Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This 1965 TVR Griffith Has Drag Racing History And The Battle Scars To Prove It – Awesome Car
The TVR Griffith was yet another example of the melding of an English chassis and an American power plant in the 1960s. After the runaway success of the Shelby Cobra and following in the well worn...
Watch Mark Micke Drive Jason Carter’s Malibu To A Blazing 3.80/208mph Pass At Tulsa
Few cars in the world of small tire drag racing have the history and backstory of Jason Carter’s Malibu. In its latest iteration the car is a twin turbocharged big block Chevy powered monster...
2017 Carl Casper Car Show Coverage: Pro Street Cars and Late Model Performers
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Pro Street stuff is resurgent and cool as ever. There was plenty of it on display at the 2017 Carl Casper Car Show. We’ve got examples in every...
Here’s How To Enter The Hurst Elite Series Mustang GT Giveaway – Easy and Free!
The other day we told you about how Hurst was giving away their 2015 Mustang engineering car, the one they used to develop and perfect the Hurst Elite Series package that’s offered through...
BangShift Quick Drive: 2017 Ford F-250 Super Duty 4×4 Regular Cab With 6.7L Power Stroke V8
Yes, they do still exist! We’re talking about new standard cab pickup trucks of course as they have been overshadowed by four door cab trucks over the span of the last 15 years. There’s...
This 1978 Ford F-150 Is The Rig That Our Inner Child Wants Now and Will Want Forever!
Wow is this truck awesome. We may not be the biggest bright green lovers in the world but the overall look of this 1978 Ford F-150 is absolutely freaking perfect. 12″ of lift, a 460ci big...
Truckology: We’re Back With A Fresh Batch Of 100+ Year Old Trucking Photos!
(Photos from the Detroit Public Library Digital collection) We’re back with a fresh installment of Truckology! This is our look back at trucks and the world of trucking from more than 100...
2017 Carl Casper Car Show Coverage: A Look At The Primo 1950s and 1960s Icons At The Show
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Haven’t I mentioned how hard it is to classify cars for galleries…? More than once. If the automotive world had to rely on my skills to get it...
Watch The Menace Camaro Get Into The Wall At Ozark Raceway Park – Out Of The Groove and Out Of Control!
As much as we love small tire and radial racing around here we also have not lost an ounce of happy feeling for the large tires cars out there in the drag racing world, either. When we firs saw...
Goodguys Del Mar Coverage: More Sweet California Iron To Check Out!
(Photos by Chad Reynolds) – Last weekend Chad was at a familiar place. He was pounding the microphone and stomping the grounds of the Goodguys 17th Meguiar’s Del Mar Nationals in Del Mar,...
Watch Mike Pelrine Make A Stunning Save On His Nitro Harley At The NHRA Denso Nationals In Las Vegas
One of the things that has really gotten people’s attention this season at NHRA national events has been the presence of nitro burning Harley-Davidson motorcycles. So far we have seen them at...
Weapon X: Follow Along As An Awesome Plan B Drag Week Build Takes Shape
(Words and photos by Robert Williams) – (Editor’s note: This is the first in a series of build stories that will follow the construction of Weapon X, a 1977 Nova that will compete in...
Event Coverage: The 55th And Final Carl Casper Car Show – Our First Gallery HERE
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Finale. Swan Song. Adios. After 55 years of producing this show the legendary Carl Casper is calling it quits. We have covered this show for a...
Watch A Truck Driver Pull Away From A Traffic Stop And Directly Into The Path Of An Oncoming Train! (everyone ok)
(By Greg Rourke) – Ever have one of those days when you just should have stayed home? Here we have a Minnesota trucker who should’a called in sick and gone ice fishing. We open with dash...