Ford Has Gone SUV Nuts: New Expedition Has Been Shown, And It’s Only The Tip Of The Iceberg!
(Photos: Ford Motor Company) Apparently the theme of the Chicago Auto Show is “new sport-utility vehicle”, because that’s all the news we’ve been seeing so far. Lohnes touched...
Project “Great Pumpkin” Mustang: Step Two Is Making A Sacrifice To The Pony Car Gods
We are a couple of weeks into work on the Great Pumpkin, our 1980 Mustang Ghia, and it’s been a bit of a rollercoaster ride, to be honest. We’ve had good days where we make progress and...
Awesome Historic Drag Footage: Home Videos From The 1972 NHRA Winternationals – Wild Willie, All The Great Heroes Of Yesteryear!
Wow, is this awesome stuff! I happened to stumble upon this 15-minute home video made at the 1972 NHRA Winternationals by a pair of Australian brothers who traveled over to take in the race. Their...
Progress For A Drag Strip On Long Island, New York? Seems Like It
It has been years since Long Island Dragway in Hampton, New York closed its doors and with it, left drag racing fans with no other option but to head to places like Atco and Englishtown. Since then...
This 1960 Bonneville Convertible Has A 389, Tri-Power, And A Four Speed That Looks Wrong But Is Totally Right
When we get our time machine perfected, we’re planning on making a trip back to 1960 and if there was any question about what car we’d want to be driving, it has now been answered. This...
Australian Nationals Footage From Calder Park: V8s, Rotaries, And…Wait, Is That A Previa?!
Now that the Super Bowl is over for us here in the Northern Hemisphere, can we finally get to drag racing? Please? For most, the answer is still “no”…unless you live in a place...
Winternationals Video: This Footage From The 1970 AHRA Winternationals Is Simply Great
For many years, there was more than one Winternationals race to kick off a drag racing season. While the NHRA’s event at Pomona was always the better known of the two, the running of the AHRA...
How Does A Brit Enjoy A NASCAR Racer From Behind The Wheel? Check This Out!
Some automotive spectacles don’t exactly translate too well. Auto racing is formed by geographical features and culture. Take NASCAR, for example: geographically, we have plenty of open area...
Leno Gets A Real Historical Piece In The Garage – One Of The Three Lola Mk6’s!
Racing royalty isn’t a phrase that needs to be thrown around. There are important elements to racing, sure, and they are worthy of their own moment in the sun, but “royalty” should...
Perfection At Park Lane – This 1966 Mercury Droptop Blends Big Topless Cruiser With Just Enough Muscle!
So Lohnes has been gawking big drop-top cruisers lately. Can’t say I blame him any…I think we all are looking forward to Spring with a vengeance, but in his case I’m also willing to...
That’s A Wrap: Our Final Round Of Photos From The 2017 Grand National Roadster Show
You never thought it was going to end, did you? The seemingly relentless charge of photos from the 2017 Grand National Roadster day after day. We just about shot ’em all at the Pomona Fairplex...
Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best Method Of Messing With The People At The Parts Store?
Ok, it seems that our own Unknown Parts Counter Guy has become bored. That isn’t a good thing…when the guy with a bag on his head has grown weary of listening to the sounds of angry...
This 1994 Chevrolet Camaro Z28 Looks Ready To Rock Any Trackday!
When General Motors unveiled the 2002 GMPD Sunoco Heritage Camaro as part of the “final farewell” of the F-body, many a Camaro fanatic developed a small twitch in their eyelid. The 1967...
Watch Jason Rupert Lay Down Two Beautiful and Thundering Funny Car Passes – IHRA Record Breakers!
While the IHRA may not have a professional series in 2017 they sure did in 2016 and in the nitro funny car category Jason Rupert hammered all comers and took home the title. In this Les Mayhew video...
