Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: We Woke Up
Apr 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Friday Excuse to Go Home Early and Drink: We Woke Up
This week has sucked with such vastly epic proportions we can’t think about it for more than a few minutes at a time before blood starts shooting from our ears. Government controls on the auto...
SEMA Asks President Obama to Oppose Scrappage Programs
Apr 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA Asks President Obama to Oppose Scrappage Programs
SEMA has written a letter to President Obama urging him to oppose “cash for clunkers” programs on the grounds that other similar programs, most notably the model used in Germany, have not...
Tobey Maguire to Star in a Movie about Phil Hill
Apr 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Tobey Maguire to Star in a Movie about Phil Hill
Tobey Maguire is set to star in a movie version of an upcoming book called Limit by Michael Cannell that follows Phil Hill and Ferrari teammate Wolfgang Von Trips through the 1961 F1 season that...
First Ever 427 Cobra on eBay
Apr 03, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on First Ever 427 Cobra on eBay
The first Shelby Cobra equipped with a 427ci big-block Ford engine is officially for sale on eBay right now. There’s the highest ever “buy it now” price we’ve even seen, an...
Roadside Find: Chevy Truck Personality Test
Apr 02, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Roadside Find: Chevy Truck Personality Test
Here’s an awesome way to discern your automotive identity. Choose between these two totally bitchin’ Chevy trucks we found on the side of the road. You have option one, a gorgeous,...
German Shop Converts UPS Truck into a Hot Rod
Apr 02, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on German Shop Converts UPS Truck into a Hot Rod
We’ve got no idea why, but a German shop took a UPS truck, added a 425hp V8, lowered it, put good rubber under it, and let it rip on the track. It’s cool in our book because it sounds...
Gearhead Destination: The Maxton Monster Mile
Apr 02, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Gearhead Destination: The Maxton Monster Mile
This weekend marks the season opening event for the East Coast Timing Association and the first time in 2009 that the 1-mile, standing-start acceleration course at the old Laurinburg airport in North...
New Gallery: 50 Photos of Mopar B-Bodies
Apr 02, 2009Chad ReynoldsComments Off on New Gallery: 50 Photos of Mopar B-Bodies
OK, Mopar guys, here’s a new photo gallery loaded with a bunch of big B-bodies that we’ve seen over the past year or so at places like the Spring Fling (next one is coming soon!), the...
NASCAR: No More Teardowns at the Track
Apr 02, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on NASCAR: No More Teardowns at the Track
This is not an April Fool’s Day joke. NASCAR has changed its procedure regarding post-race engine teardowns. Typically the top two finishers had their motors torn down in tech and inspected for...
IHRA to Record the First-Ever ET Records for Top Sportsman and Top Dragster at Rockingham
Apr 02, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on IHRA to Record the First-Ever ET Records for Top Sportsman and Top Dragster at Rockingham
The IHRA has announced that, at the upcoming Spring Nationals to be held at Rockingham Dragway April 24-26, it would allow records to be established for elapsed time in both Top Dragster and Top...
NASCAR Shocker: Car of Tommorrow Gone at the End of 2010
Apr 01, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on NASCAR Shocker: Car of Tommorrow Gone at the End of 2010
NASCAR rocked the racing world today with the announcement that they would be scrapping the controversial “Car of Tomorrow” for Toyota 2JZ powered, late second generation Camaros and...
Site of the Week: BringaTrailer.com
Apr 01, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Site of the Week: BringaTrailer.com
Warning, this is not a dedicated muscle car site. You will see zero photos of dual-engine dragsters, Fuel Altereds, or anything with a Roots blower on it. However, if you are a fan of neat cars,...
Roadside Find: 1968 Mercury Convertible
Mar 31, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Roadside Find: 1968 Mercury Convertible
When this big, purple Mercury showed up on the side of the road for sale a couple weeks ago, we didn’t think much of it. Then it kind of struck us that had never laid eyes on a fullsize,...
Vintage race Car of the Week: The 1972 Olds Cutlass Banshee
Mar 31, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage race Car of the Week: The 1972 Olds Cutlass Banshee
Off-road racing back in the ‘60s and early ‘70s was filled with all kinds of wild and wacky machinery. One of the wildest pieces of iron to mix it up in the dirt was the Banshee, a...












