Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION
The Baja 1000, A World Of X Documentary To Air Thursday, Plus A Kurt Caselli Tribute And New TV Deal For SCORE!
We love off road racing around here. I know it’s not necessarily our “norm”, but ever since I attended the Baja 1000 back in 2007 I’ve been hooked. The SCORE Baja 1000 is one...
Shell Prelude: Watch the world’s largest floating facility float out of dry dock
Say what you will about how things made today aren’t up to the quality standards of years past, but the Shell Prelude is proof that man can still accomplish amazing engineering feats when tasked to...
Killer Old Promotional Video: Andy Granatelli Setting Records in a 1963 Avanti at Bonneville
In our never-ending quest to ferret out every cool old promotional video we can, we’re happy to share this film made by Studebaker in 1963 promoting the awesome accomplishments of the Avanti at...
Bitchin’ Video: A Look Back At The Glory Days Of Modified Eliminator! Famous Racers Talk And Small Blocks Scream!
Bobby Bennett at CompetitionPlus.com is a BangShifty kind of guy. How do we know? Because he’s as hung up on the awesome past of drag racing as we are and he makes killer videos that...
Video Bonanza: Vintage Jeep Ads of the Kaiser Era
Jeep is one of the most enduring brand names in the history of the American auto industry. Jeep has survived multiple owners and multiple attempts to dilute a proud brand with namby pamby weiner...
Video: 1960s Drag Film From Atco – NHRA’s Bob Frey As A Kid – Gassers, Garlits, Nitro, Perfection!
Stop whatever you are doing now and press play below for a 24 minute time travel trip back to the early 1960s at Atco Dragway in New Jersey. Atco remains one of the best known drag plants on the east...
Awesome: Watch Sammy Miller Run 4.73 In His Rocket Funny Car And Blow All The Windows Out Of The Santa Pod Tower!
It was good to be Sammy Miller in the early 1980s. The guy was everywhere, setting speed records on ice, running rocket cars in the US and Europe, and he was still building up to his biggest moment...
Epic Find: Home Movies From A Day At Lions Drag Strip In 1958 – Awesome Cars, Fun, 1950s Drag Racing Perfection
If there is one place that has long captured the hearts and imaginations of drag racing fans from around the globe, it is Lions Drag Strip. Operated from 1955-1972 the place is viewed by many as the...
Awesome Video: 1960s Street Racing In Detroit! Jumping Starters, Plenty Of Cool Iron And A Visit By The Law!
When we hear guys talk about “the way it was” it is nice and all but their stories only go so far. When you see video evidence of exactly “how it was” we’re enthralled...
Video: Harry And Daniel Davies Share An Epic Road Trip In Bill Burnhams “Old Blue” Roadster
The guys at ShareTheDrive.com have shared an epic one with us. This video shows Harry and Daniel Davies accounts of their father and son roadtrip behind the wheel of Bill Burnham’s “Old...
Video: Dave Wallace Jr. Takes A “Ride” In The Doss, Clayton, and King 1963 Top Fuel Dragster
Dave Wallace Jr., most recently the former Editor at Hot Rod Deluxe and one of drag racing’s most important historians, had the opportunity of a lifetime this weekend at the California Hot Rod...
Watch Dave McClellend, Bob Frey, and Jon Lundberg Talk About Their Experiences In The Tower And Drag Racing History
The Quarter Mile Foundation has been doing lots of important work over the last couple of years to gather and preserve the history of drag racing. Some of that work has centered around video...
Video: Henry Ford’s Sweepstakes Racecar Rides Again With NASCAR’s Carl Edwards
Our boy Ronnie Mankins sent us the link to this one yesterday and it’s bitchin. You hear all the stories about the racecars of the early 20th Century, but you can’t imagine what it must...
Watch The 1955 Belgian Grand Prix Through Amazingly Clear Footage And Equally Awesome Sound – Fangio, Moss, Hawthorne, More!
Formula One cars have always represented the pinnacle of automotive engineering during their many respective iterations over the years. This film was made by the Shell Oil Company in 1955 as a...