# ![@brianlohnes3079 Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:youtube::UCutPToMXom98HDP1t0OOQtg.png) @brianlohnes3079 Brian Lohnes

Brian Lohnes posts on YouTube about history, hot, ford, funny the most. They currently have [------] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [------] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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### Social Influence

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[automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands)  32.91% [countries](/list/countries)  7.59% [stocks](/list/stocks)  5.06% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  5.06% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  3.8% [finance](/list/finance)  3.8% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  2.53% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  2.53% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  1.27% [musicians](/list/musicians)  1.27%

**Social topic influence**
[history](/topic/history) 65.82%, [hot](/topic/hot) 13.92%, [ford](/topic/ford) 12.66%, [funny](/topic/funny) 10.13%, [in the](/topic/in-the) 7.59%, [nascar](/topic/nascar) 7.59%, [super](/topic/super) 6.33%, [bob](/topic/bob) 5.06%, [war](/topic/war) 5.06%, [oldsmobile](/topic/oldsmobile) 5.06%

**Top assets mentioned**
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### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"The Engine That Refused To Die: An Offenhauser History Download the FREE Upside App at https://upside.app.link/brianlohnes to get an extra [--] cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas. The Offenhauser four cylinder engine is one of the most incredible power plants in the history of American motorsports. It's basic design was conceived as a boat engine in the 1920s making about 125hp. By the time it was all said and done Offy engines raced into the 1980s and were making [--] times the power they were at first. The story of the Offy is so amazing because of the cast of characters"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=cHMzHDdGmik)  2025-06-07T12:18Z 83.6K followers, 379.7K engagements


"Drag Strip Frankensteins: The Insane Cars of 1960s Modified Sports Production Drag Racing It was called Modified Sports Production and it was a class of drag racing with about a [--] year run. Created in the late 1950s to make a place for engine swapped sports cars it morphed into the greatest collection of odd wonderful insanely fast and bizarre looking cars in the sport. Tiny sports cars with giant blown engines one-off bodies hand made chassis and more. This was a dream class for the creative hot rodder and it drew fresh ideas home fabrication and the incredible mash up of exotic looks with"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3dtmene5HT0)  2026-02-06T16:16Z 83.6K followers, 53.3K engagements


"Hemi At The Bottom: The Chrysler Dream Car That Sunk In The Andrea Doria It was late [----] and craftsmen in Turin were thrashing to complete the latest mosrt beautiful and most complex project they had ever done for Chrysler. It was a concept car called The Norseman and it was both an exceptional design and a near impossible build. After missing its first shipping date the job was finished a month later and the car ewas hurriedly placed on the Italian luxury liner Andrea Doria one of the best known ships in the world for its trip to New York City. No one outside of the factory in Turin that"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=5xNMb80QgLQ)  2025-12-08T11:55Z 83.6K followers, 46.8K engagements


"Failure: Five Of The Worst Flops In Drag Racing History This is a video about failure featuring five of the most notable flops in drag racing's golden age of the 1960s and 1970s. Ideas and experimentation were rampant at this time and while some worked the majority of them did not. Here we look at the infamous Syndicate twin engine front motor top fuel car the short and forgettable career of the Ford Super Mustang Connie Kalitta's infamous ride in a wedge style top fuel car at Indy in [----] the flying Hemi-Cuda of Tom McEwen and the all time wildest drag racing failure the [----] Vega funny car"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=DSUs_OrlZ4A)  2024-02-24T23:26Z 83.6K followers, 686.5K engagements


"Heavyweight Air Racer: The Incredible Story of Super Snoopy The DC-7 That Beat Warbirds Yes that is a DC-7 racing a top fuel dragster. But what if I told you that wasn't event the coolest thing it ever did. The plane was known as Super Snoopy and it was raced at one of the most awesome air races in the history of the sport the [----] California [----]. The massive former airliner was competing against hot rodded WWII fighter planes capable of going 100+ mph faster turning in half the distance and theoretically blowing it into the weeds. But Super Snoopy had an ace in the hole. Huge fuel capacity"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LE7JUg7P0Jc)  2026-01-07T19:12Z 83.6K followers, 148.3K engagements


"20 UNBELIEVABLE and Real Photos From Gearhead History Explained In this video we're diving into the history of awesome gearhead stuff through [--] photos of iconic machines moments and disciplines. From bizarre racing machines that skirted the rule book to military trucks and armor in strange places to carnage and wreckage supreme it's all here. You've likely seen many of the photos in this video on the internet somewhere but largely they get posted with no context or explanation as to what they actually represent. That changes now. You'll leave this video with the history and the real story of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=eSHQzDCMaS0)  2025-02-04T12:33Z 83.6K followers, 71.2K engagements


"Fastest Car In The World: The [----] Stanley Steamer Rocket - A Canoe Bodied Record Smasher Download the FREE Upside App at https://upside.app.link/brianlohnes to get an extra [--] cents back for every gallon on your first tank of gas. This is the story of the fastest car in the world in [----]. The first car to exceed 120mph and a machine that destroyed the most decorated field of automotive competition ever assembled to that point in history.and it ran on steam. The accomplishments of this short lived racing marvel are huge in the history of the automobile. The speed record it set stood as the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=exfvDiTJoL4)  2025-04-18T22:27Z 83.6K followers, 228.5K engagements


"A Roaring Mouse: The 500cc V8 Moto Guzzi Story Yes you read that right a 500cc V8. Built in the 1950s to be a super weapon in motorcycle grand prix racing the elegant and amazingly powerful engine was star-crossed from the beginning. Loads of horsepower in a tricky chassis on hard tiny tires it took out riders as quickly as it took out parts. The engine is a masterpiece of brilliant engineering and miniature construction. It had a few shining moments and propelled motorcycles in the 1950s to speeds that would not be achieved again until nearly into the 1980s. The technical specs racing"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lTfH6ahsMxg)  2024-12-16T17:33Z 83.6K followers, 118.3K engagements


"Revealed: The True Story Behind [--] Iconic Gearhead Photos You May Not Know There's nothing like running across an amazing gearhead photo on the internet right. Something that stops you in your tracks makes you share with friends and has you gawking for minutes. But there's a problem. Lots of times there's no context with the images. Who are the people involved When did it happen What actually happened In this video we're looking at [--] of the most iconic gearhead racing or historically awesome mechanical images on the internet and giving you the story behind the story. The simple who what when"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lx4fwVeuQ_o)  2025-01-30T11:23Z 83.6K followers, 188.8K engagements


"Coventry Climax: The Forklift Company That Dominated F1 - A History Happy Independence Day Sale Up to 65% OFF You also have the chance to win free orders.Use my exclusive code ''YTE7P50'' to get EXTRA $50 off on the E7 Pro standing desk. FlexiSpot E7 Pro standing desk:https://bit.ly/4lisQZq (US) https://bit.ly/44hAtZq (CAN) https://bit.ly/44qggBM This is the story of a company that is one of the most incredible in auto racing history. An operation known for making small engines for fire pumps for manufacturing forklifts and for creating marine diesel engines would become the most dominating"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mWVQL-02hoI)  2025-06-24T17:17Z 83.6K followers, 313.7K engagements


"Oil Burners: The Improbably Awesome History of Cummins At The Indy [---] Thanks to our sponsor DeleteMe Get 20% off by going to https://joindeleteme.com/BrianLohnes and use code BrianLohnes to protect your privacy Cummins diesel engines are an American institution. They've been one of the most massive manufacturers of diesel engines in the United States for more than [---] year now but did you that they have an incredible history in racing tied to the Indy [---]. From 1931-1952 Cummins ran five different cars with five different engines at the [---] and all of them are amazing. Cummins is credited"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ribAa_2YjWE)  2026-02-12T15:24Z 83.6K followers, [----] engagements


"A Phony a Giant and Peanuts: The Story of Three Insane 1960s California Funny Cars When it comes to an era that knew no bounds for creativity and experimentation the 1960s were it in the sport of drag racing. The most awesome venue for people to get weird in was the funny car category. With no unifying rules no real road map to success and only the need to stand out from the crowd to get match race bookings people did crazy things. This video explores the short and really fun history of three weirdly awesome California funny cars that all existed in the [----] time frame. Peanuts the monster"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=0elwDUylXdM)  2024-12-10T04:07Z 83.6K followers, 79.1K engagements


"Slicks: The Sticky History of the World's Fastest Racing Tires The story of drag racing is typically seen as one defined by insane horsepower. The super fuels the massive blowers the acceleration that is unmatched by any wheel driven vehicle on Earth. But that actually isn't the root of the story. The real foundation of it all Traction. And where did that come from It came from tire shops at first. Taking old passenger car tires and gluing more rubber on them than they were ever supposed to hold. Next it came from a genius of a man from a small town in Massacusetts who quite literally"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2az14mK3Ra4)  2026-01-16T12:00Z 83.6K followers, 86.8K engagements


"Battery Ram: The Autolite Lead Wedge - A High Voltage History What if some of the nation's greatest hot rodders were given the job of creating a promotional vehicle to sell car batteries in [----] What would they do What would they design Who would be involved Well as it turns out this actually happened and the result was one of the most unique and largely forgotten projects of the Ford Total Performance Era. It was called the Lead Wedge and this is its history. A team lead by the legendary Danny Eames of Autolite tapped people like Larry Shinoda Jerry Kugel Jerry Eisert and more to build the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3MTwoghXmH0)  2025-07-31T22:59Z 83.6K followers, 65.7K engagements


"Turbonique: The Raw Dirty Total History - Fame Infamy and All Thanks to NordVPN for sponsoring this video. Use this link for an exclusive offer that extends your subscription and is risk free with a [--] day money back guarantee - https://nordvpn.com/BrianLohnes The story of Turbonique is often told in bits and pieces. It's told in flashes and bangs but it is never told in full. Not the story of the man who founded the enterprise and ran it the story of the entire product line it made and the story of the failed enterprises that led Gene Middlebrooks to his place in hot rodding infamy."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=7aQlbqG3ZB8)  2024-12-03T19:29Z 83.6K followers, 106.6K engagements


"War For The Woods: The New England Timber Salvage Administration and The Disaster Loggers of [----] When the Hurricane of [----] struck New England it was a disaster of proportions unknown to the region at that point. No storm in modern history had wrought more destruction or devastation than that one. Beyond the cities and towns past the population centers there was another looming nightmare.the forests. Nearly [----] square miles of New England Pine Forest were blown down placing nearly [--] billion board feet in logs and lumber in jeopardy of not only waste but of becoming a massive fire hazard. No"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=C17Jc85Ts0M)  2025-04-04T02:33Z 83.6K followers, 156.7K engagements


"All Gas No Brakes: Why The Twin Turbo [---] Olds McKee Mk14 Failed in Can Am This is the story of one of the most interesting and ill-fated cars ever built to compete in the legendary Can-Am road racing series of the late 1960s and early 1970s. The McKee Mk14 was the combination of so many experimental ideas brilliant people and wild concepts it seemed destined to dominate. It did the opposite. With an aluminum 700hp twin turbocharged 455ci Oldsmobile engine an entire chassis made out of sheet stainless steel all wheel drive a wild transmission and more not an inch of this car was done the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Cf1fR1bS0WU)  2025-12-17T20:08Z 83.6K followers, 57.3K engagements


"Harnessing Hell: Top Fuel Clutch Development 1950-1970 This is the story of how early drag racers developed the clutch technology that has ultimately lead to the engineering wonders in today's 11000hp top fuel dragsters and nitro funny cars. It is the story of experimentation of failure of accidents and of success. The development of the multi-disc centrifugally controlled clutch was incremental in all areas. From the materials the design and finally the manufacture of these pieces everyone had their own ideas on how to approach the issue. It was one major revelation by racers. The idea that"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=GxonVnSutDg)  2024-09-08T14:32Z 83.4K followers, 496.6K engagements


"Drag Racing History: Twin Turbo Hemi In [----] - The Wacko Story of The Hemi Honker There are a few cars that have been truly ahead of their time in drag racing. The Turbo Honker is one of them. Unleashed in [----] this was a mechanically fuel injected [---] Hemi being boosted with twin 140mm turbos. The whole thing is insane and before you laugh the thing ran 172mph. In this video we talk about turbos in drag racing in the 1960s the genesis of this car the Mallicoat brothers blazing the way and a whole lot more. If you think you know the history of turbos in drag racing this may change your"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=LGXr1cBtGlA)  2023-10-20T04:03Z 83.5K followers, 381.3K engagements


"Old School Snow Plowing: [--] Year Old Ford vs Three Driveways ASMR Style There's nothing I like better than a snowy winter day and my trust old Ford N-Series tractor. This tractor is made of parts of 2N 9N and 8N variants has a Dearborn snowplow and I've mechanically rebuilt it from end to end since I have owned it. In this video I plow three driveways roll some snowbanks back and and the old tractor handles it all like a boss. I love being out in the cold and helping the neighbors when it snows. No commentary here just the sounds of the old Ford going to work. Ford N snow plow Ford 8N snow"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=N0s-gtnvg5E)  2026-02-08T15:36Z 83.6K followers, [----] engagements


"LIVE with Lohnes: Let's Talk Cars History Drag Racing and A HUGE Adventure For The Channel Here's the first ever LIVE event we have ever attempted on this channel and it's going to be a wide open affair. We can talk cars books history the videos on this channel drag racing and about a truly monster adventure we're taking in the next couple of weeks that will set the direction of this channel for years to come because of the generosity of a true legend. Brian Lohnes Lohnes YouTube Brian Lohnes YouTube Brian Lohnes history youtube Brian Lohnes drag racing drag racing history auto racing history"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=WZ5-rH14xBo)  2026-02-04T23:26Z 83.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Blown Into Obscurity: The False Start of Centrifugal Superchargers in Drag Racing Today centrifugal superchargers play a huge roll in the sport of drag racing. They are capable of making huge power efficiently and the technology built into them is of the highest orders of strength and precision. This is a far cry from the early 1960s when four guys thousands of miles apart thought that drag racing needed a new boost option for the masses. The Dahms brothers in Connecticut came out with their Eliminator centrifugal supercharger and in California Ran Stuber and Bob Chernow created the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X4FQsxj06UE)  2025-02-08T13:24Z 83.6K followers, 147.4K engagements


"The Live stream continues. Audio fixed"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=fR-A-YRJcfY)  2026-02-05T00:10Z 83.6K followers, [---] engagements


"More live stream fun It's totally going to work this time"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=tc7zakpVTac)  2026-02-05T00:45Z 83.6K followers, [----] engagements


"Land Missile: The X-1 Hydrogen Peroxide Rocket Dragster - 60's Insanity Get PLAUD Today PLAUD Website:note:https://bit.ly/4mp7KJV notepin: https://bit.ly/4oA6HZ8 Use CodeBrian10 for 10% Off PLAUD on Amazon:note: https://amzn.to/45LxESa notepin: https://amzn.to/3JbQBEV CodeBRIAN10YT for 10% Off The history of drag racing is largely a collection of small efforts of ideas that probed what was possible what could be done and in so many ways each of them actually helped to move the sport ahead incrementally. There have been some quantum leaps along the way but by and large it has been a creeping"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=-ZWwfBcwWkw)  2025-08-14T18:38Z 83.6K followers, 53.7K engagements


"The Man Who Made Garlits: Setto Postoian and Drag Racing's First Top Fuel Rivalry He's a man who have likely never heard of Serop "Setto" Postoian an early top fuel master who helped to make Don Garlits. Postoian was among the earliest stars in a young sport. Motivated fearless and every bit the match for the man who would eventually become known as the greatest drag racer of all time. The rivalry between Garlits and Postoian in the early days of top fuel drag racing was contested across the nation. They were among the earliest match racing stars and battled from California to Maine from"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=4ps12UveMfU)  2025-05-01T15:04Z 83.6K followers, 64.1K engagements


"Images Of Speed and Power: Odd and Forgotten Gearhead History Explained I'm back with another romp through mechanical history using interesting odd and sometimes iconic gearhead images to tell the story. I give you the history context and background behind scenes you may have seen or heard about but don't really know the details on. From the oceans to the race tracks to the skies there's something in here for everyone. Odd war-fighting vehicles race cars on roofs airplanes racing dragsters and more it's here. rollie free super snoopy caterpillar WWI tank tons of fun pontiac drag racing"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=8wlLbyMdjhc)  2025-02-21T16:58Z 83.6K followers, 83.3K engagements


"Warplane On Wheels: An Allison V-12 Slingshot Innovation and More This is the story of Lee Pendleton and his famed Spitfire Allison aircraft engine powered slingshot dragster. It includes a deep dive into the details of the car its inspiration the engine the technical specs behind it and the life of a man who has not gotten enough credit in the sport of drag racing's storied history. This video is a deep dive into the tech of this amazing machine its origins and the advancements it created. There's also a look into Spitfire II the City Slicker pulling tractor and more Allison V-12 Allison"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=CzeyDrGO3Jk)  2025-08-24T00:46Z 83.6K followers, 118.2K engagements


"A Seabee on Nitro: The Wild and Wonderful Funny Cars of Al Vander Woude This is the story of an oft forgotten drag racing hero. A man who had a drag racing career that lasted a half-century and one that was comprised of some of the most wacko and awesome funny cars the sport has ever seen. A man who fought with an beat far more funded competition with his own two talented hands and not his wallet this is the story of a true drag racer. The cars were so unique that they are almost without equal in Funny Car history. Their looks and their performance elevated this relentless match racer into a"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ED9aj81rL9U)  2025-01-15T03:47Z 83.6K followers, 107.9K engagements


"Banned At Le Mans: The Ford Calliope V8 - What Could Have Been What Will Be This is the story of an amazing racing engine developed by Ford in [----] for the [----] [--] Hours of Le Mans. Banned before the race it was placed into service in a failed attempt to enter the Can-Am Series. One of the most forgotten and unique race engines developed during the Total Performance era of Ford it was designed to keep their icy grip on the world's most prestigious sports car race but instead it has all but disappeared into history. What if this engine could live again though What if it will live again The"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FuE6YtivHKg)  2025-04-09T20:47Z 83.6K followers, 534.1K engagements


"Elephant on Skates: The Insane Rolls Royce V-12 Powered Triangle Flying Saucer What if I told you someone had beaten the Arfons boys to the punch in the 1950s by building an aircraft engine powered race car. What if I told you it was a Rolls Royce V-12 it was four wheel drive and it wasn't just used in straight lines it was used as a corner carving hill-climb racer as well. This is the story of Ted Lloyd-Jones a machine he built from junkyard parts and pieces and how it wasn't just interesting looking it won and it won a lot in the early 1950s. 21-liters of Rolls Royce Kestral four wheel"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=HarCt4pzRHw)  2025-12-29T14:26Z 83.6K followers, 71.5K engagements


"The Upset: Beating an F1 Car and America's Best Sports Cars In A Midget At Lime Rock in [----] Use code 50BRIANLOHNES to get 50% OFF plus free shipping on your first Factor box at https://bit.ly/4kv9CPD In late July of [----] Rodger Ward who had won the Indy [---] in May took on the best sports cars in America at Lime Rock Park in Connecticut driving a dirt track midget and beat them all handily. It's considered the greatest upset in American Sports Car racing history. The story is one for the ages and every last detail of it is shared here. This is a tale about revenge talent machinery mechanical"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=MRHhX5-vyPw)  2025-07-16T02:30Z 83.6K followers, 106.5K engagements


"The Novi V8: The Indy 500's Star-Crossed Horsepower Monster - A History The famed Novi V8 is one of the most storied engine in American motorsports history and also one of the most star-crossed. Massively power innovative in its design and capable of making noise like no other engine in the history of the Speedway it never won a race. But why How does the most powerful engine for a two decade span not win.anything This video is a complete history of the Novi both in its developent and in competition. The people that made it the technology that advanced it and the issues that sunk it. If you"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Q6HLcpqbnpg)  2025-05-08T02:39Z 83.6K followers, 266.6K engagements


"From Hype To Horror: The [----] Indianapolis [---] This was the Indy [---] that was going to change the course of history. Innovative cars innovative engines fresh ideas and enthusiasm were finally coming back to the Brickyard. Believe it or not by [----] there was a lot of frustration surrounding the lack of innovation and new technology at the Indy [---]. Many of the same arguments that get made today when people "remember" the golden years of the race were being made [--] years ago In this video we take a trip back to [----] to see all of the wild ideas from streamliners to Chrysler Hemi engines being"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RWcJP8-FIa0)  2025-05-22T23:14Z 83.6K followers, 191.9K engagements


"Flying Cinder Block: The [----] Mercury Mermaid Story - A Brilliant Battle Barge Few people in the history of American motorsports have the resume and legacy of Bill Stroppe. A brilliant mechanic and engineer a talented race driver and a wonderful organizer and manager of race teams he could do it all. In the 1940s along with friend Clay Smith a trip to Detroit with a racing boat launched his star and he never looked back. In [----] tasked by Mercury to develop a stock car racing program for NASCAR and USAC Stroppe designed and built the engines modified the chassis hired the drivers and went one"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RY_Mwpl902c)  2025-04-05T17:15Z 83.6K followers, 153.4K engagements


"War Boost: An Introductory Lesson In WWII Aircraft Engine Supercharging 🔥 Play War Thunder for FREE and get a massive bonus pack PC PlayStation and Xbox https://wtplay.link/brianlohnes 💥 WT Mobile https://wtm.game/brianlohneswtm There's nothing like upping the horsepower of an engine with boost. Multiple methods of supercharging exist today and have been brought to an incredible level of efficiency. While these methods were not invented in WWII their use was vastly studied tweaked and tested to their limits back then. This video is the next in a series about the history of centrifugal"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Sx4_Jq2yJWw)  2025-06-02T21:05Z 83.6K followers, 80.7K engagements


"Drag-Waye: The Missile Engineer's Wild Record Breaking Drag Bike I'd be willing to gamble a large sum you have seen images of this machine before on the internet. I'd also be willing to gamble a large sum that not a single one of those images explained the machine its creator its legacy and its record setting performances. That's what we're here to do today. Clive Waye was a brilliant man who loved motorcycles engineering and blending the two creating more than a couple awesome racing specials in his life. None of them were as visually stunning as this one. Believe it or not the Drag-Waye had"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VjKmXQ3pFyU)  2025-09-05T11:24Z 83.6K followers, 207.9K engagements


"The History of Hydrazine In Drag Racing: The Liquid Boogey Man Explored This is the in-depth history of Hydrazine in the sport of Drag Racing. It is one of the most mythic misunderstood and undocumented stories of the sport's past. In this video we'll explore the origins of hydrazine how it found its way into cars how it enhances nitromethane and all of its associated dangers. Hydrazine was by far the most dangerous chemical ever handled regularly by drag racers and perhaps the most destructive as well. In this exploration we bust myths dive deep into the players who ran "The H" successfully"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YuyCKO-Iq28)  2025-10-17T15:41Z 83.6K followers, 258.7K engagements


"The Freak: How The Mongoose Corvette Used A [---] Ford and A [---] Hemi to Win This is the story of The Mongoose one of the weirdest and most awesome Corvette drag cars of all time. A real [----] split window it rose to fame with Holman and Moody [---] Ford power before Ollie Olsen stuffed an injected [---] Hemi under the hood. The car was not just strange it was fast as blazes and successful winning in Pomona Bristol and at the US Nationals in Indy. Built over five phases and funded by the deep pockets of a wealthy golfer it's a study in the ability and creativity of the craftsmen who constructed it."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=_8uDiAk8pmg)  2025-10-23T10:57Z 83.6K followers, 135.7K engagements


"Drag Racing History: [--] Awesomely Weird Funny Cars 1966-1968 A lot of drag racing history fans think that when Mercury showed up with tier flip top funny cars in [----] everyone else followed suit immediately. Those people are wrong. While the [----] Mercury entries did change the game there was a period of a couple years where every crazy idea was tried good or bad. In this video we look at [--] very different and very distinct funny cars that debuted from [----] through [----]. These machines defined an era when anything went and the key to making money in drag racing was having a car and an approach"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=amLv5S-kSJM)  2025-02-15T22:18Z 83.6K followers, 158.8K engagements


"Powerama 1955: When GM Ruled The Earth They Put On The Greatest Horsepower Show of All Time In [----] General Motors decided to put on a show not just any show a gathering of vehicles horsepower and entertainment the likes of which the world had never seen before and never saw again. Powerama was a one million square foot fantasyland of every off-highway division of General Motors on display. Dubbed the "World's Fair of Power" it had locomotives bulldozers elephants aircraft tanks a submarine pleasure craft a shrimp boat the Motorama dream cars an 85-ton cannon known as Atomic Annie and more"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jC7GzRZw-EM)  2025-11-27T11:35Z 83.6K followers, 63.3K engagements


"A History Of Nitromethane The Greatest Race Fuel On Earth: Part [--] - 1872-1960 Get your copy of The Book: The Ultimate Guide for Rebuilding a Civilization here: https://mdsh.io/brianlohnes3079 - Save 10% by using promo code BrianLohnes10 Nitromethane is the world's most powerful racing fuel but it's history and how it came to be may actually be more fascinating than its chemistry. Nitromethane was first made in a laboratory in Germany back in [----] and as you'll find out it's history goes far beyond the race track. In this multiple part series we'll explore the origins of nitromethane why is it"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jHQaUGF7CGw)  2025-10-07T16:16Z 83.6K followers, 241.3K engagements


"The Decade That Tried To Kill Nitro Drag Racing: The 1970s MasterClass has great offers this holiday season. If you use my link youll get up to 50% off an annual subscription. Head over to https://masterclass.yt.link/DyFSr2I for the current offer and theyll know I sent you Incredibly nitro powered drag racing nearly didn't survive the 1970s. It is a story often lost to modern history but it's a harrowing tale of shortages price escalation racer intervention and the survival instincts of racers in Top Fuel and Nitro Funny Car. In this video we examine the tumultuous decade that saw"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jiQMmmeK-1Y)  2025-11-22T21:52Z 83.6K followers, 40.2K engagements


"Glorious Failure: Mickey Thompson's Wild [----] Wynn's Spitfire Indy [---] Car If there is a story in American motorsports history more compelling than Micke Thompson versus the Indianapolis Motor Speedway I am not sure what it is. The man conquered everything in his path over the course of a titanic career except Indy. His ideas were wild his concepts extreme his timelines always stretched. In [----] he would unveil a car so far out there that the media went crazy the tech inspectors didn't know where to start and engineers the country over scratched their heads. Front engine front wheel drive"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jwOTSHP4-V4)  2025-09-10T14:32Z 83.6K followers, 171.7K engagements


"Sky Monster: The 3000hp Allison V-12 That Never Got Off The Ground Huge Thanks To Aura for sponsoring this video Exclusive $35-off Carver Mat at https://on.auraframes.com/BRIANLOHNES. Promo Code BRIANLOHNES There are few engines in the gearhead realm that excite interest and historical debate like the vaunted Allison V-1710 V-12 of WWII fame. This engine was fantastic in so many ways but lacking in others which is what makes it an interesting topic. But what if I told you a version the most powerful version of it ever made never took to the air. This 3000hp beast would have run circles around"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qQ7KZq5sxT4)  2025-12-12T14:58Z 83.6K followers, 75.2K engagements


"Speed Fire and Salt: The History Of The Bob Herda Streamliner There are a select few cars throughout history that transcend time and space. They are machines that not only perform and look amazing but by their very existence they inspire new ideas and advancements. The streamliner of Bob Herda was one of those cars and in many ways continues to be. It was at times dubbed "Bonneville's Greatest Streamliner" and the car accomplished things with a single engine that many cars failed to do with two or more. It is a story of brilliant people fruitful partnerships bravery engineering tragedy and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=qw1_CdFa3Ic)  2024-12-08T13:44Z 83.6K followers, 103.5K engagements


"The Malcontent: Scotty Fenn's Self-Destruction In Drag Racing There are few stories in the history of drag racing that can compare to that of Alfred Gordon Fenn known as Scotty. He was a visionary and created the first commercial dragster chassis business in the world circa [----] but his life story goes far far beyond that. For the first time ever learn the back story learn the success story his precipitous fall in the sport and how he managed to continue his career for years after people thought that he had disappeared. One of the sports most off the wall acerbic and out-spoken characters it"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rU2fuer2VBk)  2024-12-24T22:41Z 83.6K followers, 146.5K engagements


"Masters of Disaster: The Men Who Invented and Perfected Oil Well Firefighting This is the story of three men. Three men who through their own bravery creative approach and lifelong obsessions created the industry of oil well fire fighting. Tex Thornton Myron Kinley and Red Adair all built up each other's knowledge and success to make scads of money while risking their lives on a daily basis to put out burning oil and gas wells cap blown out wells and otherwise battle the most intense and wild forces Mother Nature has to offer. You'll learn about the major triumphs in their careers how they"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=v5Z0YvVd5ko)  2025-07-04T04:22Z 83.6K followers, 56.6K engagements


"Living Nightmares: EJ Potter's Allison V12 Powered Drag Strip Behemoths Everyone knows EJ Potter from his globally death defying antics atop a series of Chevy V8 powered motorcycles known as the Widow Maker. But did you know about his automotive exploits on the drag strip Potter built a pair of insane Allison V-12 powered cars known as Nightmare One and Nightmare Too. These machines were incredible and both were relatively short lived especially as compared to the Widow Maker motorcycles. Imagine traveling nearly 150mph in these things One blew up and nearly burned EJ out of the sport and the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VoMGFut2AoI)  2023-11-21T20:08Z 83K followers, 237.8K engagements


"American Accelerators: The Day The Hot Rodders Took On The Nazis and Won Thanks to our sponsor DeleteMe Get 20% off by going to https://joindeleteme.com/BrianLohnes and use code BrianLohnes to protect your privacy This is a story about horsepower record setting slaying the beasts of the past and the formative years of both hot rodding and drag racing. It is a story of two homebuilt cars on an Air Force Base runway in [----] chasing performance marks that had been set [--] years earlier on the German Autobahn by one of the most legendary race cars ever built. The story is about the vision of one"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=W6Jsr-49CF0)  2026-01-21T19:37Z 83.6K followers, 39.7K engagements


"Dont buy a garbage new N-Series Ford Tractor Governor - A [--] second test to save you money If you own a classic N-Series Ford tractor chances are that you will need to replace or service the governor at some point. DO NOT BUY A JUNK NEW ONE. This test which takes second will immediately tell you if the Governor you bought is good or bad. You are better off with a rebuild kit or a used factory example taken off a working tractor. SAVE YOUR MONEY the new governors are absolute junk. Oh and all the parts places sell the same garbage"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=24FuEfk7hdo)  2022-02-07T23:21Z 83.4K followers, 28.1K engagements


"War Wagon: The WWI Liberty Truck Story This video is sponsored by BetterHelp - Use: https://BetterHelp.com/BrianLohnes for a 10% discount on your first month. While the Liberty V-12 airplane engine of WWI is widely celebrated there was another Liberty machine that has been all but forgotten. The WWI Liberty truck was designed and manufactured in great haste for an American Army that had all but forgotten to modernize itself before The Great War began. After chasing Pancho Villa around Mexico with a rag-tag fleet of hundreds of different vehicles in [----] and early [----] the US Army finally"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=3RsId_FLNKA)  2025-01-28T02:37Z 83.6K followers, 199.7K engagements


"Long Lost Mopar History: A Factory Lightweight Hemi Fire Truck Go to https://BuyRaycon.com/Lohnes to get up to 15% off sitewide Automotive history is fascinating on the macro level but when we get down to the small stuff it's really a gas. This is the story of the strangest use of a rare factory built race car in Mopar history. One of [---] [----] RO51 A990 Hemi powered lightweight Coronets ever built was transformed into a fire truck of sorts when brand new to compete in New York Fire Drill Team competitions. In this video you'll learn the history of the cars the history of the competitions and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Apbvejn-aQM)  2025-01-10T23:04Z 83.6K followers, 47.8K engagements


"The 50ft Tall Santa With A Car On His Lap and More Wild Stories From Gearhead History This video is collection of images and stories from gearhead history. From the drag strips of America the railroads of England the Baja [----] and a Texas car dealership that constructed a 50ft tall Santa and placed a new [----] Chevrolet on his lap. Cars moments people and places you may have seen before but know little about or better yet have never seen before and know nothing about. This is a romp through history that any gearhead racing fan or car enthusiast will love. porter chevrolet santa bristol and"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VWOrSwllVR8)  2025-03-19T17:43Z 83.6K followers, 31.2K engagements


"More Iconic Gearhead Images Explained: Incredible History Stories and Machines We're taking another trip through the history of racing performance heavy machinery and automobilia here. As we have done in previous videos this is a compilation of images that show up with some frequency on the internet but usually have no context. This videos gives you the history of these images the people and machines in them and tells you all you need to know about these snap shots in gearhead history. From racers escaping cars to the largest Earth movers and coolest drag racing iron ever this one has"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=mPSLm-H70OM)  2025-02-11T14:01Z 83.6K followers, 61.6K engagements


"Party Crashers: How Five Wild Stock Bodied Cars On Nitro Made History At The [----] US Nationals This is a story about how five cars with no proper competition class all running on nitro crashed the party at the [----] NHRA US Nationals and changed drag racing forever. This is the story of early funny cars their search for acceptance the resistance they had to battle and how creative owners and builders got in making sure they got the attention and press they deserved. These cars were rebellious as much as they were unique. This is their story"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=2Tn2ZpcGrlI)  2024-01-09T06:10Z 79.7K followers, 462.9K engagements


"2N/9N/8N Easy Busted Hydraulic System Repair - I Got Lucky If you have a classic Ford 9N/2N/8N tractor and the hydraulics have stopped working especially in the winter watch this video before you take your whole tractor apart. My old mongrel tractor lost all the hydraulic function when the winter temperatures got cold in a sustained fashion and the fix was a far less involved project than I originally thought. A tour of my old tractor how I got the hydraulics working again and how you can likely do the same thing for virtually free. Ford 8N Ford 2N Ford 9N N-series ford tractor 8N hydraulic"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6NT5NaVRBQQ)  2025-02-13T16:13Z 83.6K followers, 15.7K engagements


"War Hemi: The Story Of The GAA V8 - 1100ci of aluminum WWII Ford grunt It's a stunning thing to realize that Ford mass-produced an 1100ci dual overhead camshaft alunimum block flat plane crank V8 in the 1940s. Sill the largest mass produced V8 engine ever it was just what Uncle Sam needed to power Sherman tanks. But how did it come about In this video we not only look at the awesome specs and mechanical feats that this engine is known for we also look into its murky and wild history. A history intertwined with international governments shifty deal makers and perhaps a little big of industrial"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=6p9eyUAIcX8)  2024-04-04T16:25Z 78.9K followers, 1.1M engagements


"The Turbo V-6 That Ate Pro Stocks - A Look At Buddy Ingersolls Buicks The stories surrounding Buddy Ingersoll and the turbocharged Buick race cars he competed with in the 1980s are awesome. But here's the thing there are lots of myths out there as well that are completely wrong. In this video we explore the history of the two turbo Buick cars Buddy ran the mulitiple different turbocharger configurations he used the performances he achieved and more. Was this car ever ACUALLY banned by the NHRA Did this car or either of his Buicks ACTUALLY win races and set records Were they even real Buick"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=Pd5G54_X8Pk)  2023-11-17T19:35Z 79.2K followers, 351.3K engagements


"Two Small Block Chevys On Nitro And Eyeball Aero: The Story Of The Pulsator Top Fuel Dragster If there is one year in drag racing history when the sport went totally haywire [----] is it. It was the time when funny cars changed by the week the [---] Hemi first showed up in a top fuel dragster and everyone and their brother was experimenting with aerodynamics. In this video we look at one of the most unique top fuel dragsters of all time Nye Frank's Pulsator. This car used two nitromethane burning injected small block Chevy engines a custom built chassis and a handmade "aerodynamic" shell to take"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YlLkXkvYYmc)  2023-12-20T03:47Z 79.7K followers, 105.2K engagements


"Plastic Fantastic: The AMT Piranha Was A Freaky Fast Oddball 1960s Funny Car Drag racing in the 1960s was a huge nitro powered experiment. Nowhere was this more evident than with funny cars. Long before corporate sponsors people made loads and loads of weird and wonderful home-built entires into the class. This is the story of a funny car with a truly plastic body the first and only of its kind ever made. It was the combo of a massive industrial company a model company a group of hot rodders and a failed bid to change the way production cars were made that created this wild machine. Burning"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZDqBd7_y8To)  2024-11-23T19:11Z 79.4K followers, 133.2K engagements


"Two Engines And No Chance: The Indy 500s Most Incredible Home Built Entry The Indy [---] has long been recognized as one of the most amazing hot beds of racing innovation in history. The [----] race saw a car that may well stand as one of the most unique inventive and downright odd of the era. The Stein-Valvoline Special was a twin Porsche engined four wheel drive California garage built machine from the mind of a former midget racing champion and his friends. The story of this car its driver and their attempt to qualify at the insanely jam packed [----] Indy [---] is one every hardcore racing fan"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=g7g__fDfO4o)  2024-04-11T13:34Z 79.8K followers, 385.8K engagements


"Drag Racing History: 12000hp In [----] - The Insane Story Of Quad Al If there is one drag racing machine from the sport's history that millions of people have seen on the internet but few have any real story on it is this one. Known as Quad Al and built by a brilliant hot rodder named Jim Lytle it is one of the most powerful machines ever set on four wheels. Now how did it come to exist What happened to it What else did Lytle build All of that is explained in this detailed look back at one of the most visually arresting automobiles ever crafted by human hands. Lytle was a craftsman a mad"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jaY2_FwfrEE)  2023-10-13T15:46Z 78.9K followers, 1.2M engagements


"1938 Minneapolis-Moline UDLX: The Edsel Of Tractors - A Glorious Failure The [----] Minneapolis-Moline UDLX was a tractor developed on the suggestions of farmers. It was built off of market research and at the time was the most advanced tractor ever built. Launched to huge fanfare in [----] the first ever enclosed cab machine was capable of being a car and a tractor with a 40mph top speed on the road. It was promoted in a wild blitz by MM and every indication was that it would change the world of farming for the better. Except that it was a horrible failure. [---] were made [---] were sold in two"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=o5HtBmR6V2Q)  2022-05-20T15:15Z 78K followers, 184.4K engagements


"500mph Failure: The Incredible Wingfoot Express [--] and A History of Rocket Cars 1928-1965 This is the story of Walter Arfons' incredible Wingfoot Express [--] rocket land speed car. It's also a history of some pretty incredible rocket powered cars from the 1920s through the 1960s. Machines that raced on dirt tracks performed at fairs and even ran at the Indianapolis [---]. The story of the creation of the Wingfoot Express [--] is one of perseverance dedication mechanical skill and pure guts. It was a giant rolling science experiment designed to not only break the world's land speed record but also"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=FKvLHnGu2dM)  2024-10-18T00:14Z 74.9K followers, 148.4K engagements


"The Secret History of Drag Racing: Mythbusting Revelations and A Look at Its Wild Origins Lots of people know about modern drag racing but very few people know about the strange roots of the sport and how things have evolved over the years. From the odd rules classes procedures and practices of the old days to the cars and people that made them great. In this deep dive into drag racing history we go back to the origins of the sport the earliest rules the earliest classes and dispel some myth as well as explain the hows and whys of drag racing's chaotic first couple of decades. Multiple jump"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=J2WGomRfC7o)  2023-12-27T20:00Z 46.7K followers, 251.7K engagements


"The 313mph Backyard Hot Rod: The Awesome Story of Art Arfons' 2500hp Anteater The history of land speed racing is marked by some of the most innovative interesting and oddball vehicles ever made. One of them belonged to Art Arfons and was known as The Anteater. Using a turbocharged and supercharged 1710ci Allison aircraft engine it was Arfons' first dedicated Bonneville car. It ran more than 300mph and was actually used to try and set a speed record at Daytona International Speedway as well. This is the story of a unique car that was full of cool ideas went more than 300mph and mixed it up"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=O7BS64iTI_0)  2024-03-13T17:54Z 46.7K followers, 223.2K engagements


"The Terrifying Toronado Part 2: Building The Twin Engine Beast This is part two of a three part video series on the history of the infamous Terrifying Toronado drag car built by John Smyser in [----]. To watch part one use this link: https://www.youtube.com/watchv=z8G0vulkyEM&pp=ygUMYnJpYW4gbG9obmVz This episode centers around building one of the most unique machines to ever hit the drag strip. Using two Oldsmobile engines in what was then a brand new luxury car John Smyser was doing something no one else had ever attempted. Both engines were supercharged on nitromethane and the construction of"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RcspA08yMkk)  2024-05-08T16:10Z 46.6K followers, 72.8K engagements


"Record Wrecker: A Blown Hemi Powered Dodge Rewrote the NASCAR Books In 1965's Year of Controversy [----] was an incredible year of controversy in NASCAR. Bill France banned the Hemi Chrysler bailed out and the sport's biggest stars went racing elsewhere. It truly was a wild scene. So wild in fact that one small enterprising group decided to bolt a 6-71 blower on top of a [---] hemi put it in a Coronet stock car and attempt to reset the world's closed course speed record at Daytona. They were trying to break a few year old record set by drag racers in an old Indy car with a blown wedge engine."  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=RsXiV5dBXEg)  2024-10-24T16:43Z 74.8K followers, 137.5K engagements


"The Pontiac That Ate Ferraris: How A [----] Tempest Super Duty Dominated Daytona In The Rain This is the story of the [----] American Challenge Cup at Daytona International Speedway. A run up race to that year's Daytona [---] it saw some of the world's best sports cars Corvettes powered by Chevrolet's secret "Mystery Motor" and others decimated by a specially prepared [----] Pontiac Tempest Super Duty. It is the story of a brilliant engineer named Ray Nichels and an equally talented driver named Paul Goldsmith taking the fight to a group of cars that seemed far more impressive but turned out to be"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=aQbIwjBXQKA)  2022-04-20T16:57Z 66.8K followers, 441.9K engagements


"Birth of American Muscle: The Story Of The Liberty V-12 of WWI This is the story of an engine. Not just any engine but the engine that created the idea of "American Muscle". It was the lightest most powerful airplane engine in the world during WWI and it was designed by two guys in a hotel room during a five day marathon in Washington D.C.in [----]. Making 450hp and being produced by multiple American car companies this engine was a master class in simplicity integration of existing ideas and mass production. While it can't really be said that it solved the war for the allies what it did do was"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=iKc1cuXYFQ0)  2024-08-08T02:25Z 46.4K followers, 128.1K engagements


"Beast Builder: The Lost History of America's First 8-Cylinder Race Car and V-8 Production Car He was a man with dozens of patents to his name the designer of the first four cylinder car in America the first eight cylinder car and the first V-8 production car but have you ever heard of him The answer is no. H.H. Buffum was a genius engineer of the late 1800s and early 1900s. He made a fortune making equipment for the shoe manufacturing industry and then turned his attention to cars. Take this fascinating ride back into the history of American cars to the earliest days of the industry when"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=lSax5AR0kww)  2024-10-11T02:50Z 45.5K followers, 84.2K engagements


"Silent Screams: The Weird And Fast Air Powered Dragsters of 1962/63 In late [----] something weird happened. Engineers from the AiResearch company approached a successful Arizona drag racing team and offered them the chance to make history. What was it The shot to use compressed air and jet engine turbine starters to power their car. Sounds insane right Well It worked This is the story of two dragsters which were among the fastest of their day and which did not employ a piston engine to do it. They made little noise but they made huge waves in the sport sometimes for the right and sometimes for"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ld3wtrgYJmQ)  2024-10-04T03:40Z 45.1K followers, 400.1K engagements


"Domination: Connie Kalitta and The Only Triple Crown In Top Fuel History This is the story of one of the great winning streaks in the history of top fuel drag racing. In [----] over the span of five weeks Connie Kalitta won the season opening races for the AHRA NHRA and NASCAR Drag Division a total of four in a row. His car powered by the exotic for the time [---] Ford Cammer engine set the national records for NHRA and NASCAR top fuel over the span of these races. This video looks at not only the streak itself but Kalitta's early career his partnership with Ford Motor Company his mastery of the"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rauHcclct_k)  2024-07-13T00:59Z 46.6K followers, 94.7K engagements


"The Patents of Smokey Yunick - Engines Equipment and A Racing Series Smokey Yunick is one of the greatest minds in the history of American auto racing. Few people that he has more than a half dozen patents in his name as well. These are for engines engine equipment even a racing series among other things. In this video we look at the patents of Smokey Yunick the problems he tried to solve and some of the more wild ideas he had in his head"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=t5-iuWe4Xmc)  2024-05-29T16:47Z 57.1K followers, 148.1K engagements


"The Story of The Terrifying Toronado: Wronged By History - Part [--] This is the first of a three part series telling the entire incredible history of the Terrifying Toronado one of the most infamous drag racing cars ever made. This twin engine [----] Oldsmobile Toronado was ill-handling was ill-mannered was on fire a lot and has actually been maligned with shoddy reporting and bad story telling. Part one tells the story of the man who built the car. Not a crackpot but a legitimate top fuel heavy hitter that saw the writing on the wall and the money to be made in [----] Funny Car racing. John Smyser"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=z8G0vulkyEM)  2024-04-23T03:33Z 46.5K followers, 139.9K engagements


"Mad Scientist: The Epic Drag Racing Genius of Pete Robinson This is the story of one of the greatest minds in the history of the sport of drag racing. Lew Russell Robinson known more widely as "Sneaky Pete" Robinson was an innovator without equal in the 1960s. He approached the sport as a trained engineer from Georgia Tech and took that education to speeds and performance unknown for his time. He was the type of guy they write rules to slow down to save from themselves and to prevent lesser talented people from trying to venture down avenues they have no business entering. Robinson's [--] year"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=VQDsVz1k-Wo)  2024-08-23T01:34Z 80.1K followers, 381.2K engagements


"Designed to Dominate: The Ford DOHC V8 Story - An Indy [---] Legend Ford's foray into the Indy [---] in the 1960s is a motorsports story for the ages. In [----] the company used a pushrod engine derived from their successful 260ci small block V8. After nearly winning the race with that effort engineers were turned loose to build the ultimate version of the engine. What they designed was dual overhead camshaft 255ci V8 that made peak power at [----] RPM was tested to within an inch of its life and arrived at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway ready to win. While [----] didn't go Ford's way the engine would"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=xs7JQC1wHKY)  2025-04-24T00:26Z 83.6K followers, 364.9K engagements


"1.12: The Race To Death: The [----] Paris to Madrid Contest Was The Worst Race Ever Held It seems incredible by the standards of [----] but the [----] Paris to Madrid Race was such an incalculable calamity and had amassed such a loss of life that it was cancelled after the first day. In an era when the most powerful cars in the world made less than 100hp how could this happen Too many people too few rules too little knowledge of what these machines were capable of and ultimately no precedents to follow. One day of racing set motorsports back nearly three decades claimed the lives of internationally"  
[YouTube Link](https://youtube.com/watch?v=zvAcYmvm-a0)  2020-04-21T14:35Z 81.3K followers, 13.8K engagements

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