NHRA Insider Podcast: Going Mental – Lohnes Talks To Erica Enders and Shawn Langdon About Winning The US Nationals
Erica Enders and Shawn Langdon join host Brian Lohnes on this episode of the NHRA Insider Podcast. These are two of the most mentally tuned-in drivers in the game and to hear them walk through their...
When Mercury Was A Going Concern: This 1986 Laser Disc Preview Of Mercury’s Performance Cars Is Cool
Back when the Mercury division of Ford was a happening thing, they were all about getting on the performance bandwagon like the rest of the world was. Of course they, like the divisions of GM were...
Classic YouTube: This Hummer Look-Alike Goes For A Completely Underwater Cruise
We’ve seen videos of Army trucks driving while submerged before. One of the most memorable stories I’ve ever read here was showed a troop carrier several feet underwater, cruising around...
Throwback Thurdsay: Finnegan Looks Back On Drag Week ’19 As He Gears Up For RMRW 2.0!
The bag is getting packed, the gear is being checked, and the hotels have been booked. By the time you are reading this, I’ll be finishing up my last couple of things before I hit the road for...
Money No Object: Cossie-Cat! This Prototype 1980 Mercury Capri Has The Bad Little Four Inside!
When the 1979 Ford Mustang and Mercury Capri were introduced, Ford was quietly trying to push the Windsor V8 out of the picture. It had been a thing for a few years, starting in 1974 when the Mustang...
Gullet-Cam: Here’s What Goes On Inside The Intake Of A Turbo Supra!
The exciting parts of auto shop class in high school was any time you were hands-on with a car, right? You had the tools out, you had the test light out, and you were doing your best to figure out...
Unhinged: The Story Of N601BN, Braniff International’s “Big Orange” Boeing 747
Come Tuesday, there will no longer be any U.S. based airliner service that utilizes what is arguably the most instantly recognizable airliner ever made, the Boeing 747. Since it’s rollout in...
Turn-Key Speed: This Blown, Virtually New Slingshot Dragster Comes Ready To Run And With Spares
This is the craziest deal we may have ever seen on eBay and we have seen a few. We found a virtually new slingshot dragster with 21 runs on it, packing a billet TFX block, 6-71, blown hemi with all...
Porsche’s Punchy Panamera Packs Prodigious Power, Pretty Prolific Price Tag
(By Tom Lohnes) – The new Porsche Panamera is out, and it packs a punch along with a steep price tag. Starting at just over $100,000, the new Panamera is meant to compete with other high-model...
New Product: RideTech Introduces New Subframe Connectors For First-Generation Camaro/Firebird – Innovation In Action!
Great companies innovate, right? That’s been the hallmark of RideTech since the earliest days of its existence and the company continues to do it today. The proof is in the fact that these guys...
Langdon, Beckman, Enders, and Pollacheck Win 2020 NHRA US Nationals – Watch Them Do It Here
Boy, it was some kind of race day on Sunday at the US Nationals. Everyone was wondering if it would feel like the US Nationals, if it would have that intensity and that craziness. Well, it did. You...
Calculated Risk Or The Luckiest Trucker In America? Watch This Rig Plow Through Water Up To Its Windshield!
I’ll admit it. Back when I made my living as a CDL driver, I was kind of a wuss. There were guys who had no trouble bombing down icy hills or through unplowed roads with their trucks. Guys that...
Morning Symphony: Who Would Be The First To Hop On This V-Twin Racing Lawnmower?
I can’t lie…the lawn mower I use to hack down the grass around BangShift Mid-West is not fast. Not in the least. But that doesn’t stop me from whipping around from one edge of the...
Where It Ended: The Final Days Of The Chrysler Turbine Program
The Chrysler Turbine Car program is best remembered for the unique 1962-1964 two-door sedans that were tested by the public. But there is much more to the story. The start of the turbine car program...
