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Bonneville Video: An ESPN Produced Video on The Mike Cook Yearly Bonneville Shootout – Must Watch Stuff!
Nov 08, 2011Brian Lohnes2
Mike Cook’s yearly Bonneville Shootout normally brings out amazing performances from some of the fastest vehicles on Earth. This year it brought that and an awesome video, made by ESPN...
Neat Gallery: Touring a Little Texas Shop That is Full of Cool Junk
Nov 08, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Consider this gallery a little departure from our normal galleries of car shows, races, and tours of museums and professional shops. The Lee Hartung collection auction reminded us that there are...
Cruise Gallery: The Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Pearland, Texas
Nov 08, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on Cruise Gallery: The Bass Pro Shops Cruise – Pearland, Texas
While lots of the country is slipping into hot rodding dormancy mode at this time of the year, people in the great state of Texas are still rolling to shows in big numbers. Charles Wickam recently...
Bitchin Link: A Tour of the Race Shop of Don Garlits Circa 1971
Nov 08, 2011Brian Lohnes3
We’ve seen this link pop up in a couple places over the last few days and finally we’ve been able to highlight it here. This is a fantastic tour of Don Garlit’s racing operation in...
Cool or Not – You Decide: A Worked Over 1957 Ford Big Job Truck
Nov 08, 2011Brian Lohnes17
As Chad and I were cruising the 2011 SEMA show we zapped a bunch of photos of cars and trucks that left us wondering if the BangShift masses would dig or reject. So in that spirit we bring you the...
Epic Video: The Isle of Man TT Motorcycle Race at Full Speed
Nov 08, 2011Brian Lohnes3
Since 1907 motorcycles have come to the tiny Isle of Man to compete in one of the most prestigious races in the world. The Isle of Man TT is unique in the fact that while the vehicles and riders...
SEMA Gallery: A Quick Look At Mopar Crate Engines and Pro Stock Heads
Nov 07, 2011Brian LohnesComments Off on SEMA Gallery: A Quick Look At Mopar Crate Engines and Pro Stock Heads
After showing the massive Chevrolet engine display at SEMA 2011, we got some e-mails asking where the Chrysler stuff was. Well, here it is! The gallery is pretty small as the Mopar brand didn’t...
Awesome Gallery: The Lee Hartung Collection – An Amazing Collection Gone to Auction
Nov 07, 2011Brian Lohnes10
Last weekend the Lee Hartung collection was auctioned off. Unfortunately we were late on the trigger letting you know that, but luckily Bob Chiluk made it there before the auction and documented the...
Amazing Save Video: Vic Hernandez Keeps His Corvette off the Wall at the El Paso Motorplex
Nov 07, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Now that we are back from SEMA we can start wading through all the great tips we got while working in Las Vegas at the show. One of the best ones we got came from MSD’s Robert Martin who set us...
Gallery: Big Trucks and Other 4×4 Vehicles at SEMA 2011
Nov 07, 2011Brian Lohnes1
Acting under strict orders from Chad, I did not enter the four wheel drive and off road hall until Friday morning. When I did, I was greeted by an awesome array of trucks, Jeeps, and other vehicles....
SEMA 2011 – A Six Speed Dog Box Manual For Rear Wheel Drives From Quaife
Nov 07, 2011Brian Lohnes9
As Chad and I were cruising the 2011 SEMA show on Friday we happened upon a booth with a bad ass crash box for sale. Long known for their differentials and transmissions for foreign stuff, Quaife now...
Bastards: Kansas City International Raceway To Be Bought by City Government and Made Into a Park
Nov 07, 2011Brian Lohnes10
Kansas City International Raceway, which has been in operation since the late 1960s and formerly served as the home of the American Hot Rod Association appears to be dead, taken in a series of...
Breaking News: Danny Popp Wins 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Corvette – Insanely Tight Battle With Mark Stielow
Nov 06, 2011Brian Lohnes9
Noted racer Danny Popp has won the 2011 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational after a down to the wire battle with Mark Stielow. In a virtual dead heat on points after all the events were tallied,...
The Final RideTech Report of the Week From SEMA 2011
Nov 05, 2011Brian Lohnes1
As we post this, RideTech’s Brett Voelkel is tooling on the now infamous “48 Hour Camaro” at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Nevada. The competition is probably the...