Vintage Racer of the Week: Briggs Cunningham’s Le Monstre
Nov 25, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Racer of the Week: Briggs Cunningham’s Le Monstre
For this first installment of the Vintage Race Car of the week we wanted to show you something you may have never seen or heard about before. First off, this thing is actually a ’50 Cadillac....
ZEX Nitrous for New Challengers
Nov 25, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on ZEX Nitrous for New Challengers
Someone chucked a brick through our window with a press release banded to it announcing that ZEX is the first to market with a nitrous system tailored to the new Dodge Challengers. Designed as a...
New Gallery: 25 Paint Ideas
Nov 25, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Gallery: 25 Paint Ideas
As a guy who can’t own a shiny car, it’s a little surprising that I snap photos of paint ideas everywhere I go. It’s the editor in me, wanting to share all these car-related...
Video Review: Lions, The Greatest Drag Strip
Nov 25, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Review: Lions, The Greatest Drag Strip
The third and final installment of Don Gillespie’s highly acclaimed video series, “Lions: The Greatest Dragstrip” is out and available for purchase and is a must-have for any...
Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: Skyin’ the Poncho
Nov 25, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Freiburger’s Pic of the Week: Skyin’ the Poncho
I’ve been photographing all sorts of automotive adventures for many years, so I decided it would be cool to share some of my unseen photos in a new regular feature on FreiburgersJunkyard.com...
Barnstormin’: Why the Nurburgring Kinda Sucks
Nov 25, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: Why the Nurburgring Kinda Sucks
One of the things we decided to do at FreiburgersJunkyard.com is to have regular opinion columns in the blog. It looks like I get to go first. I’m Brian Lohnes, and my column is called...
Bubble-Roof Counter Attack!
Nov 24, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Bubble-Roof Counter Attack!
Sure, Freibuger posted photos of the zooty Thunder Flite and its all well crafted and engineered and all. There’s a problem though. We’re not the well crafted, well engineered types. He...
New Project Car Page: Freiburger’s Jeep
Nov 24, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Project Car Page: Freiburger’s Jeep
In case you haven’t checked it out yet, go have a look at the portion of the site where we keep track of most of our current project cars. You can go to the full list of project cars, or you...
Ex-NHRA Pro Stock Racer Scribner Held in California Shooting Death
Nov 24, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Ex-NHRA Pro Stock Racer Scribner Held in California Shooting Death
Harry Scribner, a near 30-year competitor in the ranks for NHRA Pro Stock, has been arrested and is being held in the Ventura County Jail after a shooting at his home in Simi Valley, California....
Newest Mopar A-Body Repo Parts
Nov 24, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Newest Mopar A-Body Repo Parts
Cruising over at Moparts.com, we were thrilled to see two new parts available for ’70-up Mopar A-bodies: base plastic steering wheels, woodgrain wheels, and dash pads. Those items didn’t...
Why Drag Boats Are Scary…With Ultimate Photos!
Nov 24, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Why Drag Boats Are Scary…With Ultimate Photos!
You may have seen the video that has been circulating through the news media showing the massive wreck at the drag boat finals in Arizona last weekend. In short, James Ray, the driver of a Top Fuel...
Bonus Monday Time-Killer! SPEED Performance Awards: Fan Voting Ends Today
Nov 24, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Bonus Monday Time-Killer! SPEED Performance Awards: Fan Voting Ends Today
SPEED TV’s Performance Awards are kind of like Oscars for racing. They have several categories in which fan votes determine the winners. Stuff like best wreck, biggest upset, and biggest...
Monday Time Killer: The Greatest Vintage Drags Thread Ever
Nov 24, 2008Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Monday Time Killer: The Greatest Vintage Drags Thread Ever
Monday Time Killer will be a regular feature on FreiburgersJunkyard.com and will bring you an online method for blowing off at least a couple hours of work every Monday morning without your boss ever...
Miller Cup Expands to 10 Races Next Season
Nov 23, 2008Brian LohnesComments Off on Miller Cup Expands to 10 Races Next Season
We were wondering what was going to become of the Miller Cup Mustang Challenge series, the road-racing circuit for the factory built Ford Mustang FR500S. Our lucky pal Rob Kinnan from Hot Rod...