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Category Archive: FUNNY STUFF, RACING & ACTION, Videos

More Bizarrely Awesome Drag Action Video: A Blown SBC Powered Aussie Mercedes Goes 8s!

We got tipped us off to this video from Australia that shows an old Mercedes sedan that has been built into a full tilt drag race car which gets power from a blown small block Chevy engine. The steel...

This Four Year Old Can Operate A Flow Bench – What Have You Done With Your Life?

So yeah, what’s your story? This four year old kid knows his way around a flow bench like you know your way around a buffet and frankly that’s an impressive amount of knowledge....

REVEALED: Chrysler New Yorker Electronic Voice Alert Guy Works for Speak and Spell!

In a brilliant investigative piece the likes of which we have not seen since Woodward and Bernstein, YouTuber Spats Bear has determined that the guy who was the voice behind the Chrysler New Yorker...

Video Fail Break: Why TV Reporters Don’t Drive Dump Trucks

There are few things we love more than good television news bloopers. When over-zealous, smarmy reporters get a dose of their own medicine on camera, it is pure gold. In what could be the single...

Battle Of The Roadkill All Stars – Every Running Roadkill Project Gets Thrashed In New Episode

The latest episode of Roadkill dropped today and it is a fun one that pits every running project car from the series against each other in an autocross format. When we say all the running projects...

A Sequel To The Awesome Stop Action Hot Wheels Car Chase Flick Has Surfaced! Nitro Warriors 2: Afterburner – This Rules!

It was only a couple of days ago that we showed you “Nitro Warriors”, a fantastic stop-action short film that featured an epic car chase with Hot Wheels cars. Well, the sequel to that...

Video: The Hover-Barrow Was A Neat And BangShifty Solution To Job Site Drudgery – Cool Idea!

Human beings have been seeking ways to make life easier since the dawn of our existence. From coming up with ideas like the wheel, yogurt in a tube, electricity, and nuclear weapons, we’ve been...

Awesome Drag Video: Watch Grumpy Jenkins Live Up To His Nickname In A 1975 TV Interview – This Rules All

Away from the race track Bill Jenkins was an affable man with lots of friends and stories. At the track, he was as serious as a heart attack, not all that friendly a dude, and an intense competitor....

The Dynasphere Is A Fun British Creation From The 1930s That We Want To Drive! (Video)

People have been designing and building so-called “mono wheel” vehicles for a long time, like over 80 years now as is proven by the video below. We’re sure that the existed on paper...

This Stop Motion Car Chase Is Better Than The Last Fast And Furious Movie

Man, do I love car chases. Unfortunately, due to these crazy things we have called “laws” and “prisons with large inmates”, odds are it’s not in my best interest to re-enact some of my...

Doris Day’s International Road Roller Ad is an Introduction to the Weirdest Celebrity Product Endoresments Ever

“When Doris Day needs road rolling equipment,” reads the copy that must’ve made some ad executive a fortune, “you can bet she’s going to turn to a name she’s...

This Hilarious Spoof Of A Chevy Silverado Ad Will Start Your Week With A Laugh

The Canadian comedy show 22 Minutes created this absolutely hilarious parody sketch of the current crop of Chevy Silverado. The go right down the messing with the lyrics of the song that’s...

Fun Video: A Gumby Short Featuring A T-Bucket, The Drags, High Speed Claymation Chase!

It is kind of amazing to think about but Gumby was on television from 1955-1989. That’s one hell of a run. We can remember watching the short claymation sketches as kids and we’re sure...

Trouble Parking Your Massive Cadillac? Not Any More With This Genius Late 1940s Invention!

This is one of those old timey videos that’ll put a smile on your face for sure. Filmed in the Los Angeles area during the late 1940s, it shows an inventor’s great idea to aid in parallel...