Author Archive: Brian Lohnes
Nitro Video: A Quick Recap, Explosions Included, From Bakersfield’s Saturday Night Nitro Show Last Weekend
Les Mayhew, the drag racing film making maven was at the Saturday Night Nitro event at Bakersfield last weekend and while he was there he shot a ton of video featuring the various classes that were...
Hotchkis Updates Its TVS Kit For 1967-1972 C10 Trucks To Include Long Bed Applications And Dropped Spindles
You know it and we know it, 1967-1972 GM half ton trucks are one of the hottest vehicles in the aftermarket right now. From builds like Project Cheap 10 that we are covering to insane hardcore pro...
Show Coverage: The Cruise Down Memory Lane In Vineland, New Jersey Was A Blast!
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The unsinkable Joe Grippo is back with photo coverage of an event we have never showed you and whole bunch of cars you’ve never seen, either! This time Joe and...
TUDOR United Sports Car Championship Coverage: A Photo Highlight Reel From The Recent Battle At Watkins Glen
(Photos by David Hakim/HP2 Communications) – Last weekend, our buddy David Hakim attended the TUDOR United Racing Series event at Watkins Glen International Raceway in New York, one of the...
Flowtech Releases New Shorty Headers For Late Model Trucks – GM, Ram, And Tacoma Applications
The shorty header is an interesting and great thing for late model performance enthusiasts that need to keep their vehicles emissions compliant for state inspections or any other reasons. Far...
Mega BOOM: A Canadian Pulling Tractor Blows Up So Hard It Barfs Most Of The Motor Right Out Of The Chassis
Bryan Lively is the editor of Pro Pulling Magazine (ProPulling.com) and he’s a BangShifter as well. Bryan sent us a video link to some footage taken recently at a pull up in Canada. Things were...
NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 Coverage: More Shredded Fenders, Flying Stock Cars, and Great Action Photos From Sonoma Raceway
(Photos by Jeff Burghardt) – Yesterday we showed you Mike Burghardt’s sweet, sweet photos from the NASCAR Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Sonoma Raceway and today we’re right back at you...
Project Cheap 10: How To Build A Gear Jamming, Budget Minded, Classic C10 In A Month With Our Pals At American Powertrain
(Words and photos by American Powertrain/Matt Graves) – Let me start off by saying all this is Greg “Snaps” Schneider’s fault. Greg works for Ridetech as owner Bret Voelkel’s...
Watch A Top Truck Challenge Competitor Roll His Massive Truck While Trying To Rip A Four Wheel Steer Donut
The Top Truck Challenge is to hardcore off-road guys as Drag Week is to hardcore street/strip guys. Some of the nation’s biggest, toughest, strangest, and most awesomely built rigs head out to...
2014 Car Craft Street Machine Nationals Coverage: The Weird, The Wonderful, And The Totally Cool At Du Quoin
(Photos by RideTech/Rodney Prouty) – It was another huge happening in the hot rodding world this year when Car Craft brought the Street Machine Nationals show to Du Quoin for the second year in...
Road Test: The 2014 Ford F-150 Tremor – The Sport Truck That Almost Is
I’m not sure if this is a brag or not but I’d venture to say that I logged more miles and drove an F-150 Tremor faster than any other automotive writer has to this point. See, my wife and...
Take A Detailed Tour Of The Challenger II Streamliner With Danny Thompson – This Thing Is A Marvel Of Packaging And Engineering
Bonneville is just over a month away now and we’re gearing up for our most comprehensive Speed Week coverage ever from the salt. This year marks the 100th birthday of racing on the Bonneville...
We Found This 1969 Caprice Sitting On The Side Of The Road – It Is For Sale – Would You Pay The Asking Price?
So Nutting and I were minding our business, driving home from shooting some photos for an upcoming car review. (Undoubtedly you will hate the car and say mean things to me, but that’s how we...
