More Diesel Death Video: A Land Rover Smoke Machine
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 21, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We can’t help ourselves. After seeing the Toyota van run itself to death we kept on searching for videos and found one featuring a Land Rover that had just been started for the first time after a restoration. Let’s just say that the party was short lived as the engine immediately began to run out [...]
Not Green: A Runaway Toyota Diesel Dies In a Massive Cloud of Smoke
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 21, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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The runaway diesel engine is an interesting thing. The condition can be brought on by a number of factors. In this case it was apparently caused by overfilling the engine with oil. With no throttle to vary engine speed and a motor literally consuming its own oil, death is imminent. This poor van’s engine most [...]
Video Update: Spectre Speedliner goes 415 mph at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout
Posted in Event Coverage October 21, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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A few weeks ago we posted this item, but now there’s some cool video (below) to see. Already the fastest Cadillac powered vehicle in history, the Spectre Speedliner just went 415.7 miles per hour at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout, presented by Loctite, at the Bonneville Salt Flats. Mike Cook Sr. and Jr. have been keeping [...]
CackleFest Video from the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion at AutoClub Famoso Raceway
Posted in CAR SHOWS October 21, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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If you saw our live broadcast of all the racing action at the 19th Annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Auto Club of Southern California, and Justice Brothers, you know that Nostalgia Drag Racing is alive and well. And while watching Top Fuel and Funny Cars run is an amazing blow to the [...]
Vintage Flopper Video Bonanza: 1980s Funny Car Racing From Englishtown and New England Dragway
Posted in RACING & ACTION October 20, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Dean Papadeas is a name that many avid drag racing fans don’t know but they should. Papadeas was the man who single-handedly changed the way that drag races were filmed and presented on television. He, through his Main Event Entertainment company, invented the swoopy camera moves, in your face techniques and frenetic editing cuts that [...]
Freakshow Video: A Monster Truck and a Jet Dragster Duke it Out on the Strip
Posted in RACING & ACTION October 20, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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When Berserko Bobby Doerrer called us up and said that he was helping out with a jet car that had just matched raced a monster truck at Palm Beach International Raceway, we asked him to place his glass down and step away from the phone. Turns out the crazy bastard was telling the truth! The [...]
Truck Smash Video: A Crazed, Violent, Truck Demo Derby From Utah
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 19, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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We thought there were laws against stuff like this! This demo derby, which happened in Delta, Utah, featured trucks. Not little weenie trucks, but large half and three-quarter ton jobs. There’s a bad ass Suburban thrown in the mix as well. The hits are major league, especially the finale at about 1:10 into the film. [...]
Wild Video: The 2010 World Power Wheel Standing Championship From Byron Dragway
Posted in CRASH & BURN October 13, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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The 16th annual World Power Wheel Standing Championship is in the books. The brain child of Byron Dragway owner/operator Ron Leek, the contest has grown from small freak show to massive drag racing event, replete with television coverage and blown out grandstands. This year’s contest had a purse of $60,000, more then enough to encourage [...]
Video Bonanza: Altered Wheelbase Freaks on the Streets!
Posted in MISC October 13, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Altered wheelbase cars are some of the most romanticized in drag racing history. They represent one of the earliest evolutionary stages of what we now know as Funny Cars, and for their short time in the sun, represented the pinnacle of doorslammer chassis technology. They quickly captured the hearts and minds of drag racing fans [...]
Diesel Power Video: A One-Off 24 Cylinder Detroit That Makes Nearly 3,000 hp
Posted in ENGINES October 12, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Two-stroke Detroit Diesel engines are neat and in their many configurations they have provided reliable grunt for decades in hundreds of applications. The mighty sixteen cylinder examples were the largest engines to see road going duty in large industrial trucks and equipment. Sixteen cylinders weren’t enough for the guy who commissioned a one-off 24 cylinder [...]
Twin-Engine Digger Video: A Retro-Awesome Slick Destroying Machine
Posted in RACING & ACTION October 12, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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The age of the twin-engine dragster has long passed. Sadly, there are very few exhibition runners out there to show the drag fans of today, just how bad ass they were. This video was shot at Beaver Springs Dragway at the 2010 Jalopy Showdown Nostalgia drags and it features a totally rad slingshot with two [...]
Awesome Wheelie Video: Super Slow Motion Footage, Graceful Launch – Death Wobble Landing
Posted in RACING & ACTION October 11, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Super slow motion footage is really cool. This video shows exactly why. The killer 1974 Challenger featured in this piece comes off the starting line and hangs the hoops like a good Stock/Super Stock car. Watching the slicks work to grip the track and the trajectory of the car is neat. The real show happens [...]
Update: The Road Tour Express. Team One is on the road!
Posted in Event Coverage October 11, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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PART II includes first day challenge video, drama, and more and can be found near the bottom of the page. PART I. The Inaugural Road Tour Express, presented by Borla, Holley, Comp Cams, and Ridetech, is about to take off. The Road Tour Express promises to be a roadtrip adventure like none you have ever [...]
The Parting Shift: A 1959 Chevy Bel Air Packing 283-cubes and Three on the Tree (w/OD)
Posted in MISC October 8, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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This week’s parting shift isn’t violent, exceptionally powerful, or overly complex. Instead it is just plain cool. This video features a very nice 1959 Chevy Bel Air with a 283 Power Pack engine, dual exhaust, and a three speed manual trans with overdrive. There’s not a floor shifter in sight as all the action happens [...]
Historic Video: A Trans-Antarctic Voyage in Tucker Sno-Cat Trucks Circa 1955
Posted in HISTORIC October 8, 2010 by Brian Lohnes
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Yesterday, we ran a photo caption item here on the blog that showed a 1955 Tucker Sno-Cat in a very bad position on the Antarctic ice. While the captions came screaming in, one well-informed reader posted a link to actual video of this expedition. The Tucker Sno-Cats really traversed Antarctica in 1955 and faced several harrowing [...]
The Tiger Cage gets Certified!!!
Posted in OTHER October 8, 2010 by Chad Reynolds
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We’re proud to announce that Ridetech’s Tiger Cage has just received its first Sanctioning Body Certification! The boys at Ridetech have been working diligently to certify their application specific, bolt in roll bar systems. Manufactured in the USA, like all Ridetech products, the all stainless steel, bolt in, Tiger Cage system is the simplest chassis [...]
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