Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
This 1981 Chevy C80 Is A Four Car Hauler/Rolling Stunt Launch Ramp You Have Always Wanted
You know, some vehicles are built for one purpose but can totally be used for another. School buses are regularly turned into campers, old flatbeds are made into car haulers, and car haulers can be...
Changed! 2015 Hot Rod Drag Week Registration Is Saturday May 2nd Be Ready Or Be Left Out!
At 9:00AM Pacific Time on Saturday May 2nd, Hot Rod will post the registration link on their website and the electronic gold rush will take place again to fill the 350 open spots that the magazine...
Barnstormin’: Notes From A Fun Weekend On The Road With The Lohnes Clan
As whacked out as my schedule has been this Spring, it really gets cranked to 11 starting this weekend when the races and events really stack up on each other. That being the case, my wife and I...
Domination Video: Watch The RideTech 48 Hour Corvette Dominate All Comers At The Texas Optima Ultimate Street Car Event
If there was every any question about the performance ability of the RideTech 48 Hour Corvette, it was buried 13-feet deep in a lead lined vault after the car’s all conquering performance at...
2015 Lonestar Round Up: Our Photo Coverage Continues – Show Stopping Hot Rod And Kustoms!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – We promised you a solid week of 2015 Lonestar Round Up and thanks to Charles Wickam we’re going to have it. The dude was blasting photos like a maniac during...
Goodguys Del Mar 2015: Our Last Look At The Cool, Historic, Weird, And Interesting Indoor Show Cars
Between these photos and the others that Chad blogged today we have finally exhausted our vast supply of images from the Goodguys Del Ma 2015 extravaganza. Chad’s photos were of the outdoor...
Test Your Gearhead Knowledge: The Answer To Last Week’s Impossible Question!
While there were a couple of razor close guesses, at the end of the day no one nailed this nearly impossible automotive quiz dead on. The bizarre looking device was guessed to be part of a hydramatic...
Gas-Tastic: This 1957 Chevrolet Is A Straight Axle, Tunnel-Rammed, Four Speed, Worn Paint Heap Of Perfection
I think it is fair to say that there are a couple of styles of cars that will literally never go out of style in hot rodding. 1932 Ford roadtsers will be around forever and 1955-1957 Chevys done in...
Lonestar Round Up 2015: Coverage Of The Massive Texas Show Right Here!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – For 15 years, hot rodders have been gathering in Austin, Texas during the Spring for an event called the Lonestar Round Up. It has grown from a small, old timey...
The Good Stuff Is Always INSIDE! Here’s A Look At Some Of The Coolest Cars And Trucks In The Buildings At Del Mar
Sure, Chad was bragging on how cool the cars and trucks that he posted in his Goodguys Del Mar gallery were but we all know that the neatest stuff always gets put inside. The whole event was...
Duck And Cover! This Sprint Car Wreck Results In A New World Height Record For Chucking A Wing!
(By Jason Mazzotta) – Everyone involved in racing knows that is can be very dangerous for the drivers and crew but a lot of the time people sitting in the stands forget that they are part of...
PDRA Rockingham: Action, Pit Photos, The Most Powerful Door Cars In The World!
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The second event of the 2015 PDRA season took place at the historic Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina last weekend and it brought out some mammoth...
AFCO Racing Releases New Remote Reservoir Master Cylinders
In racing there are a million different concerns when outfitting your car for competition. AFCO Racing knows this and they have just released three new remote reservoir master cylinder part numbers...
