Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
2016 Detroit Autorama Great 8 and Ridler Winner Here
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – While Chad and I were absorbing sunlight like a couple of bright red sponges in Florida, Mike Brooks and his wife went shooting out to Detroit to visit an shoot...
Racepak Introduces The IQ3D Drag Logger Dash – Designed For Sportsman Drag Racers
One of the defining things about modern sportsman drag racing is the fact that racers have better equipment, better skills, and more technology than ever in their race cars. That tech starts with one...
CLICK HERE To See ALL Of Our Awesome 2015 Good Vibrations March Meet Photos – Top Fuel, Funny Cars, AA/FA, Sportsman
So we’re going to be live at the 2016 Good Vibrations March Meet on Thursday! By now you know we’ve been live broadcasting the sucker for the umpteenth year in a row and we’ll get...
March Meet Video: What It’s Like To Be The Driver Of An Exploding Front Engine Top Fuel Car
The boys on the crew of the Mr Boston nostalgia top fuel car had a rough go of it in Bakersfield during the 2013 March Meet. The car never did what they wanted it to do and ultimately they suffered a...
Swap Meet Coverage! The Big 3 Swap Meet In San Diego, California
A new year and a new set of Big 3 swap meet coverage to look forward to through the 2016 season. Officially called the “Big 3 auto parts exchange” the events began in 1966 and have grown...
Great Video: Go Behind The Scenes With Photographer Mark Rebilas As He Shoots At DSR Head Quarters
If you talk to any professional race car driver they will tell you that the least stressful part of their entire existence is actually driving the race car. That is the thing that they are naturally...
This Twin Turbo 2014 Mustang Runs 8.80s at 160mph on 20-inch Wheels – We Saw It With Our Own Eyes!
(Editor’s note: As I get ready to blast back down to Bradenton, Florida this week to call the action at the NMRA Spring Break Shootout, I wanted to recognize one of the most incredible cars...
World Series Of Drag Racing To Be Contested In Memphis – Moves From Longtime Home In Cordova, Illinois
IRG Sports + Entertainment has announced that the 63rd running of the World Series of Drag Racing will be held at Memphis International Raceway, moving the race from its longtime home in Cordova,...
Dallas Autorama 2016: The Huge State Has A Huge Passion For Cool Cars and Trucks – See ’em!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We fell off the wagon last week with these Dallas Autorama photos because Chad and I were running around the drag strip in Florida to keep that action up and...
More Awesome Pro Mod Photos – From The Pit Thrash To The Track, This One Ruled
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – I have lots of respect for photographers. Guys who actually know what they are doing with the picture taking machine in their hands make me look bad but it...
Woah, Baby! Watch Bill Dunlap Go For The Wildest Top Fuel Dragster Ride At The 2015 March Meet – Centerline To Wall At 200+
Bill Dunlap and the High Speed Motorsports squad are among the the most respected nostalgia top fuel teams out there. These guys race all over the country and they have the parts, pieces, and...
Watch Jonathan Rea Summon His Inner Dirt Track Racer To Win A SuperBike Race On The Last Corner
(By Eric Rood) – The Australians sure know how to build road courses. While Bathurst and Adelaide get all the glory internationally, Phillip Island Circuit might produce as good as those...
Watch Steve Bell Make A Romping, Stomping 7-Second Stick Shift COPO Camaro Pass – The First Or Not?
Well this is just brutally awesome! In this video you will see racer Steve Bell wind up his COPO Camaro, drop the hammer and rip the shift lever to a seven second elapsed time. While this video says...
Major Wreckage Video: Two Dragsters Collide, One Flies, And A Dodge Camper Catches An Engine In The Face
In that kind of washed out lead photo you are seeing the beginnings of an exceptionally wild wreck that occurred in 1996 at Cordova during a UDRA (United Drag Racers Association) event. The footage...