Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This 1966 Dodge Coronet Is Dragin’ Wagon Perfection – Factory Looks, Stoker Power, Stock Interior
Last week I ran an item about a cool Ford Galaxie Country Sedan wagon and there was a fun debate that popped up about why wagons are cool. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion and admittedly...
Mopar Unveils New Drag Pack Challengers – Blown And Naturally Aspirated Combos Available – Look Out Ford And GM!
In a move we have been hotly anticipating since Indy of last year, Mopar has pulled the curtain off a pair of new Challenger Drag Pack options for their sportsman drag racing customers. One is a...
Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion 2015: Drag Cars And Hot Rods Preparing For The Strip
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – As you can tell, we have been following a pattern with our Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion photos since the start of our coverage. We have been working our...
LA Roadsters Show 2015 Coverage: Cool Coupes We Saw At The Show!
In our continuing quest to show you everything you could possibly want to see from the 2015 LA Roadsters show, we have this collection of cool coupes from the event for your viewing pleasure today....
Lucas Oil Drag Racing Series Action From Maple Grove Raceway – Super Stocks, Dragsters, More
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – A couple of weeks back, the ever intrepid Joe Grippo snuck back into Maple Grove Raceway and hung out for the weekend at the NHRA Division One Lucas...
Keep It Cool With Edelbrock Is Back! Buy A Water Pump, Get $25 Cash And A Free T-Shirt!
Incentives are good, especially when you need a part anyway and then the manufacturer goes and gives you money back for buying stuff you needed in the first place. How can you go wrong with that?...
Former ISCA Corvette Unearthed: Baldwin-Motion Nose, Dual Quad Big Block, Wild Interior, Wow
If this car does not personify the 1970s ISCA show scene in one fell swoop we’re not sure what else does. Unearthed after decades of sitting in a garage, the car is in need of a full...
Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion 2015: Show Cars, Drag Cars, And Stuff That Defies Description
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – When it comes to the photos that McTaggart shot at the 2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion, we’ve barely scratched the surface. The guy just about...
LA Roadsters Show 2015 Coverage: Roadsters Of Every Shape, Size, and Style
We have been showing you trucks from the 2015 LA Roadsters show over the last couple of days but today we’re back in roadster mode like we should be. There is no more iconic and used hot...
SCTA El Mirage June 2015: The Coolest Push, Support, Tow, And Random Vehicles At The Meet
(Words and photos by Steve Murphree) – In my first visit to El Mirage I noticed that the support and spectator vehicles were awesome! I think that because El Mirage is so much closer to SoCal...
Evel Knievel Apparently Had An Injected Cadillac Drag Trike And It Is For Sale Right Now
Well count this as a new one on us. There is a guy in Germany selling a mechanically fuel injected Cadillac drag trike that apparently belonged to Evel Knievel before being sold to said guy in...
LA Roadsters Show 2015: More Of The Coolest Trucks At The Massive Show
We told you that we had shot virtually everything that there was to shoot at the 2015 LA Roadsters show which was held last weekend at the Pomona Fairplex. The historic show has been a staple in the...
Snow Over? Watch This Snowmobile Power Itself Over Backwards (Rider OK)!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – In Wisconsin winter means snowmobiling and there is no better way to open up your sled than to bring it to the biggest drag event around and see what it has. At the...
Super Stockers, Cacklers, Historic Race Cars, And Vintage Drag Car Perfection At Beech Bend – More Photos!
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – There was a little irony in the fact that McTaggart was at the race hanging around the cool Prussian top fuel dragster that Maynard Rupp won lots of races with....