Awesome Rare Footage Of The Orange Blossom Express Tank Monster Truck Racing Bigfoot Fast Trax
Jun 14, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Rare Footage Of The Orange Blossom Express Tank Monster Truck Racing Bigfoot Fast Trax
If you were a monster truck and pulling fan as a kid in the 1980s the name Allan Gaines triggers an immediate smile. Gaines became well known for his beautiful Orange Blossom Special 1937 Chevrolet...
DIRT – A 1979 Film That Covers Virtually Every Form Of Off Road Racing – Baja to Swamp Buggies!
Jun 14, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on DIRT – A 1979 Film That Covers Virtually Every Form Of Off Road Racing – Baja to Swamp Buggies!
How this movie has escaped me to this point in my life I’ll never know but it seems to have escaped lots of people because when we stumbled upon it while trolling YouTube it only had about...
Here’s What It Looks Like When An F-4 Phantom Is Crashed Into A Concrete Wall At 480mph
Jun 14, 2019Brian Lohnes1
We’re not sure what the first reaction of the engineers who worked on this project was when they found out about it but we’re thinking smiles and fist pumps were part of the program. It...
Pulling Action Coverage: 2019 NTPA Mule City 300 – Horsepower, Carnage, and Big Tractor Counts!
Jun 13, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Pulling Action Coverage: 2019 NTPA Mule City 300 – Horsepower, Carnage, and Big Tractor Counts!
(Words and photos by David Whealon) – As always, the first weekend in June marks the time when Galot Motorsports Park gives the 1/8 mile dragstrip a break and opens the up the back gates for...
American Powertrain Releases New Pro-Fit 5-speed and 6-speed System For 1973-87 Chevy Squarebody Trucks
Jun 13, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on American Powertrain Releases New Pro-Fit 5-speed and 6-speed System For 1973-87 Chevy Squarebody Trucks
Know what’s hotter than the 1973-1987 GM truck segment right now? Not a damned thing. That’s what. The crew at American Power train knows this and that’s why they have released new...
This Look At The Buda Engine Company In WWII Is Spectacular – Horsepower History
Jun 13, 2019Brian Lohnes1
The cycle of business and industry is a fascinating one. Companies can rise to the level of colossus in their particular segment and then slowly fade into the sand dunes of time. Such is the case...
Cool Video: The Story Of The Honey Bee, A Homebuilt 500hp Monster Of A Tractor
Jun 13, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: The Story Of The Honey Bee, A Homebuilt 500hp Monster Of A Tractor
Farmers are just plain awesome. It does not matter where they are, what they are growing, or how long they have been in the business, they all share some common bonds. One of them is the ability to...
Monster’s Ball: Semi Tractor Burnouts At The Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge
Jun 13, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Monster’s Ball: Semi Tractor Burnouts At The Great Lakes Big Rig Challenge
In 1991, my brother and I got the chance to ride with my father up to Montana in the Kenworth he was driving at the time. From the sleeper section of the cab, we got to see more states than we had...
New Product: Chris Alston’s Chassisworks Releases Transmission Tunnel Kits – Great Solution!
Jun 12, 2019Brian Lohnes1
If you are in the process of modifying your car and one of the obstacles you are dreading a solution for is the transmission tunnel, boy do we have good news for you. Chris Alston’s...
630hp and 1,600 lb-ft – This 8V92TA Detroit Diesel Won’t Have Issues Pushing Airplanes Anymore
Jun 12, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on 630hp and 1,600 lb-ft – This 8V92TA Detroit Diesel Won’t Have Issues Pushing Airplanes Anymore
As hot rodders, we see horsepower as a fun number, as something of an entertainment quotient that allows us to enjoy ourselves and impress our friends. Something that makes scaring your wife...
More Like It: Jay Leno Checks Out Two Mil-Spec Modified HMMWVs!
Jun 12, 2019Bryan McTaggartComments Off on More Like It: Jay Leno Checks Out Two Mil-Spec Modified HMMWVs!
When you spend years hoping, praying, bargaining with motor pool mechanics, attempting to bribe officers and still get nowhere, you tend to dream up builds for the HMMWV. Or was that just me?...
Aeromotive Introduces New Variable-Speed Controlled Pumps and Controller
Jun 11, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Aeromotive Introduces New Variable-Speed Controlled Pumps and Controller
Just when you thought it was safe to go outside, Aeromotive is innovating again! This time they have introduced new variable speed controlled pumps and a controller for converting other brushless...
Watch Bigfoot 1 Get Driven Harder Than We Have Ever Seen – Think The Front End Fails?
Jun 11, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Bigfoot 1 Get Driven Harder Than We Have Ever Seen – Think The Front End Fails?
There’s always something interesting about watching an icon get used and used hard in motorsports. In this case we’re talking about Bigfoot 1, perhaps the coolest monster truck of all...
Vintage Promotional Video Win: Watch Ford’s Big Red Turbine Big Rig In Action
Jun 10, 2019Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Promotional Video Win: Watch Ford’s Big Red Turbine Big Rig In Action
Over the years we have posted lots about Chrysler’s turbine program and talked about how it was the most robust automotive turbine program that any of the OEM companies had embarked on. While I...










