Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Video: ’57 Chevy Drag Car Crashes and Burns While an Unprepared Fire Crew Watches
The most basic idea behind a drag strip is to provide a safe, controlled, environment for people to race their cars. A basic expectation of drag racers is that the track they are running down has at...
Flying Drag Car Video: A Huge Wreck at Hub City Dragway
If there is a Mississippi state record for skying a drag car, the dude in this video owns it. By a lot. Shot at Hub City Dragway, in Hattiesburg, this video features a bunch of cool door slammer...
Incredible Wreckage Video: A Trans-Am Camaro Hits the Tire Wall at More than 150mph and Launches Out of Track
Gunter Schaldach is probably still sore today, but that’s small potatoes compared to what could have happened to him after suffering one of the more horrifying road racing crashed of the last...
Funny Car Panic Video: The Steering Wheel Falls Off in the Driver’s Hands During a Run!
This is some wild stuff! As if driving a Funny Car isn’t tough enough, this video shows a dude trying to turn the trick with no steering wheel! We’ve seen more than our fair share of...
Massive Wreckage Video: The Two Scary Audi Wrecks from the 2011 24 Hours of LeMans
While Audi managed to win the 2011 24 Hours of LeMans, the victory came at an awfully high price. Two of their cars, both handmade, one-off, multi-million dollar pieces, were reduced to broken shards...
Dyno Carnage Video: A Factory Transfer Case Goes Kablooey At Big RPM
As we were watching the awesome Norwegian hill climb video yesterday, we got to thinking about what transmissions and transfer cases these dudes were running. Well, believe it or not, some of them...
Video: The Most Violent and Painful Automotive Magic Fail Ever
We’ll warn you that this video is pretty violent and shocking. The dude playing the role of failed magician is lucky to be alive, although we’ve read that he suffered multiple injuries,...
Incredible Wreckage Video: A Pro Mod Burnout Results in a Majorly Wrecked Pro Mod
If your Monday morning sucks like ours does, this video will give you some perspective on what a bad day actually is. Shot at Albuquerque Dragway, the footage shows the pre-race burnouts of two pro...
Motorcycle Fail Video: How to Run Yourself Over With Your Own Bike
The internet is full of videos featuring guys running out of talent on motorcycles. Well, this is one of the first ones we have seen that depicts someone running out of talent when they are off the...
Grande Fuego Video: A European Nitrous Pro Mod Explodes and Burns to the Ground at Santa Pod
Another week, another incredible multi-angle set of videos showing a nitrous Pro Mod exploding and burning to the ground. This time, the action comes from historic Santa Pod Raceway in England, where...
Indy 500 Video: A Finish No One Saw Coming!
While we understand that the Indy 500 isn’t anywhere near the peak of the popularity it experienced in decades past, we still make it a habit to tune in every year for as much of the race as...
Dirt Track Wreckage Video: A Crash Involving Virtually the Entire Field!
This video of dirt modifieds wrecking in one colossal heap may lack for quality, but it more than makes up for it with calamity. Filmed at Ransomville Speedway in New York, it shows the biggest chain...
Wreckage Video: The Hardest Wreck in the History of Autocrossing
This video proves two things. The first is that the Nissan VQ engine that powers virtually everything in their product line up, in one form or another, is the most awful sounding engine in the world....
Explosion Video: The Most Violent Nitrous Explosion We Have Ever Seen
No hyperbole, no bullshit, this is the craziest nitrous explosion we have ever seen. The footage comes from somewhere over in Europe, possibly the Nordic region. It shows a Top Sportsman/Pro Mod...