Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Watch The Legendary Coga Peterbilt Wax A Corvette, A Saleen Mustang, And A Dodge Viper – Muscle Rig!
Andre Gagnon’s Peterbilt 379 is one of the most fearsome and powerful “high performance” big rigs known to man. This truck has won lots and lots of races against other rigs both...
Let’s Go Racing: ECTA Season Opens This Weekend At The OHIO MILE! Weather Looks Great For LSR Action!
As you read this, my wife and I are hammer down, heading due west to scenic and beautiful Wilmington, Ohio for the first race of the 2014 ECTA Ohio Mile season. As is tradition with the ECTA, this...
High Flying Stock and Super Stock Action Photos From The NHRA O’Reily Auto Parts Spring Nationals In Texas
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Here’s a little inside baseball for you. All the announcers usually fight for the mic when stockers and super stockers are coming up. Why? You know why....
45th Annual Spring Tune Up Car Show – Here’s Our Last Pile Of Photos From This Great Shindig
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – We’re at the end of our photos from the 45th annual Early Ford V8 Club of New England Spring Tune Up car show and this could be the best crop of cars and...
Is This The Greatest Finish Ever Caught On Film At Indianapolis Motor Speedway? Four Wide And Hauling!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – Racing is an exciting sport for many reasons, and fans flock to the tracks and their TV’s every week for different reasons. Some like the sounds and smells of the...
Cool Dually: This 1977 GMC Sierra 3500 Camper Special Is California Clean And Very Original, Right Down To The Front Air Dam
I am a standard cab dually guy. I like that configuration the best for reasons I have trouble explaining in great detail. I just like the way trucks like this 1977 GMC Sierra 3500 Camper Special look...
Watch This Hellcat Challenger Literally Destroy Its Brakes And A Set Of Tires At The MSD Desert Dust Up Burnout Contest
While I was in Texas messing around with the NHRA and Chad was in Las Vegas filming an OUSCI television show, the guys at MSD Performance were hosting their first ever Desert Dust-Up. This was a drag...
NHRA Houston Pro Mod Action Photos – Some Of The Nation’s Best Getting After It At The O’Reily Spring Nationals
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – It was another great weekend of J&A Services Pro Mod action at the 2015 NHRA O’Reily Spring Nationals at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas. Pro...
Lonestar Round Up 2015: Our Last Blast From The Show Field
(Photos by Charles “The Weatherman” Wickam) – Here’s our final blast of 2015 Lonestar Round Up show field photos from Charles Wickam. I happened to be hanging out with the...
Fabrication Fail Video: What Happens When Your Front Suspension Mounting Isn’t Quite As Strong As It Needs To Be
Good fabrication work is one of those things that shows itself by not failing. It exemplifies how good it is by never making you think about its quality. That may sound weird, but stick with me for a...
They Went, They Saw, They Conquered – RideTech’s Big Weekend At The Goodguys North Carolina Nationals!
East, west, north, and south, racing has begun in all corners of the country and it seems like the RideTech crew is working to make sure they participate in as many regions as they can. Recently,...
This 427 Powered 1968 Baldwin-Motion Camaro Tribute Is The Perfect Gift To Yourself – Buy It Now!
While it may seem like we are going too hard on the Ford 427ci displacement engines on this date, we’re going to balance the universe out with this amazingly cool Camaro that is currently for...
Video: Watch A Twin Turbo, 427ci Windsor Ford Engine Crank Out 1600hp On An Aussie Dyno!
This awesome blue oval mill had us yelling, “LS What?!” after we saw video of it wrenching out 1600hp on an Australian dyno. With CHI heads, Precision turbos, and 20lbs of boost heading...
Mopar Find! These Five Cars Were Found In A Garage, Are Original, And Need New Homes – Super Bee, ‘Cuda, More!
It is cool when someone finds a car hiding in the corner of a garage and gets their mitts on it, it is beyond cool when a couple cars are found, and when five cool Mopars are located and put up for...