Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
History Lesson: The Story Of Tucker, From The Man To The Machine
Only 36 examples of the Tucker 48 were completed before the factory shut it’s doors, amid the SEC trial and questionable at best accusations levied against Preston Tucker. Fifty-one cars total...
Classic YouTube: Running Pikes Peak In An Oldsmobile Toronado In 1966
It rises west of Manitou Springs and climbs into the heavens. When you stand on the summit on a clear day, you can see five states’ worth of land and if you look carefully, some of the...
Classic YouTube: A Ten-Second Cadillac Fleetwood That Gets Jumpy At The Launch!
Would you be surprised that I’m on a big Cadillac kick again? I’ve been busy at BangShift Mid-West and part of the work has involved the dirt-cheap limo that has been lowering my property...
Classic YouTube: Teaching The Press How To Drive A Rally Car In 1974
For those who are lucky enough to make a living writing about cars, the pinnacle highlight is being cut loose with someone else’s car and doing a touch more than just putting about from Point A...
Video: This LIVE NHRA Today From The 1992 Chief Auto Parts Nationals In Texas Is Awesome
Now THIS is fun drag racing TV, to us anyway. You are going to watch an episode of NHRA Today made at the Texas motorplex 26 years ago during the 1992 Chief Auto Parts Nationals in Texas. It is fun...
Drag History Video: Here’s the Broadcast Of The 1988 IHRA Texas Nationals – The Weekend The 5-Second Barrier Fell
They’re just numbers. They are just digits on a slip of paper or on a scoreboard. That’s what the world sees. That’s what people who have never measured themselves against time,...
No Mercy Week: Take A Look Back At DeWayne Mills’ $50,000 Payday In PTC Radial Vs The World!
As you read this racers and vendors are stacking up at South Georgia Motorsports Park for No Mercy. This is the wild Donald Long promoted radial tire drag race that features classes like x275,...
Classic YouTube: Buick’s Identity Crisis Of About 1989 – RWD Reatta And Regal, Turbo Six Electra Wagon?
Another day of my sickness over Buick Reattas has led me to this gem from MotorWeek, one that showcased just how much of an identity crisis that Buick was having with itself. Buick, much like Mercury...
Drive Angry: Competitive Racing From The Land Of Touring Cars!
If you were to compare racing to fighting styles, drag racing is like a one-on-one boxing match. Two fighters enter, one leaves, and generally, you know how it’s going to work out. The NHRA is...
Classic YouTube: The Lap 148 Battle During The 2007 Bathurst Race Was One For The Books!
Rain falling on the track in certain areas, many cars on slicks, and everybody wanting to drive the front splitter square up the rear bumper of the guy in front of ’em. It’s Australian...
Gutsy Driving Video: Here Are The Top Five Passes From The 2018 Goodwood Revival
The most exciting move in racing is the pass. The ability to out wit, out muscle, or simply out drive your opponent is an awesome spectacle to watch and it has kept racing fans glued to their seats...
Video: How Stevie Fast Jackson Won The 2018 NHRA US Nationals – An Amazingly Improbable Victory
It was ugly. It was worse than ugly. This was embarrassing. Stevie Fast Jackson was cruising toward his third DNQ in a row as part of the E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Pro Mod Series. This was after building...
SAVED! This Video of The Top Five Saves From The Goodwood Revival Is Awesome
We have showed you some cool videos from the 2018 Goodwood Revival in England but this one is the best yet. The footage you will see highlights the top five saves that were made during the racing...
