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Cool Video: Watch This Profile On Dan Pastorini The Star NFL Quarterback Who Went Top Fuel Racing In The 1980s
In motorsports it is always cool when there is crossover from traditional sports heroes, right? In today’s world of drag racing there is former NBA player Tom Hammonds, there is current NFL...
Influence and Impact Episode 23 – The History Of Epic and Cliche Car Chase Movies, And Behind the Scenes of Stunt Cars Past And Present
America’s love of the automobile, and the infatuation with the iconic styling and performance American cars have historically embodied has never been more prevalent than in the movies of the...
Wonderfully Weird Wagon: The 1989 Spoilers Plus Aero GT Was A Fun Take On A Ford Taurus Wagon
Isn’t it fun when you get reminded of something that you forgot about or better yet learn something that you never knew was a thing in the first place? That’s the case with this video...
Crank Up The Speakers: Watching and Listening To This Allard J2R At Goodwood In 1999 Is So Awesome – Cadillac Power!
Sydney Allard was one heck of a guy. He was the founding father of drag racing in England, was an awesome engineering, and came up with an epic blueprint on how to build a car that people would love....
The Sleeper Dude Buys A Gasser From Non Other Than Steve Magnante! 2000 Mile Road Trip… Magneto Is Selling Stuff And Car Freaks Are Buying!
We’ve shared lots of Steve Magnante videos here on the channel over the years, and have been very supportive of him in his health woes over the past year, but when he announced that he had sold...
Jungle In The Raw: This Incredible Four Minute Clip Shows Jake Crimmins Setting A Maple Grove Track Record In Jungle Jim’s Funny Car!
Now this is a legit jaw dropper. You are about to see some really amazing footage, shot at Maple Grove Raceway in the mid 1970s which shows young Jake Crimmins making a test rip in Jungle Jim’s...
Weird Car On A Dead Track: 1985 Plymouth Colt Turbo Tested At Bridgehampton
The magic of the 1980s was that there were weird cars kind of falling out of the sky on a regular basis. Today, that does not happen anymore. There are very few surprises out there. People have their...
Watch TV Tommy Ivo Race The Green Mamba Jet Car Circa The Late 1960s in Texas!
Ahhh, match racing. The fabled way for so many stars of the drag racing world to pay the bills and make cash with their hot rods. It is vaudeville on four wheels with a schedule that’s 10-times...
Video: Gentle Giants – Big Horsepower Tractors Of The 1970s From Minneapolis-Moline and Oliver
While passenger cars and trucks were being stripped of their manhood by government regulations in the early 1970s, farmers across America were transitioning into an era where horsepower was king....
The Big Test: This 1980s Film Touts GMs Testing Procedures Of The Day – Did No One Tell Them That The Cars Sucked?
The video you are about to watch was made by General Motors in the early 1980s to show the world just how serious they were about testing their products before they went to market. It shows off the...
Weird and Wonderful: This Video Looks At 7 Of The craziest Ferrari Concept Cars Of All Time
As much as it pains us to admit it, cars are largely the same on their face. For wheels, some doors, engine, seats, it’s like checking off a bunch of basic boxes. Now, the magic happens when we...
Old School Noise: This 1970s NHRA Points Meet Footage From Houston Is Amazing
It seems wild to think about the fact that back in the day nitro funny car and top fuel competitors spent a lot of time running NHRA points meets while chasing national championships. It was a large...
Promotional Goodness: This Chevrolet Pitch Video For The 1979 Nova and Monza Is A Fun Watch
By the time the late 1970s rolled around, the Nova had transitioned from a budget small or big block muscle car to a cruiser that was supposed to be “luxurious” when totally options and...
Friday Moment Of Zen: Watch Charlie Baker Slide His Racing Big Rig Around Fayetteville, NC Circa 1986
Few men were faster, few men were more fearsome, and few men were harder driving during the golden age of the Great American Truck Racing series than Charlie Baker. Whether on asphalt or dirt, the...