Guts Video: This Film That Shows A Bridge Being Built In Burma During WWII Is Awesome
What does this have to do with cars? Not a whole lot outside of the random truck that is shown as part of the work but this is as BangShifty a video as I have ever found on the internet. Why? It is...
Classic YouTube: The USS Shenandoah After It’s 1924 Mooring Tower Incident
680 feet long, nearly 79 feet wide at it’s broadest and standing nearly 100 feet tall, the USS Shenandoah would be an impressive sight by today’s standards, but in the early 1920s it had...
One Way Or Another: Watch As This Quadriplegic Takes On Elimination Hill At Gravelrama 48!
(Photo: Jeff Tomlin) In the last gallery from Gravelrama 48, I said that I didn’t spend nearly enough time on-site for my liking…and that’s the truth. I only scheduled in one day,...
Driveway Tech: A Quick, Easy, And Cheap Junkyard Windshield Washer Pump Fix
We always like cheap, easy fixes to things that annoy us. Driving around 50 year old cars means that having a working windshield washer pump at all is a luxury. But, keeping that stupid thing working...
Gravelrama 48: Our Final Blast Of Photos From The Sandpile Of Ohio!
My time at Gravelrama 48 was all too brief. I had only budgeted one day on the property, and from what I’ve seen, one day isn’t nearly enough time just to cover Elimination Hill alone,...
Gravelrama 48: More Gravel-Flinging Action From Elimination Hill!
Gravelrama 48 lived up to every expectation I had. There wasn’t much to expect, really…I wanted to see monster roostertails being flung from high-powered machines as they tried to climb...
Afternoon Time Killer: Kick Off Your Long Weekend With An Hour Of Tough Truck Footage!
Welcome to Labor Day weekend! For many, this will be an extra day or two off of work to enjoy the last vestiges of summer before the temperatures start to drop off and the leaves start to turn, and...
Mud Racer’s Association Action Photos From GALOT – Who Needs Asphalt, Anyway?!
(Photos by David Whealon) – Here’s our second gallery of photos from the recent Mud Racer’s Association event held at the awesome GALOT Motorsports Park in North Carolina. Normally...
2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals Coverage: We’re Kicking It Off With Trucks and Tractors!
(Words and photos by Joe Grippo) – The 2018 Carlisle Ford Nationals is a celebration of all things blue oval. While the show is naturally Mustang centric, the largest selling Ford vehicle was...
Here’s Mud in Your Eye! MRA Mud Drag Racing Action Photos From GALOT Motorsports Park
(Photos and words by David Whealon) – Back a few weeks ago Galot Motorsports Park hosted for the first time ever the MRA’s (Mud Racers Association) form of getting after it on the dirt on...
Every Kid’s Dream: School Bus Figure-Eight Racing From Washington State
For six years, the majority of my year was occupied by a twice-a-day ride in a Gillig school bus that dated to at least the early 1970s, if not as old as the late 1950s. All but the two spare buses...
Gravelrama 48: Our Coverage Of Ohio’s Off-Road Jamboree Begins Now With The Show Field!
For the last couple of years I’ve known that there is a strong off-road presence near BangShift Mid-West. If you were to draw a circle that at it’s furthest, would represent a six-hour...
Turning The Soil: Fast Mud Racing At The Michigan Mud Jam
Four-wheel drive never looked so violent as it does when mud racing is the game. I grew up with trail trucks…little big of rocks, little bit of mud, and maybe a Buick to park on at the end of...
After Action Review: The Power Driven Diesel Folks Go Through What Happened With The Engine They Killed!
Back at the beginning of August we got to see what happens when a Cummins engine in a drag truck suffers a catastrophic engine failure courtesy of the guys at Power Driven Diesel. Their engine went...
