Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Classic YouTube: Launching A Citroen 2CV Seventy-Five Feet Off Of A Sand Dune
Twenty-nine horsepower is the maximum any Citroen 2CV-based vehicle ever had. Twenty-nine. That means that if you stick with power ratings, a 2CV can compare with the likes of an upper-end riding...
Gonna Feel That In The Morning: Watch As Brett Ghedina’s Honda CBR Drag Bike Launches Into The Sky!
Count Brett Ghedina’s wild ride at the Maximum Thrust Grand Final race at Perth Motorplex in Kwinana, Australia as quite possibly the shortest drag bike run in history. Ghedina was preparing...
A Pair of Pro Mod Wild Rides From Indy: Kris Thorne and Steve Matusek Walked Away From Insane Crashes
The 66th running of the Denso Spark Plugs NHRA US Nationals was full of the same crazy stories, awesome runs, and big time performances that the race has delivered through its storied history. In the...
After Action Review: Randy Pobst Reviews His Pikes Peak Hillclimb Tesla Wreck
Randy Pobst is one of the most chill pro racers I’ve ever met. He’s as friendly and as chatty as he seems to be in person, he’s got a great resume as a wheelman, and as it goes with...
Video: Harley Plus Nitrous = Human Torch!
When a car has a manifold backfire at the drags, things can go from bad to flamingly awful in milliseconds. When a Harley has a massive backfire while running on a chassis dyno, the rider of the...
Classic YouTube: Chad Reed’s Flight At The 2011 Spring Creek Nationals in Millville
I love dirt bikes. I have great respect for dirt bikes, because most of my early teenage years I spent lots of free time trying to kill myself on dirt bikes. Even the best riders can tell you that...
Carnage Video: Wreckage From Pikes Peak – Fire and Falls, This Video Has It All
The Camaro laying on it’s side on one of the last stretches of the old dirt section of Pikes Peak illustrates nicely why the mountain and the race are an international focal point in...
WILD RIDE: Top Sportsman Racer, Ronnie Proctor, Goes For One Hell Of A Ride
Sometimes stuff just doesn’t go the way you think it’s going to go, and sometimes when that happens it will get your attention in a hurry. Such is the case with poor Ronnie Proctor, who...
Like That: The Argument For Checking Your Machine Out Regularly And For Packing A Fire Extinguisher
My first project car nearly set my right arm on fire. That’s not joking. Had I not had the reflexes of a cat on crank, my arm from the elbow forward would’ve been showered with raw...
Watch Spencer Pigot’s Monster Wreck At The 2020 Indy 500 – This Was The Crash That Effectively Ended The Rae
The 104th running of the Indy 500 was apropos for the year 2020. It was bizarre with no fans, it was at times akin to a wrecking derby with a runtime of nearly 3.5 hours, and just when an incredible...
Historical Footage: Head-To-Head Crash Testing A 1982 Mustang Vs. A 1982 Plymouth TC3
Digging through old NHTSA footage brings up a strange trend in the early 1980s: these guys loved to crash-test Fox Mustangs into whatever car they could nose up against it. Why the Mustang? Was it...
Classic YouTube: Durability Testing A Volvo Dump Truck By Letting A Four-Year-Old Operate It
Certain things in life are inescapable truths. Volvo, regardless of who owns them, has always been hell-bent on making sure that every vehicle that carries their name is safe for anyone, anywhere,...
Indy 500 History Video: The Incredible Salt Walther Wreck During The Ill-Fated 1973 Indy 500
This weekend, yes this August weekend in 2020 the Indy 500 will be run. It will be run without spectators but the race will be run and we’re sure there will be a monster television audience...
178 Miles An Hour Into The Tires – Joel Miller’s Crash At The Twelve Hours of Sebring
The sudden, sickening realization that the brakes are no longer functional is enough to send an icy spike down the spine of even the most veteran driver. Braking force is paramount…if the...