Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Ohio Mile Video: Ride In The Time Bomb Camaro On A 209MPH Run With 9,000 RPM Gear Changes – Oh Yes!
David Matyjasik and his brother Mike have run their Time Bomb Camaro at ECTA standing mile events for a decade now and they had a banner weekend during the opening meet of the 2015 ECTA season at the...
Keels N Wheels 2015: More Coverage From The Amazing Show In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We’re back with a second day of spectacular photo coverage featuring last weekend’s Keels N Wheels Concourse d’ Excellence because Wickam’s...
Heads Up Drag Action From Knoxville Drag Strip – Yes, That Is A Wheels Up General Lee!
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Knoxville Drag Strip is an eighth-mile track, located a few minutes north of Knoxville, in Maynardville, Tennessee. The track has been around for a...
Keels N Wheels 2015: The 20th Running Of This Event Was The Most Incredible Yet
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – For 20 years the Keels N Wheels Concours d’ excellence has been assembling some of the finest classic, race, and specialty cars along with the most beautiful...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: Can You Name The Make Of This Head And What Year It Was Used?
We’re back with another challenge of your gearhead knowledge thanks to our friends at Then and Now Automotive in Weymouth, Massachusetts who let us snoop through their seemingly unending...
COMP Cams Offers Ford 427 Stub Cam – This Is An Integral Piece For The Growing Number Of SOHC Builds
There was a time when people thought that there would only be so many of the famed Ford 427 SOHC engines left in the world and once they were “gone” they’d be lost to history. Those...
This Old M-42 May Not Look Like Much But It Is A Complete Truck That We’d Sure Love To Have At Home!
The M-37 is as iconic, tough, and basic as you can get when thinking about classic military trucks. These things were around and in service for a very long time and in any number of roles for the men...
Cool Find: A Model T Repair Offer from 1928
We received an e-mail from a friend with this stuff inside it. What you’re looking at is a mail-out flyer for a car dealership service department, circa 1928. The money that parts and labor...
Sell Out: 2015 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week Fills Up In 16 Minutes! From Top To Bottom, This Should Be Great
Like fat kids chasing an ice cream truck, fervent Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week hopefuls would not be denied entry into an event that has literally taken on a life of its own over the last few years. It...
Craigslist Find: This 1970 Mercedes Has American V8 Power And The Potential To Be Something Pretty Evil
BangShifter Ben Becktold was cruising the Craigslist ads for Boise, Idaho when he found the listing for this interesting tank. The car is a 1970 Mercedes sedan and by what we can see, the thing...
Rough Stuff: Watch Dale Creasy Jr. Smack The Wall In His Funny Car At Rt 66 Raceway In Joliet, Illinois
Today’s nitro funny car world seems to be dominated by the familiar names we have all come to know. There’s the Forces, the Kalitta operation, the Schumacher clan, and other team cars out...
Watch This Mustang Hike The Front End And Carry It Out At Cecil County Dragway
Monday mornings can blow goats during car season. Maybe you were wrenching all weekend and are now back at work. Worse, perhaps you were racing on the weekend and are now back at work. Slightly...
Watch A 416ci Chrysler Small Block Stroker Scream Out Over 760hp On The Dyno! Big Power Out Of Small Inches!
(Photo by Rich Pasley) – The car that this 340 based 416ci Chrysler small block lives in is pictured below in all of its wheel up glory. Owned by Steve Clukey, the machine is a 1970 Plymouth...
