Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
NMCA West Drag Race Coverage: The Season Opener At Fontana Was A Wheels Up Affair!
This collection of photos from the 2015 NMCA West season opener at Auto Club Dragway in Fontana, California proves that virtually every car in the place was hooking hard enough to pull the front end...
2015 Piston Powered Autorama – More Muscle, More Shine, and More Awesome From The Show Floor
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Contrary to popular belief, we will not have show photos from the 2015 Piston Powered Autorama which was recently held in Cleveland, Ohio every day for the next year....
Total Control Products Adjustable Panhard Bar Is A Great Handling Solution For First Generation Mustangs And Cougars
Rigidity and control are two things that are essential in any good handling car. The car needs to be stiff and tied together to make sure that the suspension is doing its job and the thing...
BOOM: Steve Evans Talks Us Through Some Top Fuel Blunders and ‘Splosions
This Saturday BOOM comes from the archives of Diamond P Sports and their thousands of hours of racing footage accumulated over the years covering events ranging from the NHRA to horse barrel racing....
Texas Cruise Photos: We’re Back With Kemah Cruise Coverage!
(Photos by Charles Wickam) – In a couple of weeks, Wickam and I will be hanging out in his neighborhood at Royal Purple Raceway in Baytown, Texas as the NHRA Mello Yello tour swings into tow....
Need A V16? This Mammoth Marmon V16 Could Be Yours!
As the country was plunging into the Great Depression, automakers were still clinging to the idea that there was plenty of money floating around to buy ever bigger and more powerful cars. The fact...
Sportsman Photo Blast: Wheels Up, Screaming, Sportsman Drag Action From The NHRA Four Wide Nationals
(Photos by David Whealon/DW Photos) – The NHRA 4-Wide Nationals could be the most controversial race on the 24-event NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule but for sportsman competitors...
Somehow Pennzoil Managed To Make One Of The Coolest Hellcat Videos Yet – What Has Gotten Into Those Guys?
There was a time when Pennzoil was a pretty cool brand. They were in all kinds of motorsports and had a good high performance image. For whatever reason, that promotional direction changed and they...
NMCA West Street Car Nationals Race Coverage – We Were In Fontana For The Season Opener
It was a great weekend in Fontana, California at Auto Club Dragway recently when the NMCA West series held their season opener and drew some of the hottest door slammers on the west coast out to the...
Drag Race Coverage: Match Race Madness At North Star Dragway – Denton, Texas
(Photos by Bad Brad Klaassen and Patrick Red Williams – Words by Brad Klaassen) – So, how do you kick off your 2015 racing season in North Texas at North Star Dragway, just outside of...
Holley’s New Vent Tube Spill Reduction Valve Is Simple, Ingenius, Will Save Lives And Equipment
No, the lead photo is not upside down, the carb is. This fuel mixer is equipped with Holley’s new vent tube spill reduction valve and the simple device will save lives, equipment, and lots of...
Creepy Car For Sale: 1955 Chevy Bel Air Wagon With Lee Harvey Oswald Ties – Buy It? Crush It? Run Away?
I am not a big ghosts and goblins guy but that doesn’t mean I am completely free of opinions and feelings on the subject. Every personal alarm bell that I have goes off when I see a car like...
Big Trucks, Hot Hatches, And One Last Pro Touring Blast From The Hotchkis Autocross At NMCA West Fontana
Here’s our last salvo of photos from the Hotchkis Autocross that was held at the NMCA West event last weekend in Fontana, California. In it you will see a kind of automotive schizophrenia that...
Piston Powered Autorama Coverage: Pontiacs, Pickup Trucks, And Muscle Galore
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – We know, we know. You are asking how many more photos we could possibly have from the massive Piston Powered Autorama which was recently held in Cleveland, Ohio. The...