Event Gallery: The 2010 Hotrod Hoedown
Sep 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Gallery: The 2010 Hotrod Hoedown
The 2010 Hot Rod Hoedown held at the Simeone Auto Museum in Philadelphia, Pensylvania was a smashing success. The show is targeted toward cars 1975 and older and due to their loose security measures,...
Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 Coverage: Presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive
Sep 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Hot Rod Drag Week 2010 Coverage: Presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive
The most grueling test of man and hot rod the world has ever known, Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive is back for 2010 and we’re there to bring you all the...
Crunch Video: A Hot Rod Pile-up
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Crunch Video: A Hot Rod Pile-up
Hot rods that get driven occasionally get crashed. This is a sad but unavoidable fact. We’ve all seen a guy who got a little nuts with his car on the street and hit a tree or pole. One thing...
NASCAR Hall of Fame Attendance Numbers Well Below Predictions
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on NASCAR Hall of Fame Attendance Numbers Well Below Predictions
Inflated attendance expectations are coming back to haunt the NASCAR hall of fame which has not drawn people at near the expected rate, according to a Times-Dispatch story. As it turns out, the blame...
Cool Tech Video: Ditch your Valve Springs!
Sep 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Tech Video: Ditch your Valve Springs!
We were tipped off to this neat video featuring a system that replaces the conventional valve springs found in a push rod engine with a cool mechanical setup. Maybe we’re living under a rock,...
Auto Trader Classic Find: A Pro Street 1955 Ford F100 We’re on the Fence About
Sep 13, 2010Brian Lohnes1
Last week, we found a Pro Street 1964 Pontiac GTO that was just totally bad ass. That car was perfect on just about every level. This week, we found another Pro Street machine, this a 1955 Ford F100...
The Parting Shift Re-Run: Larry Larson’s Six-Second Vegas Blast
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift Re-Run: Larry Larson’s Six-Second Vegas Blast
The next time you hear from us, we’ll likely be spouting about Hot Rod Drag Week, and there is an excellent chance Larry Larson’s name will be involved. The whole world expects the first...
Site of the Week: Cruisin’ Caskets
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Site of the Week: Cruisin’ Caskets
One of the sad realities of life is that everyone eventually dies. Despite the fact that you are really pretty out of it when dead, people like to get creative with the vessel that they will be...
Awesome Video: Dennis Anderson’s New King Sling Mud Bog Racer
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Awesome Video: Dennis Anderson’s New King Sling Mud Bog Racer
Dennis Anderson is the man who made the Grave Digger monster truck famous and who signed on the dotted line when Clear Channel (who owned the Monster Jam series) wanted to buy the commercial rights...
Retro-Galleries: Thursday and Friday on Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Retro-Galleries: Thursday and Friday on Hot Rod Drag Week 2009
By the time that Thursday and Friday roll around on Hot Rod Drag Week, knuckles are bloody, sleep has long since stopped being part of the equation, and the brotherhood and camaraderie that...
Be There: Hang Out With Rally Hero Bill Caswell This Weekend in Chicago
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Be There: Hang Out With Rally Hero Bill Caswell This Weekend in Chicago
Pal o’ BangShift, Bill Caswell is appearing this weekend at the Craftsman Experience, a cool interactive place that Craftsman uses to showcase products and host cool events like this...
eBay Find: A Neato Pro Street 1964 GTO
Sep 10, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on eBay Find: A Neato Pro Street 1964 GTO
With Hot Rod Drag Week looming in just a couple of days, we went and searched for something fun to take on the trip. We dug up a coolio 1964 Pontiac GTO that has been given the full Pro Street...
Punisher Comic Issue ‘Hot Rods of Death’ To Hit Stands Soon
Sep 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Punisher Comic Issue ‘Hot Rods of Death’ To Hit Stands Soon
You’ll not be shocked to learn that we were comic book readers back in the day. Our primary character of choice was The Punisher. Why? He’s the ultimate example of the bad “good...
Wild Video: Dude Swallowed by Alky Funny Car
Sep 09, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Wild Video: Dude Swallowed by Alky Funny Car
The luckiest dude in America is the guy who is standing in front of this Alky Funny Car when the car shoots forward and swallows him up inside the body. It appears to us that the driver was whacking...












