Event Coverage: Goodguys Orange County Get-Together 2010
May 17, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: Goodguys Orange County Get-Together 2010
Apparently the 2010 Goodguys Orange County (California) Get-Together was a huge deal. Our intrepid Chad Reynolds was manning the mic at the Ridetech Street Challenge Autocross all weekend, plus he...
Barnstormin’: Fixing My Synapse Firing Order
May 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Barnstormin’: Fixing My Synapse Firing Order
Every few weeks my mental notebook fills up and anyone dumb enough to hit the link and read my column is forced into a scary walk through the strange place that is my brain. Fact is, when I’m...
Event Coverage: The 2010 Edelbrock Revved Up for Kids Car Show
May 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Event Coverage: The 2010 Edelbrock Revved Up for Kids Car Show
The 2010 Edelbrock Revved up for Kids charity car show was a smashing success. Held in late April under a warmly shining West Coast sun, the turnout was huge. Everything from race cars to trad rods...
Vintage Racing Video: The Beginnings of British Rallycross
May 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Racing Video: The Beginnings of British Rallycross
Back in 1967-1968, when the Trans-Am series was really starting to come into its own here in the USA, there was an equally as interesting story brewing over in England. Called Rallycross, it was a...
Epic Thread: Photos From the Tour of an Incredible Private Car Collection
May 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Epic Thread: Photos From the Tour of an Incredible Private Car Collection
Getting the chance to see someone’s personal car collection is a pretty neat thing. It’s like being able to sneak a peak behind the curtain and gain access to something that is hidden to...
Crazy Carnage Video: A European Wheelstander Eats Concrete and Flips
May 14, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Carnage Video: A European Wheelstander Eats Concrete and Flips
We’re going to get Friday off to a smashing start, literally. One of our European forum members tipped us off to video clips of a wheel-stander, The Little Green Wagon, drilling the guardrail...
Survey Says: Ford Owners Love EcoBoost Engines
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Survey Says: Ford Owners Love EcoBoost Engines
Ford recently released the results of a survey conducted among owners of EcoBoost powered models. The results were overwhelmingly positive, and seem to be validating Ford’s decision to champion...
Mother Lode: Huge Collection of Vintage Drag Racing Photos
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Mother Lode: Huge Collection of Vintage Drag Racing Photos
You’ll wear out your eyeballs and fall face first onto your keyboard before you get through looking at the massive collection of vintage drag racing photos we’re going to link you to....
Video: The 2010 Hunnert Car Shootout in Moving Pictures
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: The 2010 Hunnert Car Shootout in Moving Pictures
Earlier this week we brought you Greg Rourke’s awesome coverage of the 2010 Hunnert Car Shootout, a drag racing featuring old timey race cars and traditional hot rods. We were tipped off by ARS...
Remembering Adam Petty 10 Years Later
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Remembering Adam Petty 10 Years Later
When Adam Petty was killed in a racing accident at New Hampshire International Speedway ten years ago, NASCAR lost one of their brightest rising prospective super star drivers. Kyle Petty and his...
Mopar Hemi Challenge Series is Back for 2010
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Mopar Hemi Challenge Series is Back for 2010
File this under great news. Mopar has re-upped its agreement with NHRA to back the Mopar Challenge Race Series, a three event battle that pits the hairiest Super Stockers in the land against each...
Dyno Video: A Cross-Rammed Chevy 302 Singing on the Pump
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: A Cross-Rammed Chevy 302 Singing on the Pump
After fantasizing about owning Dave Strickler’s Camaro, we went hunting around the web to find some beautiful music being made by one of the little 302s that Strickler abused. We found a kick...
Historic Dave Strickler Old Reliable Camaro on eBay
May 13, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Historic Dave Strickler Old Reliable Camaro on eBay
When the book of awesome Camaros is written (and it will be thick) this particular car will be ranked among the best ever. Expertly driven by Dave Strickler and wrenched on by Bill Jenkins, it was a...
Killer Vintage Drag Video: Original Footage of Classic Wheel-Standers In Action
May 12, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Vintage Drag Video: Original Footage of Classic Wheel-Standers In Action
Confession time. We freaking love wheel-standers. Many hardcore drag race guys like to talk smack about jet cars and wheel-standers as being circus acts or somehow inferior to “real” race...












