Gearhead Destination: The Blue Ridge Parkway
Mar 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Gearhead Destination: The Blue Ridge Parkway
A while back we told you to go check out the Tail of the Dragon, an amazing stretch of road that will test your nerve and your ability to toss your junk through the corners. Today we’re sending...
Comp Cams Acquires Quarter Master Clutches
Mar 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Comp Cams Acquires Quarter Master Clutches
Comp Cams continues to build a portfolio of strong brands with the addition of Quarter Master Industries to its corporate docket. Quarter Master builds high-performance clutches and driveline parts...
Nostalgia Fuel Funny Cars will Assault the East Coast this Summer!
Mar 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Nostalgia Fuel Funny Cars will Assault the East Coast this Summer!
This announcement really kicks some ass for us East Coasters. For too long, the West Coast guys have had a hammerlock on the nostalgia nitro Funny Car craze. Now we’re getting our dose of the...
Video of the Week: Trans-Am 1969
Mar 26, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Video of the Week: Trans-Am 1969
This right here is more than five minutes of video zen of SCCA Trans-Am racing in 1969. It seems to be a portion of a longer video and it has all the feeling of some type of promo. We dig the natural...
F1 Pay Cut: Send Fernando Alonso a Few Bucks
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on F1 Pay Cut: Send Fernando Alonso a Few Bucks
Brother, can you spare a dime for team Renault F1 driver Fernando Alonso? His pay was cut by 33% recently and instead of making a modest $17.5 million dollars a year, he will be forced to scrape by...
Cool Video: King of the Hammers
Mar 25, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Cool Video: King of the Hammers
Three weeks ago our friend Fred Williams at 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine told us that he was going to compete in King of the Hammers, a rockcrawling off-road race held in Johnson Valley,...
Lohnes Pic of the Week: Dude, Your ‘Chute is Hanging Out
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Lohnes Pic of the Week: Dude, Your ‘Chute is Hanging Out
One of the more embarrassing things that can happen to the pilot of a high-powered drag car is premature parachute ejection. If the condition persists for more than four hours consult a crew chief....
BangShift Chad Will Be On Site at Goodguys Pleasanton and Del Mar
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on BangShift Chad Will Be On Site at Goodguys Pleasanton and Del Mar
The real old Barris Batmobile is going to be on display at the Goodguys All-American Get-Together in Pleasanton, California, this weekend. They obviously didn’t know that our own BangShift Chad...
Site of the Week: Internet Car Movie Database
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Site of the Week: Internet Car Movie Database
Most people know about the Internet Movie Database. It’s a massive site that has info on just about every movie and television show ever made. A lot of people though, have no idea that there is...
Yates No. 28 Travis Kvapil NASCAR Team Shuts Down
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Yates No. 28 Travis Kvapil NASCAR Team Shuts Down
Don’t go looking for the number 28 on the track this weekend. ESPN and NASCAR.com are reporting that Yates Racing has suspended all operations of the team and sent most of the crew people to...
Milan Dragway Dropped by IHRA, Now Sanctioned by NHRA
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Milan Dragway Dropped by IHRA, Now Sanctioned by NHRA
Milan Dragway, which was jettisoned last week by the IHRA for as yet undisclosed reasons, has signed a sanctioning agreement with the NHRA and will now abide by its rules and regulations. If you are...
Scorpion Performance May Buy Crane Cams
Mar 25, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Scorpion Performance May Buy Crane Cams
Thanks to BigBlockRanger on our message boards, it’s been brought to our attention that News-JournalOnline.com is reporting that Scorpion Performance is negotiating to buy the remnants of Crane...
Check It Out: ClunkBucket.com
Mar 24, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Check It Out: ClunkBucket.com
Mike Bumbeck is our friend. More importantly though, Mike Bumbeck is a crazy person with a new website we want you to check out. Bumbeck is a talented writer, lover of the nostalgia drags, freelancer...
Book Review: John Force: The Straight Story of Drag Racing’s 300-MPH Superstar
Mar 24, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Book Review: John Force: The Straight Story of Drag Racing’s 300-MPH Superstar
When we first cracked the cover of this book, John Force: The Straight Story of Drag Racing’s 300-mph Superstar by Erik Arneson, we admittedly had low expectations because frankly, John Force...












