Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Caption This Photo: Is Lee Sicilio Communicating With The Gods Of Speed?
During my travels through the expansive pits at Bonneville yesterday I snapped this photo of a man and his car. Not just any man or any car, but rather our pal Lee Sicilio and his (currently 283mph)...
Bonneville Speed Week 2016: The Friday Night Nugget Car Show Tradition Continues
Bonneville is about tradition and ritual. Some of those traditions and rituals have been in place since SCTA speed week began in 1948 and others of them may not have quite that level of history but...
This 1964 F85 More Door Olds Is Perfect In Almost Every Way Or Maybe It Is Perfect In Every Way?
If we can pick the telegraphed punches that will be thrown at this killer 1964 Olds Cutlass F85 it’ll be that the car has too many doors, that it has an automatic transmission, and that it has...
Larry Chen Shoots Quarter Midgets Racing At Indianapolis Motor Speedway And The Results Are Spectacular
We have to admit to being complete fan boys of photographer and writer Larry Chen. The guy is an incredible shooter who captures the events he attends in a way that few others can or could. His...
Bonneville Speed Week 2013 – Our Last Teaser Gallery Before 2016 Action Begins
We are here at the famed Bonneville Salt Flats for SCTA-BNI Speed Week 2013. Chad arrived early this afternoon and blasted a gallery of 80 photos that highlight some of the coolest stuff he saw in...
Bonneville Speed Week 2013 — Race Cars And Hot Rods From The Salt!
(Photos by Chad and Brian) – Starting Friday we’ll have Bonneville Speed Week 2016 coverage for you. For now, here’s another look back to the last racing year on the salt, 2013. ...
Justin “Big Chief” Shearer To Run His CrowMod In Pro Mod At The 2016 NHRA Chevrolet Performance US Nationals
(Photos by Jeffers Race Cars – Jason Nubs Dunn) – In news that one year ago would seem like an April Fool’s Day prank, Justin “Big Chief” Shearer will be racing in the...
2016 Syracuse Nationals Coverage: The Killer Cars, Photos, And Machines Keep Coming!
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – As we promised, we’re back with more 2016 Syracuse Nationals coverage from the lens of Mike Brooks and the images are great. Recently we can across a story...
This Is Not A Beat Down Hearse, Just A Run Down From Age Hearse – We Want It For Bonneville
Fun fact to know and share. Much of the Bonneville coverage you will see Chad and I providing starting at the end of the week will be posted from the back of a car of some sort. We’ll be...
260ci and 1,000hp – Automotive Specialties Has Built A Very Nasty E-Motor For Bonneville
Keith and Jeff Dorton from Automotive Specialties are known across the country and across the globe as two of the most serious, innovative, and all around bad assed engine guys alive in the world...
MAHLE Aftermarket Celebrates The Success Of Pullers Using Their Pistons
For many of you, when you think about MAHLE Aftermarket and the products that they make, Cobra Jets, drift cars, muscle cars, and all kinds of racing/muscle stuff pops into your head. Well you need...
Half Mile Drags! Action Coverage From The Revvolution Shift-S3ctor Indianapolis Airstrip Attack
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Racing on an airstrip used to be a necessity for early hotrodders. With nowhere else to go, racers turned to old airstrips and lakebeds to wind their...
Costella/Cunha/Bassano Nebulous Theorem VIII – The Most Insane Racing Vehicle I Have Ever Seen
(Editor’s note: I will never forget the first time I saw this vehicle, which is technically a sidecar motorcycle behind me at Bonneville in 2013. I went back to the hotel that evening and rip...
This Is Bonneville: The Lakester That Runs Half A Chrysler Hemi….Literally
(Editor’s Note: Here’s a story from Speed Week 2013 that illustrates what we’ll be seeing lots of out on the salt next week and that’s forward thinking and creativity. I...