Bonneville Thursday Update: Salty Italians, Thrashing for a Legend, Sub-Speed Limit LSR Racing and now more photos.
Aug 18, 2011Chad Reynolds5
The So-Al Special Two Banger set a record this morning at 32.419 mph which is “Blazingly slow” according to Freiburger. His best comment was when reciting the end of the run and...
One of the Greatest Wreck Videos Ever: 12-Minutes of Urban Hillbilly Drag Race Wreckage
Aug 18, 2011Brian Lohnes3
Sean Melton and his crew at Urban Hillbilly Videos were really trailblazers in door car drag racing video coverage. They were there “before it was cool” and have been pumping out awesome...
We’ll Be There: The 63rd Annual Rough and Tumble Thresherman’s Reunion – Kinzers, PA – This Weekend!
Aug 18, 2011Brian Lohnes7
This weekend, we’ll be attending the 63rd annual Rough and Tumble Thresherman’s Reunion in Kinzers, Pennsylvania. This event is a celebration of ancient steam traction engines, equipment,...
Thursday Bonneville Video Bonanza: More Great Footage From the Salt
Aug 18, 2011Brian Lohnes1
We could sit and watch cars launch off and power down the short and long courses at Bonneville all day long. Luckily for us, there are lots of fans and racers out there now carrying video cameras...
Quick Gallery: Pit Shots From the SOVREN Northwest Historics
Aug 18, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Quick Gallery: Pit Shots From the SOVREN Northwest Historics
A while back we brought you a series of galleries from the SOVREN Northwest Historic road races at Pacific Raceways in Washington state. The event had a ton of different categories that ranged from...
Huge Drag Gallery: The United Black Drag Racers Association – Black Sunday Event – Byron Dragway
Aug 18, 2011Brian Lohnes5
The United Black Drag Racers Association has been unofficially around since the 1980s but officially since 1994 when they organized themselves formally. Originally born in the greater St. Louis area,...
Car Show Gallery: 2011 Goodguys Chicagoland Nationals
Aug 17, 2011Brian Lohnes2
We’re totally pounding you with galleries today, but we suspect that isn’t much of a problem. After all, it is hump day and work sucks, so what better way to kill a day is there than...
Wednesday Bonneville Video Bonanza: More Cool Video From Speed Week 2011!
Aug 17, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Wednesday Bonneville Video Bonanza: More Cool Video From Speed Week 2011!
Yesterday we brought you the freshest video we could find from Bonneville Speed Week 2011. Today, we’re back with the same thing because the sweet video footage keeps rolling in from the...
Swap Meet Gallery: The August 2011 Pomona Swap Meet – Cars Galore!
Aug 17, 2011Brian Lohnes2
George Cross and Sons have been putting on the Pomona Swap Meet for decades. Their radio ads say they are, “The Southern California Original”. The swap meet’s size and reach are...
Update: The Hot Rod Magazine Special Camaro With a Supercharged Two Cylinder Big Block Chevy Runs 32.414 MPH – Qualifies for Record
Aug 17, 2011Brian Lohnes12
Well this is oddly cool! When Keith Turk and Hot Rod Magazine’s David Freiburger fragged the 1100hp blown big block Chevy in their Camaro at Bonneville, all hope seemed lost for the week. The...
Goodguys Ohio Nationals Bonus Gallery: Shots from the Show and the Autocross!
Aug 17, 2011Brian Lohnes2
While Chad was screaming into the mic as the announcer of the autocross at the Goodguys Ohio Nationals, countless hot rodders thrashed on their junk with varying levels of success between the cones....
BangShift Tech: How to Repair the Kickdown Switch in a Turbo 400 Transmission
Aug 17, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Nearly every automatic transmission has some kind of kick down apparatus and they are all different. TH350s use a cable connected to the carb linkage, 700R4’s use TV cable, Ford...
Update: 2011 Bonneville Galleries, the Tuesday Two Banger, and Jimmy Shine
Aug 17, 2011Brian Lohnes5
Chad hit the salt running on Monday zapping photos and glad handing with hot rodders and gearheads he’d not seen since least year’s running of Speed Week. Tuesday he helped make a 2...
Bad Ass Chevelle Sleeper For Sale: Buy a 10-Second Car That Looks Like a Barge!
Aug 16, 2011Brian Lohnes10
A couple years back, a sleepy, twin-turbo 1970 Chevelle started making the rounds on the internet. The car is truly one of the coolest Q-ships we have ever seen. It sports a twin turbo LQ9...












