Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
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....
Photo Coverage Of The Rain Shortened IHRA President’s Cup Continues – Funnies, Pro Mods, Nitro Harleys
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – It was wet and that means it was frustrating for the racers competing at the IHRA President’s Cup race last weekend. Sizable fields in all classes were really...
More Straight Axle Mafia Goodness From Thornhill Drag Strip – These Cars Rule
(Photos by Doug Gregory) – The other day we showed you a smattering of the cars that make up a group affectionately known as the “straight axle mafia” at historic Thornhill Drag...
Goodguys East Coast Nationals Coverage Continues – Classics, Freaks, Autocross Heroes And More
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – There’s a fun footnote to go along with Johnny Gaudette’s photos from the 2015 Goodguys East Coast Nationals which were held in Springfield,...
This 1966 Mercury Marauder S-55 Has A Q-Code 428, A Perfect Interior, And Is Pretty Stinkin’ Rare
If you were a Ford loving American in the middle 1960s and wanted to buy a new car that would impress the guys at work, have room enough for your family, and still really haul some ass, you made the...
Watch Dustin Corn Make A Pass In His Rear Engine Funny Car At Quaker City Dragway – Neat Car!
You have seen it in still photos on these very electronic pages but as of yet we have never actually showed a video of Dustin Corn’s Hi-Jinx rear engined Corvette funny car. The machine has a...
2015 Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion: More Cool Cars, Trucks, Wagons, And Racers From Beech Bend
(Photos by Bryan McTaggart) – We know people who have attended every single Holley NHRA National Hot Rod Reunion ever put on at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Why do they do...
2015 LA Roadsters Show Coverage: Today’s Topic Is Trucks! All Different Shapes And Sizes Here
As we have told you earlier, we’ve got a stockpile of photos from the 2015 LA Roadsters Show that numbers into the thousands so we’re literally going to take you inch-by inch through the...
IHRA Nitro Jam Action: Professional And Sportsman Photos From The President’s Cup At MIR
(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – This past week end, IHRA was racing at Maryland International for the President’s Cup Nationals. Unfortunately for the Nitro Jam program, after...
Jet Hot’s 40 Premium High Temp Coating Colors Are All Right Here For You To See!
Jet Hot High Performance Coatings is at it again. Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, the company has developed 40 new premium colors for their high temperature coating line and this...