Drag Racing Hall Of Famer John Farkonas Dies – Team Owner Of And Creative Engineer On The Chi-Town Hustler
Sep 04, 2014Brian Lohnes2
It is hard, if not impossible to find photos of John Farkonas on the internet. He was not a glory hound or a guy who wanted anything more than to put his considerable mental talents to work making...
Here’s What Tom Bailey’s Bringing For Drag Week 2014 – Can The Defending Champ Double Up?
Sep 03, 2014Brian Lohnes3
When Tom Bailey and right hand man Steve Morris took the top honors at Hot Rod Drag Week last year, they did so in a pretty non dramatic fashion. After trading blows with Dave Ahokas on day one in...
Watch This Brazilian Chevrolet Opala Wagon Run 8.18 At 165 With A Naturally Aspirated Chevy 250 Inline Six!
Sep 03, 2014Brian Lohnes15
We have showed you some video from the drag racing scene in Brazil before but this is the coolest one we have shown yet. Why? Because the car that is featured in the video is a nasty little station...
Drag Week Live Broadcast Starts Monday! Also, What Do YOU Think The Winning Average Will Be In The Unlimited Class?
Sep 03, 2014Brian Lohnes3
We know that lots of you our there have been waiting for Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week and we’re among you! With less than a week before the event kicks off, many competitors are still trying to...
Elephants At INDY, Charlie Wescott Jr. Leads The Herd At Mopar HEMI Challenge
Aug 31, 2014Darr Hawthorne1
For many of us, the sound of a pair of mid-60’s Chrysler Hemi’s is music and these rare, high dollar racecars always put on a killer show with twenty-six of them towing into Indy for the 60th US...
Wheels In The Air: Watch This ProCharged BBC-Powered Dragster Reach For The Sky!
Aug 31, 2014Bryan McTaggart3
Glen Curtis’s big-block Chevrolet-powered American dragster might be hooking a tad too well, or making just a little too much horsepower right off the bat. We come to that conclusion after...
Pro Weird: This 1972 Honda Z600 Is Tubbed And Ready For Drag Week
Aug 29, 2014Brian Lohnes17
When Chris Johnson sent us an email instructing us to click a link and see a car he described with language I can’t really use here, we knew that something interesting lurked on the other side...
Drag Action Gallery: Wheels Up, Tire Smoking Fun At the Sunday Niagra Nostalgia Drags and Reunion In New York
Aug 28, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – Yesterday we showed you some great photos from the Sunday Niagra nostalgia drags and car show held at what was formerly known as Lancaster Speedway in New York. The...
Video: The Ultimate Vintage Drag Film, Ingenuity in Action at the 1959 NHRA Nationals
Aug 28, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Here’s a film that’s been around a while! This greatness was lost to the public eye for many years, but in today’s times it has been passed around the Internet. This most recent...
Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly
Aug 27, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Week 2014: Wait List Update, Your Chances Of Getting In, and What You Can Do To Make Things Work Smoothly
In terms of the yearly Drag Week news cycle, we have entered the “wait list” portion of the program. What does that mean? Well there are lots of guys signed up and thrashing to get their...
21st Sunday Niagra Nostalgia Drags And Car Show – The Coolest Cars Around Buffao Came Out In Force
Aug 27, 2014Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Mike Brooks) – There’s nothing like a great nostalgia drag race and car show to bring out the cool people and the cooler iron. Recently, our own Mike Brooks hit the road and...
2014 NHRA Sonoma Nationals: The Lost Professional Category Photos
Aug 26, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on 2014 NHRA Sonoma Nationals: The Lost Professional Category Photos
(Photos by Mike and Jeff Burghardt) – Sounds mysterious, right? The lost photos? Ohhhhhh. Sadly, it isn’t all that mysterious. See, my computer desktop at any given time looks like a...
Drag Action Photos: PDRA Under The Lights At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park
Aug 26, 2014Brian LohnesComments Off on Drag Action Photos: PDRA Under The Lights At Osage Tulsa Raceway Park
(Words and photos by Brad Klaassen) – The traveling road show that is the Professional Drag Racers Association rolled into Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park August 15th– 16th for national...
Drag Week 2015: Hot Rod Announced That Unlimited Drag Week Class Will Remain Unlimited – No Restrictions Coming
Aug 26, 2014Brian Lohnes13
That’s not a typo in the title….we’re talking about next year’s even already. The Hot Rod crew is cranking the hell out of the Drag Week news today! We told you about the...