies In The 1950s, It Has 7,000 Miles On it, 4WD and More!
We have showcased many vehicles that OCD Resto has profiled on their YouTube page but none of them has been as cool as this. If you have been living under a rock, OCD Resto’s magic centers...
Man Tries To Cheer Up Friend With 158 MPH Ride In Hellcat – Goes To Jail
(By Greg Rourke) – Christopher Garza has a new Hellcat Challenger. He also has an injured veteran friend. Chris wanted to cheer up his friend, and the only thing he could think of was to take...
Drag Gallery: Pit and Action Photos From the PDRA East Coast Nationals
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The 2017 PDRA drag racing season is in full swing now with two events having been run. Our man Benoit Pigeon was on the grounds for the 2017 PDRA East Coast...
2017 Carl Casper Car Show Coverage: Competition Cars On Display In Their Sunday Best
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Maybe not solely track….but mostly. Competition cars are cool. We’ve got roundy-rounders from mild to wild with modifieds, late-models, and more. ...
Like A Boss! Watch This Road Racer Save A Vintage Aston Martin That Tried To Slide Out From Under Him!
The world of HSR vintage road racing is pretty awesome. Why? It is like anything else that involves living history. You get to see old cars, old race cars, getting the stuffing pounded out of them on...
This Video Of A Crazy 767 Landing Will Make You Want To High Five The Guys That Designed The Landing Gear
If you have ever ridden in an airplane, chances are that you’ve experienced a landing that wasn’t the smoothest. Lots of times pilots are working against wind and other weather conditions...
Watching This BMW Engine Pump Water Out Of It Spark Plug Holes Is Like A Gearhead Water Fountain
I have no actual concrete reason why but something triggered me to go looking for videos of hydrolocked engines on YouTube. You know the ones. These are the people who decided that their (insert your...
This 1950s Footage That Shows A Rolligon Equipped Army Truck Being Tested Makes Us Crave More Rolligon In Our Lives
The Albee Rolligon is one of the 20th century’s coolest looking inventions and they are functional as well. Still used on specialty vehicles that need to traverse horrid terrain and need very...
27 Hours To La Paz Is A Bitchin’ Period Film From The First Mexican 1000 – Killer Cars, Trucks, And A Familiar Looking Ranchero!
The 1967 Mexican 1000 was one of those races that took a LOT of stones to show up for and compete at. Any time you are going hurtling into the desert for the first time along a route that no one...
Watch This 255hp Rated Stock Eliminator 350 Spin To Nearly 7,600 RPM, Make Nearly 500 lb/ft And Close To 500hp?!
If you are unfamiliar with NHRA or IHRA stock eliminator racing, cars are classed by using a formula that takes the cars weight divided by the advertised horsepower of the engine combo from the...