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Video: Would You Watch This TV Show About Sportsman Stick Shift Drag Racing?

Posted in RACING & ACTION October 5, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

So we found this 10-minute “sizzle reel” for a reality TV show pilot called, “Shifters USA”. The show follows a group of southern stick shift drag racers as they compete at Farmington Dragway in North Carolina. Now, normally you’d read the words “reality show pilot” and shoot holes in your computer with a pistol, but [...]

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Replay and Results: The 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals From Las Vegas - Watch the Stuff You Missed!

Replay and Results: The 2011 PSCA Street Car Super Nationals From Las Vegas – Watch the Stuff You Missed!

Posted in RACING & ACTION November 17, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Click here for results from the 2011 SCSN!     CLICK HERE FOR RESULTS FROM THE 2011 SCSN                   

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Watch A 62-Year Old Bad Ass Run 5.70s In The Eighth With A Screaming Small Block 4-Speed Camaro – Four Speed Perfection!

Posted in RACING & ACTION April 10, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  21 comments

It has been a while since we posted a really good in-car video of someone just flat getting it done with a manual transmission at the digs. This is a 62-year old dude named Kurt who has himself one nasty Camaro. The car runs deep into the 5.70s in the eighth mile, which translates in [...]

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Video: Are You Faster Than A Redneck Premiers TONIGHT! 7PM Pacific/10PM Eastern On SPEED!! Tune IN!

Posted in RACING & ACTION February 22, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Tonight at 10PM Eastern the new SPEED channel series, “Are You Faster Than A Redneck?” premiers and we’ll be watching. You should tune in as well. We’ve seen a preview of the show and we think it is really good. It mixes some good humor with cool cars, tight racing, and professional levels of production. [...]

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Epic Burnout Video: Brasher Burnout Nationals… Held In His Backyard… Literally

Posted in CRASH & BURN July 20, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

Whoever the hell Mick Brasher is, he rules all. Every time Brian leaves town I have to run some Australian burnout video, and this one rules more than any other burnout video ever. The best part is the fact that this “event” is held in Mick’s backyard. Seriously.They have helicopter footage, on car footage and [...]

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Video: Watch Don Garlits Make Passes In A Very Quick Electric Dragster – Don Gives Us The Scoop!

Posted in RACING & ACTION January 4, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

When we saw YouTube videos of Don Garlits making hits in an electric rear “motor” dragster we had to follow up with Big Daddy and get the inside dirt on just how well this brand new machine from High Tech Systems performs. The 1500KW dragster is naked with no body panels and Don reports that [...]

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Watch a Massive “Mega Truck” Leap To Incredible Heights and Distances For No Apparent Reason

Posted in FUNNY STUFF July 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

There are times when asking, “why?” just isn’t necessary. Consider this video one of those times. In it, you’ll see the massive classic Chevy truck of one Daniel Mundy vaulting to incredible heights and distances at some sort of four wheel drive event. It doesn’t seem that anyone was measuring for distance and height, but [...]

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Video: Rental Car Burnout Extravaganza Thanks To The Guys At Aeromotive

Posted in RACING & ACTION December 19, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

I seriously have to apologize for not having this video up sooner since I was actually at the track when this burnout went down. I knew that a couple of Aermotive Fuel System guys watched it happen and shot video of it, but I didn’t know they had it up on their facebook page. So [...]

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Watch The 48 Hour Camaro Take On The Gas Monkey Garage Guys In A Donut Cutting Contest!

Posted in FUNNY STUFF March 22, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  15 comments

Spoiler alert — The dudes from Ridetech and the 48 Hour Camaro are going to be on an upcoming episode of the gearhead show Fast n’ Loud. As is usually the case at the Gas Monkey Garage, things got a little out of hand and the gauntlet was thrown down between the TV guys and [...]

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Video: A Sneak Peek At The Super Trick Cars From Fast And Furious 6

Posted in CAR FEATURES May 9, 2013  by  Chad Reynolds > >  15 comments

Dennis McCarthy, Picture Car Builder extraordinaire, has got one cool job. And once again he is enjoying the hell out of it as the Fast & Furious 6 is about to come out in a couple of weeks. Like always, there are some twists and turns that you won’t expect, and we’re not just talking [...]

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Watch England’s Andy Frost Run 6.995/218mph at Santa Pod – World’s Fastest Street Legal Drag Car!

Posted in RACING & ACTION April 10, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

England’s own Andy Frost, in his wild Red Victor III ran 6.995/218mph at Santa Pod Raceway’s Easter Thunderball last weekend. That run makes Frost’s car the fastest street legal drag car in the world, with the USA’s Larry Larsen holding onto the quickest title with his runs deeper into the 6.90s.  Frost’s latest iteration of [...]

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Wild Torque Video: Watch An Aussie Holden Monaro Carry the Left Front Wheel 300ft Every Lap!

Posted in RACING & ACTION September 19, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We’ve all seen the videos of old X-frame GM cars twisting themselves into knots at the hit of the throttle on the strip. They yank the left front wheel up in the air for a second or two and then settle down to make the rest of their lap. Those videos are awesome but there [...]

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Dyno Video: Watch An Aussie Mitsubishi Scorpion With A 420ci Ford Cleveland Small Block Make Nearly 600 N/A Horsepower At The Tires!

Posted in ENGINES May 3, 2013  by  Brian Lohnes > >  14 comments

Big motor plus small car always equals fun but when the small car is a cool little old school Japanese job and the engine is a 420ci Cleveland headed  Ford small block, we’re talking real fun! This video was made in Australia at a dyno/tuning day for this race car which can normally be found [...]

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Update: The Hot Rod Magazine Special Camaro With a Supercharged Two Cylinder Big Block Chevy Runs 32.414 MPH - Qualifies for Record

Update: The Hot Rod Magazine Special Camaro With a Supercharged Two Cylinder Big Block Chevy Runs 32.414 MPH – Qualifies for Record

Posted in RACING & ACTION August 17, 2011  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

Well this is oddly cool! When Keith Turk and Hot Rod Magazine’s David Freiburger fragged the 1100hp blown big block Chevy in their Camaro at Bonneville, all hope seemed lost for the week. The engine had swallowed a bowl vent tube from atop the carb and that little piece did major damage inside the engine. [...]

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Watch Andy Frost in his Red Victor 3 Become the Quickest and Fastest Street Car in the World: Video

Posted in RACING & ACTION June 12, 2012  by  Brian Lohnes > > 

We’re stupid late to the game with this news and video, but Andy Frost became the owner and driver of the world’s quickest street legal car a couple weeks back when he blasted off a 6.59 second 220mph lap at England’s Santa Pod Raceway. The twin turbocharged Red Victor 3, tuned by American Shane Tecklenburg [...]

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Aussie Vs. American Burnout Video: We Fuel The Fire In Search Of Truth, Conflict, and Video!

Posted in RACING & ACTION August 23, 2012  by  Chad Reynolds > > 

On Monday this week we ran yet another great Australian burnout video. On Tuesday we ran an American burnout video. The comments, bashing, and bragging started up immediately and we love it. So today we are running a video that made us laugh out loud.It features American and Australian burnouts and should stir the pot [...]

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