Out of Nothing.
The inspiring true story of four tenacious men who risk everything to conquer the world records of motorcycle land speed racing. This rare & special film will remind you how perseverance against all odds can send the most unlikely men roaring into glory. Produced by Ryan Stiles & Andrew Lahmann. Directed by Chad DeRosa. Featuring [...]
2012 Recap: Eric Gearhart’s View Behind The Lens.
2012 was a great year with a lot of events across the west coast. I got some great opportunities to shoot some amazing automotive events as well as meet some amazing people along the way. This is a brief recap of the events I made it to in 2012, looking forward to an amazing 2013! [...]
Racing Bonneville On a $300 Craigslist Motorcycle
“You don’t have to spend a million bucks to fulfill your dreams. I bought a bike for $300, got it running and entered it in a race I’d always dreampt about. Bonneville is an epic thing that brings out all kinds of speed contraptions and it was an honor to ride an old 1986 Honda [...]
World’s Fastest Audi.
The world’s fastest Audi – parts 1 and 2. Jeff Gerner of FourRingPerformance.com is a special person. He is the type of individual that makes Bonneville what it is, an almost spiritual place. People from all walks of life, and all automotive passions converge on an otherwise desolate salt covered desert to pursue a shared [...]
Worlds Fastest Hybrid Semi Truck – Volvo’s Mean Green
The Swedish Viking Speed Records Team led by racing driver Boije Ovebrink set two land speed racing world records at the Historic Wendover Airfield in Utah on April 27, 2012 (just a few minutes away from the famous Bonneville Salt Flats). Ovebrink piloted the Volvo Hybrid Semi Truck “Mean Green” to an average speed of [...]
Bonneville: The Great American Playground
On this episode of The Downshift, we meet the original speed freaks! The Bonneville Salt flats in Utah are the veritable Valhalla of land speed racing. The world’s fastest wheels have been competing here since the early 1900s, from Sir Malcolm Campbell’s Blue Bird to today’s fastest jet-powered streamliners. What started as just a sport [...]
The Good Life.
So proud to be part of a resume of firsts. This video shows us in pictures - who, why and what we do. Thanks Becca, Rod and Paul for allowing me to be a part of the FL family. GT Falkner and Livingston Racing shows a “resume of firsts”, great friends and fun times. Video [...]
Teague-Welch-Banks Streamliner
Here’s a blast from the past! We found some old footage in the archives we thought you might enjoy. This is The World’s Fastest Single Piston Engine Hot Rod. It set the F.I.A. 5L to 8L Class Ten two-way record in October 2002 at 405.976 after previously setting the 8L and larger Class II record [...]
“Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt”
“Boys of Bonneville: Racing on a Ribbon of Salt” reveals an unsung hero and self-made man who pioneered the Bonneville Salt Flats as the Fastest Place on Earth. More than a century later, many of Ab’s speed and endurance records remain unbroken and the legacy lives on in his custom-built racing car. Looking like something [...]
