The Ultimate Indy Debacle Video: A Major Wreck Before the Green Flag Dropped in 1982

The Ultimate Indy Debacle Video: A Major Wreck Before the Green Flag Dropped in 1982

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 25, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  3 comments

Earlier we showed you some Indy 500 competitors spinning out their junk during the parade laps before the race started. That was comical, but this footage from the 1982 Indy 500 is downright wild. Kevin Cogan who started the race in the front row suffered some sort of failure and caused an incredible wreck before [...]

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Doing it Wrong Video: Parade Lap Spins at the 1992 Indy 500

Doing it Wrong Video: Parade Lap Spins at the 1992 Indy 500

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 25, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  3 comments

Spinning your race car out on a pace lap is bad. Spinning your car out on a parade lap is way worse. Spinning your car out on the parade lap when you are the pole sitter for the Indy 500? Absolute epic fail. Well we found footage of not only pole sitter Roberto Guerrero spinning [...]

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Wild Video: The Infamous 1971 Indy 500 Pace Car Crash

Wild Video: The Infamous 1971 Indy 500 Pace Car Crash

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 25, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  7 comments

The 1971 Indy 500 Pace Car situation was screwy from the start, but no one in their right mind could have predicted the stunning crescendo to the story that would take place on the opening lap of the race. We’ve heard the story told but never actually seen the carnage. Luckily for us, we found [...]

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Wreckage Video: Watch Aussie Drag Racer Gary Phillips Smash Both Walls At Sydney Dragway With His Brand New Lucas Oil Top Doorslammer

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 24, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  3 comments

Aussie drag racer Gary Phillips had a violent ride recently when he let the clutch out of his virtually new Camaro Top Doorslammer machine at Sydney Dragway. As you’ll see in the video Phillips got a few hundred feet down the track when fluid got under the tires and pitched the car completely sideways. Despite [...]

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Flaming Wreckage Video: A Relatively Low Speed Drag Racing Crash Results In A Melted Mustang! (Driver OK)

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 23, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  4 comments

Lots of racers out there use front mounted fuel cells in their cars. The small cells can hold a few gallons of fuel, eliminate the weight of a tank in the rear and they also allow for better fuel deliver in some cases where the pump isn’t trying to “push” fuel in the wrong direction [...]

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Incredible Fail Video: The Day “Jumpin” John Holland Failed To Jump 50 Chevettes, Totaled Four With His Body, and Lived!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 22, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  8 comments

That blurry figure you see flying through the air in the lead photo is not a super hero although after you see what he lived through in this disaster of a failed motorcycle jump, you’ll think he is invincible. The man’s name is Jumpin’ John Holland and he became a bit of a local hero [...]

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Russian Dash Cam Insanity: Watch An Out Of Control Van Fly An Incredible Distance Through The Sky!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 21, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  22 comments

We were tipped off to this video by multiple BS readers were were left as slack jawed as we were once viewing it. We have no idea what the hell caused this car to hit a barrier at an amazing rate of speed and launch skyward like it is part of a movie stunt. We’ve [...]

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3 Angle Plus In-Car Crash Video: 7 second Turbo RX3 Rolls and Crashes Bad At APSA Sydney

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 21, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  1 comments

This is one of the gnarliest crashes we have seen in a while, and we’ve seen a lot. Here is three videos, including in-car, of Sam “The Godfather” Sadek, in his stunningly beautiful, and scary fast, Mazda RX3 Turbo car as it blows an intercooler at about 1000ft at the last Australian Pro Street Association [...]

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BangShift Exclusive Video: Clint Satterfield’s Pro Mod Crash At The Throwdown In T-Town 2013

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 14, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  3 comments

You aren’t going to see this one anywhere else folks! This is footage from our LIVE broadcast of the 2013 Throwdown in T-Town at Osage Casino Tulsa Raceway Park that shows Clint Satterfield destroying his beautiful 1968 Camaro Pro Mod car during the Semi Final round of eliminations in Legal Pro Mod. Clint’s car got [...]

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Wild Video: Watch A Sport Bike Burn, Explode, And Melt Into A Puddle! Includes Aftermath Video!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 13, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  4 comments

Our man Kyle at 1320Video.com has been on a hot streak lately. He’s had several videos explode for huge numbers of views and this is the next one that is about to go full house! The video shows a hot rodded street bike, first hauling ass down the highway last year, and then laying over [...]

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Crazy Video: Watch A Group Of Wall Hanging Fans Nearly Get Killed By A Rolling Subaru WRX!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 9, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  9 comments

There’s a major reason that racing series, track operators, and even lots of racers themselves cringe at the thought of having large numbers of people in very close proximity to an active race track. This video is absolutely proof that their fears and concerns are 100% valid. As you will see, there’s a group of [...]

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Wreckage Video: A Wild Compilation Of Crashes, Bashes, Flips, and More From The Chili Bowl Sprint Car Race!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 9, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  4 comments

Every Wednesday, Lucas Oil posts a cool crash video from their extensive archive of race coverage that’ accumulated over the years. This week’s is going to be hard to top as it is more than one minute of amazing wrecks and high flying crashes from the famed Chilo Bowl sprint car race which is held [...]

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Insane Video: Top Fuel Harley Rider Falls Off The Bike At Speed, Then Tumbles 1300 More Feet

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 8, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  24 comments

The dudes that ride Top Fuel Harleys have giant stainless steel balls. Seriously, their testicles are bullet proof and you can hear them clank when they walk. Some would argue that all the cells normally reserved for your brain have moved farther south because nobody in their right mind would ride one of these beasts. [...]

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Video: Big Nitro Funny Car Fire In Australia. John Force Eat Your Heart Out! This Is “Crash and Burn”

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 7, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  3 comments

For a long time it seemed like John Force owned the rights to big Funny Car fires that got all the TV exposure. Well John, you are going to have to step up again big boy cause this video from Austalia epitomizes “Crash and Burn”. In this video, we see Australian Anthony Begley burst into [...]

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Major Fail Video: Watch An Opel From South America Botch A Burnout Attempt And Literally Shoot The Flywheel Out Of The Car!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 6, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  4 comments

We were tipped off to this crazy video by Norwegian BangShifter Arild Guldbrandsen and it is wild. The video shows and older (late 1960s?) Opel coupe winding up and trying to do a burnout in the street in front of a house and failing badly at it. The tires never break loose, the motor winds [...]

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Video: Watch A Drag Racing Photographer Nearly Get Decapitated By A Flying Hood!

Posted in CRASH & BURN May 6, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  12 comments

Drag strips are generally leery about letting people shoot photos on the top end of the track. Just about every experienced photographer that has shot big end photos can tell you a harrowing story of nearly being swept up by an errant parachute, dodging parts, and seeing some crazy wreckage up close and personal. The [...]

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