Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This 1990s Pro Street Olds Time Warp Is EXACTLY As It Was When Built – Would You Cruise It?
We often find older pro street style cars that have been neglected, updated, or otherwise changed from their original state but it is rare to find one that is EXACTLY like it was when built. This...
2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run – Shine, Patina, Customs, Even A Kit Car Or Two!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – While the VW Beetle may have had some nefarious beginnings, it was (and continues to be) a worldwide icon of fun, freedom, and a blank canvass for anyone with...
Highway Creepers Show Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Photos From The Event
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – For about as long as there have been people messing with cars there have been car clubs serving as places for enthusiasts to gather, bench race, fight, talk smack,...
Naked And Love Autocross? RideTech’s New Shirts Can Fix Your Problem And Share Your Love Of Cone Killing
Outside of court appearances, weddings, and funerals, you we live in t-shirts. Ok, in New England there may be a couple of months where the t-shirt is a secondary layer but you get what we are...
2015 FE Race and Reunion: Our Last Blast Of Killer Photos From The Pits – A Cammer Powered Fairmont?!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – Hardcore Ford fans came in droves to Pennsylvania’s Beaver Springs Dragway over the weekend of April 24th & 25th 2015 for the third annual FE Race and...
Mercury Racing Releases New OptiMax Diesel Outboard – Spark Fired Diesel V6, Incredibly Interesting Engine
While we’re not usually the types to get excited about outboard boat engines, this one is something to behold. Called the Mercury Racing OptiMax, it is a 175hp, 3.0L V6 diesel engine that was...
NTPA Pulling Action Photos: Flying Dirt, Smoking Tractors, And Crazed Trucks From the NTPA Pinetops 300
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – What does a small quiet downeast North Carolina town of Pinetops (pop. 1360) do for excitement after the hosting the best Christmas parade east of...
$20K Gets You In The Seat Of This Clean, Big Block Chrysler Powered, Pro Street 1966 Charger – Good Buy?
The 1966 Charger is certainly on the unloved side of things when compared to its slightly younger brothers produced later on in the 1960s and into the early 1970s. Maybe it was the Marlin-esque...
Show Coverage: 2015 Bay Area VW Club Poker Run – One Awesome Texas VW Gathering!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – The old saw is that “everything is bigger in Texas” and our own Charles Wickam lived up to that adage last weekend when he managed to attend multiple...
The Green Needle: Four Days With A 2015 Challenger Hellcat Has Us Addicted To 700hp Blown Hemi Fun
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – If I had never considered speed or horsepower drugs before getting four days with a 2015 Dodge Challenger Hellcat, I sure as hell do now. It is everything I have in...
Highway Creepers 2015 Car Show Coverage: More Photos From The Fun Nebraska Get Together
(Photos by Scott Liggett) – When Scott Liggett told me he had plenty of photos from the Highway Creepers show, I wasn’t exactly sure if I should thank him or call the cops. After asking...
Rick’s Tanks Releases Resto Mod Tank Line – Video Takes You Through The New Tanks And What Makes Them Great
Rick’s Tanks reputation for quality and fitment is nearly unrivaled in the industry so when Rick told us that he was working on something big at his El Paso based business we knew it was going...
Barnstormin’: Is Indy’s High Tech Demolition Derby Deserving Of All The Hate? He We All Forgotten History?
(Photo credits: Greg Huey lower/Joe Watts above) – There is no doubt that ratings for the 2015 Indy 500, the 99th running of the contest will be higher than they have been in years. How could...
2015 FE Race And Reunion Coverage: Pit Photos – Cool Cars, Thrashing, Motors, More
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, we’re back with more photo coverage from the 2015 FE Race and Reunion. Grippo went to this massive festival of...