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!
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
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
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
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!
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
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
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
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...
Trick New In-Tank Fuel System from Aeromotive
We’re not sure but we don’t think that Steve Matusek and the staff at Aeromotive sleep much. It seems every time we turn around those guys are announcing innovative new products. Well,...
The Zany Thunder Flite
If you browsed my most recent El Mirage gallery you had to have noticed photos of this wild custom ’62 Thunderbird. The Rocket Birds are kind of an acquired taste, and I happen to dig them to...
Legends of Riverside Event Coming in March
We just got word of a tribute to SoCal’s awesome yet defunct Riverside International Raceway. Check it out: Riverside, Calif. – – Whether you attended every event that was...
Cool Old Photos: Road Runner New in ’69
We love cool old photos of gearhead stuff and we’re also enamored of our pal Drag Racing Hall of Famer Dave Wallace, so imagine how stoked we were to intercept a recent email that included not...
Comp Cams for 3-Valve Fords
Comp Cams has announced a new more aggressive line of cams for Ford 4.6L and 5.4L three-valve engines. The XFI VSR (Valve Springs Required) cams represent a stout step up from the NSR (No Springs...
