Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Historic Drag Video: Awesome Early 1970s Footage From Oswego Dragway – Funny Cars, Wheelstanders, Doorslammers Galore!
Boy is this some awesome video! This five minute Super 8 time travel trip back to the early 1970s was original shot by (apparently) by someone named Marvin King. The video depicts what seems to be a...
Bitchin Video: Super Stock and Pro Stock Legend Herb McCandless Talks About His Hemi Demon And Racing A Pro Stocker In The 1970s
Herb “Mr 4-Speed” McCandless was one of the best and most talented racers of the golden super stock and fledgling pro stock era in drag racing. His abilities behind the wheel landed him...
Watch Top Fuel Motorcycle Racer Chris Matheson Get Electrocuted By And Nearly Fall Off His Bike During A Run
Aussie top fuel motorcycle rider Chris Matheson has been at the big boy motorcycle game for a while and like all guys who have made a career of it, he’s had his fair share of bumps, bruises,...
This Rotating Ramp Truck Seems Like The Best Idea Since Sliced Bread – Great Thinking Here
We’ve got to thank longtime BangShifter Rich Pedraza for sending us the link to this awesome and seemingly overdue towing innovation. What is it? How about a ramp truck equipped with a bed that...
Roadside Find: This Snow Eating Monster Is The Kind Of Thing We Love Dodging Traffic To Check Out – Full Story Here
(Words and photos by Greg Rourke) – So I was on my way to my local Rural King store for a bag of Larry The Cable Guy brand Biscuits and Gravy flavored potato chips, along with a few other...
You Make The Call! Will This Worked Up Mega Truck Out Duel A John Deere Tractor In A Tug Of War?
Chad and everyone else like to beak my aggies because of a lifelong affinity for farm tractors that I cannot seem to get around. I am not a diehard lover of any one particular brand as lots of guys...
Auto Meter Releases New Jeep JK Pillar Pods – Clean Gauge Installs In Your Jeep The Right Way
There’s nothing like completing an install of cool aftermarket parts in your car or truck and admiring your work, especially if what you did looks like it came that way from the factory. Well...
1980s Hot Rod Time Machine: Another Awesome Look Back Into The Oklahoma Scene!
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Blackwell is where I was born and raised and was also on the 2014 Drag Week path. That route took this impressive band of automobiles right down Highway...
48 Hour Corvette Replay! Watch The First Four Hours Right Here – The Insanely Fast Teardown And More
If you have been living under a rock lately, perhaps the story of the 48 Hour Corvette is foreign to you. If not, you may know that this car was built over the span of a multi-day thrash that saw...
NHRA Houston Nitro Action Photos: Top Fuel, Funny Car, Sportsman Grab Bag!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – When the dust settled on Sunday afternoon at Royal Purple Raceway, Doug Kalitta and Ron Capps had won in top fuel dragster and nitro funny car respectively. With...
This 1976 Monte Carlo Custom Cloud Is The Vehicle A Wealthy Dave Nutting Would Cruise In An Alternative Universe
In the event that Dave Nutting were to discover oil on his (already) Monte Carlo filled property in Massachusetts and he came into unlimited wealth, the first thing he would do would be to hunt down...
More Coverage From Paquette’s International Farmall Tractor Museum And Hall Of Fame – Red Power!
Hey, you didn’t think that I’d be done with showing you around the massive Paquette International Farmall Museum and hall of fame in one collection of photos, did you? Of course you...
NHRA Houston Action Photos: The Coolest Top Sportsman And Top Dragster Whips At The Event
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Among my personal favorite classes in drag racing, top sportsman and top dragster rank really high. Why? The cars are fast, unique, and each division around the...
Popp Dominates Las Vegas OUSCI IN Lingenfelter L28 Camaro – RideTech Pieces Make A Good Thing Better
As he tends to be, Danny Popp was the star of the show at last weekend’s USCA event at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. As good a driver as Danny is, he needs a good horse under him to really be a...