Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Tour Nebraska 2015: More Than 400 Cars, Lots of Cruising And Tons Of Fun – We Were There!
(Words and photos by Scott Liggett) – There is another big cruising tour out there. The car club, Nebraska Rod & Custom Association, has been putting on Tour Nebraska for 22 years. 2015...
NHRA New England Nationals Photo Journal Continues – Header Flames Galore On A Beautiful Friday Night
(Photos by Rich Pasley) – If there is one thing that people love about going to the drag races it is seeing records set. Track records, national records, whatever it is, those little slices of...
King Of The Streets 2015: Pit Photos From The Showdown At Great Lakes Dragaway
(Photos by Jacob Marshall) – Combining the elements of an awesome, historic drag strip with the new wave movement of no-prep drag racing was the name of the game at the King of the Streets...
Watch The 3,000hp, All Steel, 1963 Dodge Known As Bad Judgement Clean House At King Of The Streets
The King of the Streets event at Great Lakes Dragaway had an unlimited class for the first time last weekend and that meant that some big tire, huge horsepower cars showed up to take on the unprepped...
This 1969 Ford Country Sedan Is A 429 Powered, Detroit Locker Equipped, BangShifty Hunk Of Wagon Perfection
When I first found this wagon on eBay I needed to leave the room for a couple of minutes because the blood started to rushing away from my brain and into…errr…other areas. When I think of...
This Video Profile Of Legendary Automotive Designer And Artist Steve Stanford Is Well Worth The Watch
If you have opened a car magazine that deals with hot rods, muscle cars, or kustoms over the last couple of decades, it is a virtual guarantee that your eyes have feasted on the work of Steve...
The Final Of The McLeod Stick Shift Shootout Was A Gear Jamming, Clutch Dumping Affair In Norwalk
While the automatic transmission has certainly taken the volume lead in the sport of drag racing, there’s a bunch of guys left who are stuck doing it the hard way and we love them all. As if...
This 1962 GMC Truck Has 1,780 Original Miles – 100% Non-Restored Survivor – Incredible!
Unless General Motors grabbed a pickup truck off its assembly line in 1962 and put it in a hermetically sealed box for the last 53 years, you are looking at the finest example of the breed left on...
Drag Strip Action From The Mega Mopar Action Show At Maple Grove Raceway – Hemis, Wedges, More
(PHOTOS BY JOE GRIPPO) – Yesterday we took you to the rolling green pits of Maple Grove Raceway to show you some of the cool Mopars that were in the show portion of the Mega Mopar Action...
Lutz Race Cars Open House: More Cars, More Horsepower, More Drag Week Rides, And One Freak On The Rollers
(PHOTOS BY MIKE BROOKS) – Mike Brooks won’t stop talking about how much fun he had at the Lutz Race Cars open house he attended last weekend but that’s a good thing because the...
Watch Jay Leno Cruise A 1,000 HP 1941 Willys And Meet The Cool And Surprising Owner
There’s something about a flat hooded, pro street Willys that will be cool until the end of time and maybe a couple hundred years after that. This particular car is even more interesting and...
Wild Drag Action: King Of The Streets Chi-Town At Great Lakes Dragaway!
(Words and photos by Jacob Marshall) – Every year I look forward to the Chi Town King of the Streets event. A historic track, stupid fast cars, big cash money, and the excitement that only an...
NHRA New England Nationals 2015: A Photo Diary From The Region’s Biggest Drag Race
(Photos by Rich Pasley) – For the third year in a row the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing series invaded New England Dragway in Epping, New Hampshire and held the New England Nationals. This...
This 1994 Dakota Has A Hemi Surprise Under The Hood But Not In The Way You Expect
When BangShifter Will Sanders sent us the link to this truck, he was all on board with the program aside from the hood. We’re kind of with him although in light of all the other coolness...