Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Hilarious Video: Three-Wide Bus Racing at a Michigan Oval
So far today we’ve taken you to Indy and to the Midwest Musclecar Challenge, two events featuring cars that have been designed, tested, and trashed on the race track. Now we’re headed to...
The Parting Shift: Robert Schmitt’s Killer 1967 Chevelle
We’re checking out for the long holiday weekend, but before we abandon our battle station on the blog we wanted to leave you with some good ol’ fashioned gear rowing. Robert...
Crazy Flaming Carnage Video: 18-Wheeler T-Bones Dump Truck
We’ll start with the punchline. According to the Associated Press, neither driver in this massive collision was hurt. We cannot fathom how that is possible because the impact looks like someone...
Video: Gary and Pam Beineke’s K&K Insurance 1971 Daytona Clone Flying at Maxton
Bobby Issac and Harry Hyde famously bombarded the Bonneville Salt Flats with a 1969 Dodge Charger Daytona stock car in September of 1971. Chrysler had chopped its racing budget and the wing car was...
The Parting Shift: Grabbin’ Gears in a Mustang at Atco
This week’s Parting Shift takes us to Atco Raceway in New Jersey for some good old fashioned four-speed abuse. The Mustang featured in this video sure seems like a runner as it takes no time at...
Cool Drag Racing Video: The History of Funny Cars as Narrated by Steve Evans
Any drag racing video that features the dulcet tones of Steve Evans is automatically awesome in our book. If you combined the pipes of Evans and a fun subject like the evolution of funny cars you...
Crazy Truck Video: Massive 8×8 Trials Competition From Czechoslovakia
Who knew such craziness existed in the Czech Republic? This video of giant trucks battling in an extreme off road competition is great. Seeing what an 8×8 truck powered by a big turbo-diesel...
Fantastic Vintage Drag Video: Garlits, The Greek, The Snake, Muldowney, Trophy Girls and Nitro
This video carries the ambitious title, “The History of Drag Racing.” At only three and a half minutes, the history is a bit truncated, but the footage used in the film is some of the...
Insane Project Video: Tom Cotterill’s Rocket II — A Blown Hemi Custom Trike
Some vehicles totally defy description. Artist Tim Cotterill’s “Rocket II” trike is one of them. It’s a freaking trike powered by a blown Hemi. See, we told you. Words do it...
Awesome Old Promo Video: How Chevrolet Dealer Service Went Circa 1950
We love old promotional films from domestic car companies. Previously we have found and shared videos that were specifically aimed at sales people on the floor and how they should approach selling...
Vintage Racing Video: The Beginnings of British Rallycross
Back in 1967-1968, when the Trans-Am series was really starting to come into its own here in the USA, there was an equally as interesting story brewing over in England. Called Rallycross, it was a...
Crazy Carnage Video: A European Wheelstander Eats Concrete and Flips
We’re going to get Friday off to a smashing start, literally. One of our European forum members tipped us off to video clips of a wheel-stander, The Little Green Wagon, drilling the guardrail...