Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
KTPA/FFA Alumni Pull at Georgetown, KY – Trucks! Shots From The Pits And The Pulling Course
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Truck classes are a big part of the KTPA-sanctioned pulls put on by the local FFA Alumni. The two classes that ran on Friday night are limited to DOT...
EVERYONE STOP: This Hideous Photochopped Frankenstein Is Not The 2015 Ford Torino GT – Stop Spreading It Around
Ok, we need to become ground zero for stopping the current automotive internet hoax of the week that is this horrendous thing you see at the top and bottom of the page. You have likely seen on your...
Close Call Video: Guy Almost Gets Squashed Between Two Cars At Local Sanctioned Street Race – Be Careful!
The idea of a city allowing an organized street race as part of an event or show is pretty awesome. The cooperation that is required on both sides must be enormous and it is likely a series of...
Watch What Happened When Oil Got Under The Tires Of Alky Funny Car Racer Gary Phillips!
Gary Phillips is Australian drag racing royalty. If it burns alcohol, he has won in it. From dragsters to funny cars, and top door slammer machines, Phillips has amassed an incredible 17 Australian...
Video: This Ford Flathead V8 Powered 1970s John Deere Lawn Tractor Is Homebuilt BangShift Perfection!
(Words and video – Dawn Mazi Hovsepian) – I don’t know which is cooler. A ‘37 Ford Flathead stuffed between the frame rails of an early 70s John Deere 200 lawn tractor, or the fact...
Coupe De Kill Update: TRIUMPH! 205+ MPH In Monstrous Car With Caddy Power – Wow!
We are overjoyed to report that the infamous “Coupe De Kill” 1970 Cadillac Coupe DeVille of Sean Mote has run over 200mph for the first time, earning Sean a spot in the ECTA 200mph club...
Lancaster Dragway Pro Mod Shootout Action – Sportsman and Crazed Pro Mod Photos
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – It was a good old fashioned drag strip brawl at Lancaster Dragway’s pro mod shootout a short while back. Held on a weekday night, the place was filled, there...
In Car Video: An Aussie Falcon XY-GTHO Carves Through the Field at Bathurst
When is comes to Australian muscle cars, few have the type of mythological aura around them that the 1971 Ford Falcon XY GTHO. Rated by Ford at 300hp, reality was that the 351 Cleveland was good for...
Crazy Video: Watch Larry “Drums” Brancaccio’s Horrifying Nitro Harley Crash From IHRA Cordova
Larry “Drums” Brancaccio suffered what has to have been both the most painful and the most harrowing incident of his career a couple weeks back at the IHRA Cordova race when his nitro...
Watch Four Humvee Trucks Get Sucked Out The Back Of A Cargo Plane With Parachutes – Very Cool Stuff
The biggest job the military has is to get the guys fighting the supplies and equipment they need in the quickest, most efficient way possible while making sure said stuff actually gets to where it...
Watch Aussie Top Fuel Driver Phil Lamattina’s TF Dragster Break In Half Just Like Larry Dixon’s – He Is Banged Up
In an incident that was eerily similar to Larry Dixon’s at the NHRA Gatornationals, Australian top fuel hero Phil Lamattina’s dragster split in two during a run at Willowbank Raceway last...
This 1964 Chevy Dually Is One Of The Coolest Mid-1960s Trucks We Have Lusted After In A While
It is tough to claim that any generation of Chevrolet truck is “unloved” but the reality is that the square trucks of the middle 1960s are kind of the forgotten sisters of the Chevy truck...
Cute Burnout Video McTaggart, THIS Is What My Dream Mack Looks Like – 3,000hp Of Diesel Fury!
Yesterday McTaggart poked a little fun at me for my love of big rigs when he posted a video of a cool Mack Superliner truck ripping burnouts. That truck is awesome but when you want to go right to...
Tune In! Live Audiocast of ECTA Ohio Mile Meet Right Here – World Records To Be Set!
It is race day at the ECTA Ohio Mile meet in Wilmington today and there’s live audio where you can tune into the action to hear about the big speeds, unique vehicles, and awesome...