Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Racing Junk Find: This 1972 Dodge Colt Wagon Is A Low 11-Second Bracket Bomber From Mopar Heaven
Dodge Colts are cool for a couple of reasons. Firstly, you don’t see them all that often. Secondly, they have interesting history in the sport of drag racing and were found in Pro Stock and...
Glory Days Nostalgia Drags Coverage From Maple Grove: Old Drag Iron From Barn Fresh To Restored Perfection
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Just about a week ago, our man on the Pennsylvanian scene Joe Grippo attended the Glory Days nostalgia drags at Maple Grove Raceway and sent us a boatload of photos...
Heavy Metal Wreckage Video: Watch A Tornado Topple A Mighty Freight Train – Mom Nature NEVER Loses
(By Greg Rourke) – So what’s the story here? Not much to tell, just a freight train rockin’ down the rails, and a rare January tornado that had other plans for said train. The...
Project Violent Valiant Update: Killer C&R Racing Radiator, Motor Plate Creation, And The VFN Hood Gets Fitted
While Chad and I have been traversing the country like maniacs, Kevin Tully and the boys at Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle have been pounding out the work on a multitude of projects that their customers...
2014 Dunkirk Harbor Cruise Coverage: Great Cars, Great Scenery, and Great Photos
(Words and Photos by Mike Brooks) – I capped off my July 4th weekend with one of my favorite car shows of the year, and it just so happens to be my hometown show. The Lakeshore Street Rod...
Watch A Trucker Hauling A Massive Steel Beam Miscalculate A Corner And The Disaster That Follows His Tiny Mistake
(By Greg Rourke)-You think you’re having a bad day at work? This cat wishes he was having your bad day. Hauling superloads is a nerve wracking job. You are driving a truck that’s longer,...
Show Coverage: The Cars Of Summer Car Show – Green Hill Park, Worcester, Massachusetts.
(Photos by Johnny Gaudette) – For many years, there was a titanic car show that took place in Worcester, Massachusetts each July 4th weekend. Known as the “Summer Nationals” this...
Watch A Ratty Old Dodge Truck Completely Spit A Rear Axle Out From Under Itself During A Burnout
A lot of us joke that our junk is always on the verge of falling to pieces, but the fact is that there are a lot of cars on the road that are literally on the verge of falling to pieces. This old...
Great Gearhead History Video: Men Bet Their Lives On It – Packard Merlin Engines
If you like history, specifically history related to one of the greatest engines ever designed and built, the Rolls Royce Merlin this 20-minute film is not to be missed. While the boys at Rolls Royce...
Death Defying Group B Rally Footage: Even The Co-Driver Thought They Were Cooked
If this video doesn’t make you cringe at minimum or wreck your undies at maximum you’re tougher than us. The footage comes from the early 1980s, the era of the Group B rally car, machines...
Dueling Nitrous Explosion Video: A Pair Of Pro Mods Both POP Their Scoops At Norwalk
When Jim Laurita and Dan Stevenson headed down the strip during qualifying at the 2014 Summit Racing NHRA Nationals last weekend, neither expected to kill their hood scoops during the lap. Funny...
The Places They Raced: An Abandoned Street Racing Haven
It is a straightaway to nowhere located off a bustling secondary road in Braintree, Massachsuetts. Ironically, it is now part of a nature reservation, but for several years in the 1960s and early...
Killer Historic Drag Video: Highlights From Arizona’s Beeline Dragway Circa The Early 1970s
With the recent announcement that Arizona’s Speedworld dragway would be closing down we couldn’t help but think about another dead Arizona strip that was once a hotbed of national level...
Screaming Video: Watch A 2.3L Turbo Ford Clip Nearly 10K On The Chassis Dyno In A Drag Car!
Job Spetter Jr has been tuning full tilt turbo and EFI engines for a long time. His name is very well known around drag racing circles and he’s both driven and tuned others to lot and lots of...