Boy there sure as some wince inducing moments throughout the course of this five minute video produced by Urban Hillbilly Action Videos. It is nothing but Ford Mustangs blowing up, sliding around, and hitting stuff at every possible angle and speed. From low speed wall slapping launches to high speed top end face plants, this is all Mustangs all the time. Now, before the Ford guys start chucking wrenches at us, this isn’t a Ford hater video and we’re sure Sean Melton at Urban Hillbilly has a bunch of these planned because after all, there’s got to be as many Camaros blowing up and wiping out as Mustangs, right? Close but maybe not as the Mustangs (particularly the Fox bodies) are amazingly popular in small tire drag racing as a starting point for a racer. Some retain Ford power and others use different engines but the lightness compact nature of the car suits itself well to guys who want to go really fast, especially on small slicks or radials.
These clips were taken at tracks all over the country and taken during various years of racing coverage. You’ll hear some voices you recognize like Al Tucci’s and you’ll see plenty of tracks you recognize like SGMP, Bradenton, Orlando, and more. The If there is a culprit in many of these wrecks it is overdriving and pedaling the car a bunch of times. Drag race suspensions are tricky things because at the expense of all else, they are designed to plant those rear tires and keep them stuck. They are not good at rapidly changing directions or dealing with weight being shifted from the front to the back of the car when drivers are on an off the throttle like some you will see here. There’s some guys who complain when a driver lifts at the first sign of trouble but we’d argue that those are the guys who will never star in a video like this.
