Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Classic Carnage: Nine Minutes Of Old School 1980s and Early 1990s Monster Truck Wreckage
A Christmas tradition that I reveled in as a kid was the reception of Diamond P videos every year from various family members. It literally became a “thing” to sit down the next day and...
Is This The Luckiest SOB Walking The Planet Right Now? If You’re Going To Crash…
We’ve seen it all before. Someone on a motorcycle, usually a crotch rocket, weaving traffic at a speed guaranteed to invoke jail time, coming very close to their own demise each time they flick...
Burnout Fail Or Win? Watch This Camaro Give It A Shot And Judge For Yourself!
Seems innocuous enough, right? A early 3rd gen Camaro, looking a touch ratty but sounding like it’s housing a fairly healthy small block, rolls up to the blocks at a burnout contest in Yankton,...
That’s Gotta Hurt: Xavier Coupal Goes Barrel-Rolling In His NASCAR Challenger hard enough to remove the bodywork
This one hurts to watch. During the Canadian Tire race at Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Xavier Coupal went for one hell of a ride. Coming out of a corner on lap 51, he was fighting for position with...
Video: A Wild Drag Boat Save and Sink – No Wreckage, Amazing Driving, Then Cue The Rescue Drivers!
In 1985 Danny Sullivan executed the famous “spin and win” maneuver at the Indy 500 and became a sensation. In drag boat racing there is no such thing but there is something we’re...
Throwback Video: Why A Lake And Top Speed Racing Aren’t A Good Combination
This year, racers were reminded that the salt flats outside Wendover were named “Bonneville” after Lake Bonneville, the prehistoric lake that covered a large majority of Western Utah....
Education Video: Sending A Reporter Into A Cold Lake In Iowa In A Buick, To Teach You How To Get Out Of A Sinking Car
In the United States, on average, 300 or so people die in sinking or submerged vehicles. It’s a sad statistic that can be prevented. In this video, reporter Brian Allen volunteers to take a...
Powerful Video: Motor Trend’s Jessi Lang Tells The Story Of Her Autobahn Wreck And Recovery
I first learned who Jessi Lang was when “The J-Turn” series of videos she hosted hit the Motor Trend channel on YouTube. I watched the first episode, where David Freiburger taught her how...
Carnage Footage! Check Out “Redneck Racing”, And Make Sure Your Neck Brace Is Tight And Secure!
Tough Truck competitions are popular side-attractions at arena races and four-wheel events across the country. Basically a run-what-ya-brung event with only certain safety guidelines (and in some...
Crash And Burn: Take A 40ft Drop Off The Side Of The Road With This British Motorcyclist
This is cringeworthy. A guy ridge-running a Kawasaki ZX6R somewhere in Britain is filming his run. He’s moving pretty well along when he meets a corner a bit sharper than he was expecting....
Historical Crash-Test Footage: You Might Not Want To Watch Your Car Hit The Wall
Here’s how this story goes: I occasionally make fun of Brian’s addiction to all things involving large truck. He just nods and smiles. I take it a step further and call him out over the...
You Missed A Turn! Van Crashes Into An Apartment Building
The Abbotsford, British Columbia RCMP had an interesting call in the early morning hours of July 18th. A Ford Windstar had missed a turn at an intersection and plowed straight through two apartments...
Watch Another Mustang Lose It And Crash In The Same Spot On Mustang Week – This One ALMOST Wiped Out A Crowd
Over the weekend we showed you THIS VIDEO of a guy at Myrtle Beach’s huge “Mustang Week” losing the handle on his car during a burnout, shooting across traffic and crashing into a...
Rare Crash-Test Footage Of The Vector W8 Unearthed-And It Did Surprisingly Well!
The Vector W8 is a strange beast. Part Lamborghini insanity, part aviation engineering, part NASCAR, the W8 looked and sounded like something a fourteen-year-old kid would have dreamed up in his math...