Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
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...
Retro Photos: The Coolest Trucks At Bonneville Speed Week 2013
(Editor’s note: Here’s a little retro-fun from the last year of racing on the salt. Our favorite trucks of Bonneville 2013!) – There are some race trucks, some hot rod trucks,...
Watch A Bonneville Racer Vincent Motorcycle Snort Nitrous and Shoot Fire On The Dyno In A Tiny British Workshop
I am not a big motorcycle enthusiast, but I have a weird affinity for old English bikes. If I were to own any motorcycle (and of course I’d have to be loaded up with cash to do it) I’d...
Photo Coolness: This Is The Bonneville – The Living Embodiment Of All That Rules About LSR
(Editor’s note: This story originally appeared in August 2013 and is being reprinted now as part of our run-up to Speed Week 2016!) These photos were taking in the impound lot at Bonneville on...
COMP Cams Offers New GM LS Upgraded OEM Rocker Arms – More Durable Than Stockers!
If you have a bone stock LS motor and you are feeding it boost or spray or perhaps working it harder than the factory parameters would be happy with COMP cams has a product that you would be royally...
Watch “Stevie Fast” Jackson Make A Save For The Ages In The Traps At Macon Georgia Motorsports Park
So that image above looks bad, right? It was going to be really bad for “Stevie Fast” Jackson as he was in dire shape while trying to get the famed “Shadow” Mustang hauled...
2016 Syracuse Nationals Coverage: More Killer Cars, Trucks, and Hot Rods!
(Photos by Mike Brooks/Gasoline Images) – We’re back with more great photos from the 2016 Syracuse Nationals as shot by Mike Brooks. This is a massive show that has huge history and...
Watch The Most Incredible Motorcycle Explosion We Have Ever Seen – Rider Injured But Will Fully Recover
This is a video that is truly incredible. Shot by Tim Hailey at Eat My Ink, you are going to see rider Shane Proctor make a run on Willie Nichol’s Hayabusa and have it go very, very wrong. The...
This 1958 Buick Caballero Century Estate Wagon Is Complete And Ready To Lead A Second Life – Amazing Car
Of all the awesome, bold, and completely over the top styling work that Detroit cranked out though the 1950s one of the most beautiful and short-lived among them was the hardtop station wagon. Lots...