Weather Delays Postpone Opening of Dragway 42
Jul 23, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on Weather Delays Postpone Opening of Dragway 42
Words and photos courtesy of IHRA IHRA Nitro Jam World Nationals will be held in 2016 Dragway 42, in West Salem, Ohio, is entering the concrete and paving phase of their massive reconstruction of the...
How It’s Made: Goodyear Top Fuel Slicks. See Why These Suckers Cost So Much!
Jul 23, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on How It’s Made: Goodyear Top Fuel Slicks. See Why These Suckers Cost So Much!
Every hot rodder loves the ultra simple show called “How It’s Made”. And while most of the time the subject of the show is a normal every day item, on occasion they do something out...
Meltdown Drags 2015 Coverage: More Wheels Up Photos, More Pit Photos, So Much Cool Stuff!
Jul 23, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Meltdown Drags 2015 Coverage: More Wheels Up Photos, More Pit Photos, So Much Cool Stuff!
(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – Each of the photo galleries we have run from the 2015 Meltdown Drags have had their own kind of personality whether it was intended or not. There were...
This E-85 Guzzling, 850+ Horsepower AMC Spirit Kammback Is Looking For A Fight…And A New Home!
Jul 23, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
853 horsepower in any AMC is more than enough power, but placing that kind of bullet between the fenders of a 1981 Spirit Kammback (essentially, a renamed Gremlin) is pretty ballsy move. They are...
PDRA Maryland Coverage: Wheels Up, Blown, Nitrous, and Turbo Action From The Race
Jul 23, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on PDRA Maryland Coverage: Wheels Up, Blown, Nitrous, and Turbo Action From The Race
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Eighth mile drag racing has never been more deep into the sport’s consciousness as it is right now. From X275 all the way though big cars like those that...
Money Doesn’t Buy Everything: Watch As This Lamborghini Aventador Gets Dragged By A Stingray!
Jul 23, 2015Bryan McTaggart4
You can’t blame a guy with a Lamborghini Aventador for being cocky…sure, it’s a 691 horsepower supercar that is more at home posing in front of a Las Vegas casino than it is doing...
Bonneville May Be Cancelled But You Should Still Buy This Vintage Belly Tanker
Jul 23, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Bonneville May Be Cancelled But You Should Still Buy This Vintage Belly Tanker
We are still 100% bummed out about the news of Bonneville Speed Week 2015 being cancelled this year due to poor conditions on the salt but that doesn’t mean we have lost our land speed racing...
Nostalgia A/Fuel Association Announces Sonoma Shoot-Out
Jul 22, 2015Darr HawthorneComments Off on Nostalgia A/Fuel Association Announces Sonoma Shoot-Out
Dennis Allen in the Cowin-Allen A/Fuel Dragster The Nostalgia A/Fuel Racers Association is proud to announce the 2nd annual John Shoemaker Memorial Shoot-Out. The event will be run as part of the...
PDRA Drag Action Coverage: Maryland Provides Excitement and Points Shuffling In PDRA Championship Chase
Jul 22, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on PDRA Drag Action Coverage: Maryland Provides Excitement and Points Shuffling In PDRA Championship Chase
(Photos by Benoit Pigeon) – Last weekend the PDRA tour rolled into MDIR and the Maryland populace got a taste of the eighth mile series and its biggest names. The track was prepped to the...
Meltdown Drags 2015 Coverage: Hot and Heavy Action From The Strip At Byron Dragway
Jul 22, 2015Brian Lohnes1
(Photos by Greg and Jason Rourke) – Our Meltdown Drags 2015 coverage continues today as it will for a LONG time to come thanks to the combined efforts of Greg Rourke and his son Jason. These...
Check Out This RacingJunk Lohnes Special! A 4-Door 1978 Impala Tube Chassis Drag Car
Jul 21, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Check Out This RacingJunk Lohnes Special! A 4-Door 1978 Impala Tube Chassis Drag Car
Please help us convince Brian Lohnes that he should get rid of his current Caprice cop car, and get this one! Or at least add this to the collection! I’m sure his wife will go for that....
Street Car Takeover Near Miss: The Driver Of The Mustang Is Cleaning His Shorts!
Jul 21, 2015Chad Reynolds1
Watch as the driver of a 2015 Mustang nearly crashes and takes out both sides of the car! On car camera footage from the Firebird in the right lane caught it all. It’s a good thing the Firebird...
This 1965 Mustang Fastback Is A Cammer Packing Piece Of Drag History – Totally Awesome!
Jul 21, 2015Brian Lohnes7
Now THIS is awesome. Back in 1965, Wyoming resident Roger Slump decided that he needed a Mustang fastback drag car with a Ford Cammer engine in it to terrorize the drag strips of NHRA Division 5. He...
Cool Cruisers, Weird Cruisers, Trucks, And Battle Wagons From The Holley Reunion At Bowling Green
Jul 21, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Cruisers, Weird Cruisers, Trucks, And Battle Wagons From The Holley Reunion At Bowling Green
(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The Bronco golf cart and a red Cushman 3-wheeler might be the only golf carts that I didn’t find annoying over the weekend. Lots of able-body people...










