Business Profile: Diamond Pistons Has Been Delivering Top Quality Pistons For Decades, NHRA, NASCAR, Hot Rodders, All Welcome
Nov 13, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The piston business has to be one of the most fascinating segments of the high performance aftermarket. Why? Just because the changes in design, in technology, in metallurgy and other factors come...
Drag Action Photos: The Southeast Gassers Association At Shadyside Dragway! More Wheels Up Madness!
Nov 13, 2020Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by David Whealon) – Most people do not understand that drag racing is a sport that kind of grows by rebellion and it always has. It is a sport of movements and counter movements even...
NHRA Insider Podcast: Ron Capps and Ryan Oehler Talk About 2020 and Setting Their Sights On Big Things In 2021
Nov 13, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on NHRA Insider Podcast: Ron Capps and Ryan Oehler Talk About 2020 and Setting Their Sights On Big Things In 2021
In a year that was heavily influenced by powers and forces outside of the realm of NHRA Camping World drag racing, Ron Capps and Ryan Oehler were both outside influencers from within the sport. Both...
PDRA Announces Eight Race 2021 Schedule – New Venues For Series On Tap!
Nov 13, 2020Brian Lohnes1
The Professional Drag Racers Association has announced an eight race tour that will bring the badges door slammer drag racing on Earth to new venues and stalwart drag strips up and down the east...
Wheels Up, Revs Up, Fun Up! Action Photos From The Southeast Gassers Association At Shadyside Dragway
Nov 12, 2020Brian Lohnes2
(Photos by David Whealon) – The Southeast Gassers Association continues to be one of the great shining lights in the world of drag racing and the these photos from a recent outing at Shadyside...
Alloy, Ahoy! Let MAHLE Motorsport Educate You On The Difference Between 2618 and 4032 Alloy!
Nov 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Forged pistons are forged pistons, right? Smack them out, machine them to round, and ship them to the customer. That’s the long and short of it, right? What’s so hard about this!? As it...
This 1969 Chevrolet Nova Is Sweet Seventies’ Goodness! Take A Closer Look At One Man’s Pride And Joy Here!
Nov 12, 2020Bryan McTaggartComments Off on This 1969 Chevrolet Nova Is Sweet Seventies’ Goodness! Take A Closer Look At One Man’s Pride And Joy Here!
Have you ever seen a particular car and instantly knew that you had to have one dead-on just like it? Not just a make, model and year, but build…matching stance, matching sound, matching audio...
Nitro Time Machine: A Look Back At Dallas International Motor Speedway – An Amazing and Star Crossed Strip
Nov 12, 2020Brian Lohnes1
From 1969 to 1973 if you wanted to see the coolest drag strip in America you went a stopped by the Dallas International Motor Speedway. This place was the home of the NHRA SpringNationals from...
It Sounded Good on TV: Ads For The Turbocharged Cars Of The 1960s, Late 1970s, and Early 1980s
Nov 11, 2020Brian Lohnes1
Getting to drive as many new cars as I do, the turbocharger is as common on new stuff as pistons are inside the engine. It’s the way of the world. In so many ways the turbo has likely extended...
BangShift Book Corner: Chevy Drag Racing 1955-1980 by Doug Boyce
Nov 11, 2020Brian Lohnes1
As the holidays are approaching, publishers are brining a lot of their new material to bear and because I am a freakish bookworm, I gladly accepted a few of these tomes to look over and share my...
Golden Anniversary Gear: McLeod Has Killer 50th Anniversary Shirts On Sale Now
Nov 11, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Golden Anniversary Gear: McLeod Has Killer 50th Anniversary Shirts On Sale Now
Ed Iskenderian is often credited with creating the t-shirt craze in hot rodding. By printing his name and logo onto shirts and getting them into the hands of racers, he created brand awareness and...
Tough Little Bugger: Watch This Tiny Engine Get Pummeled With Nitrous and Fuel and Live!
Nov 11, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Tough Little Bugger: Watch This Tiny Engine Get Pummeled With Nitrous and Fuel and Live!
This is one of those neat videos that you don’t think has a snowball’s chance in hell of being interesting and then it turns out to be one of the neatest things you’ve seen in a...
Big Dollar Power: This Factory 2×4 Intake For A Mercury 368 Y-Block Is Ultra Rare
Nov 11, 2020Brian LohnesComments Off on Big Dollar Power: This Factory 2×4 Intake For A Mercury 368 Y-Block Is Ultra Rare
The muscle car era may have actually started earlier if the factories had not gotten themselves all wrapped up in the sham of the thing known as the “racing ban” in the middle and late...
NHRA Nitro Time Machine: Experience Mark Oswald’s Incredible 1990 Dallas Explosion With Mac and Evans On The Call
Nov 10, 2020Brian Lohnes2
Mark Oswald is one of the best funny car racers ever and he graduated that job to become a world champion crew chief who is still in the sport today at the highest levels. As someone who mad this...










