The Beginning of The End: This Review Of The 1992 Buick Roadmaster Shows Us The Big Car In Its Final Form
Jun 02, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on The Beginning of The End: This Review Of The 1992 Buick Roadmaster Shows Us The Big Car In Its Final Form
The venerable GM B-Body platform that served the company so well from 1977 through 1996 would enter its last phase of design and development in the early 1990s. The box shapes of the 1980s were...
Nitro Time Machine: Richard Tharp and Shirley Muldowney Take Their Top Fuel Blood Feud To The 1983 Columbus Final
Jun 02, 2022Brian Lohnes1
In drag racing, as in life, we all have people that we just don’t like. Sometimes that dislike simmers below the surface but lots of times it doesn’t. There wasn’t a drag racing fan...
One Lung Heroes: Check Out This Video Featuring The Biggest and Baddest One Cylinder Engines in History
Jun 02, 2022Brian Lohnes1
When we think of engines, in the modern world single cylinder jobs are the ones we push around, carry around, or wear on our backs to do yard work, right? Well for a lot of internal combustion...
Rick Suchy – The Last Ride – In His 1957 Buick Caballero! Now This Is A Celebration Of Life…
Jun 01, 2022Chad Reynolds3
(Words and Video by Chad Ehrlich) Rick loved cars, street rods, muscle cars, classics, race cars, he’s had them all. From his bone stock 33 Chevy Coupe to his Supercharged Sand Car pumping out...
DYNO VIDEO: How Much Power Does BeerMoney Actually Make?!
Jun 01, 2022Chad ReynoldsComments Off on DYNO VIDEO: How Much Power Does BeerMoney Actually Make?!
People are always asking how quick and how fast Beer Money is, and then they ask how much power it makes. With all the No Time, No Prep racing that we’ve been doing with it, there isn’t...
Casey’s Customs 1965 Mustang Chassis Swap Continues! It Is Alive!!!
Jun 01, 2022Chad Reynolds1
It’s Part 3 of the 1965 Mustang chassis swap. Or is it a late model Mustang body swap? Regardless, this is the project you will laugh at and think is cool as hell if you like old and new...
Real Street Cars At Road America: Another Gallery From OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car At Road America
Jun 01, 2022Chad Reynolds2
Here is our second gallery from Road America, if you missed the first just click the link below! (Words by Jim McIlvaine) OPTIMA’s 2022 Search for the Ultimate Street Car, presented by Advance...
A Delicate Balance: Check Out This Trip To The Machine Shop And An In-Depth Look At How To Balance A Crank and Rotating Assembly
Jun 01, 2022Brian Lohnes1
Long before the internet, few hot rodders had any REAL idea what happened in the back of the machine shops they sent their parts to. Drop it off, come back a week later to get it, pay the man, and...
New Parts: New Pro-Fit TKX 5-Speed Systems For 1982 – 1992 F Body Camaro/Firebird
Jun 01, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on New Parts: New Pro-Fit TKX 5-Speed Systems For 1982 – 1992 F Body Camaro/Firebird
The 1982-1992 GM F-Body, better known by everyone as the “Third Gen” has finally arrived back on the scene. For many years these cars were kind of derided and scoffed at. A couple of...
Listen Up: The NHRA Insider Podcast New England Nationals Preview Show – Epping Is This Weekend!
Jun 01, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on Listen Up: The NHRA Insider Podcast New England Nationals Preview Show – Epping Is This Weekend!
Tony Pedregon and National Dragster’s Kevin McKenna join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider podcast. The trio look forward to this weekend’s running of the NHRA New...
A Much Needed Revamp: Lexus Freshens The RX Lineup From Top To Bottom – More Horsepower, Handling, Performance
Jun 01, 2022Brian LohnesComments Off on A Much Needed Revamp: Lexus Freshens The RX Lineup From Top To Bottom – More Horsepower, Handling, Performance
(By Tom Lohnes) – Since the mid 1990’s the Lexus RX has been a staple of the luxury crossover. With ample room, tons of modern features, and a solid, reliable, powertrain as standard, the RX...
A Return To Form: The MC20 Cielo Is A Beautiful, Fast, and Exclusive Maserati, The Way They Should All Be
Jun 01, 2022Brian Lohnes1
(By Tom Lohnes) – Believe it or not, it has nearly been 2 years since Maserati unveiled their MC20 supercar. Yep, time flies. Obviously, the pandemic affected a lot in the automotive industry,...
W Is For Win: Watch This Classic Chevy 409 Receive A Modernization Program From Keith Dorton
Jun 01, 2022Brian Lohnes4
When it comes to building awesome engines that are not cookie cutter, production line pieces, Keith Dorton and Automotive Specialists are the place to go. Why? Dorton and his son have accumulated...
Friday Night Thunder At The Somernites Cruise – Finally, A Reason To Go To The Mall!
Jun 01, 2022Bryan McTaggart1
It is approximately 130 miles between BangShift Mid-West and Somerset, Kentucky. I’ve taken two cars to Somerset for the Somernites Cruise in the past: the Angry Grandpa Chrysler, which had...












