Category Archive: MISC, Videos
Danica Patrick as Marilyn Monroe. Seriously. (Plus More “Sexy” Danica Videos)
As most people know, Danica Patrick is the leading spokesperson/mug on camera for GoDaddy.com. They have done some interesting television advertising in years past with Patrick but this one may take...
The Parting Shift: Four Gear ’55 Chevy Violence
We’re going the homer route with this week’s parting shift. The car in question is local to our east coast office and we’ve seen it getting threashed at the drag strip more than...
Video: An Idea Behind Its Time: The Besler Steam Airplane
The idea of a steam powered airplane was not a new one in 1934 when a man named Besler designed and built a contraption he called, in a creative manner, The Besler Steam Plane. What is not shocking...
Wild Video: $400K Rolls Royce Getting Wrung Out on a Frozen Lake
This could be the most expensive field in the history of ice racing. The focal point of this video is a large by huge Rolls Royce Phantom that clocks in at about $380,000 brand new off the showroom...
Jan Gabriel, Pioneering Drag Radio Ad Voice and Racing Announcer Passes at Age 69
Jan Gabriel, the original voice of Ben Christ’s historic “Sunday! Sunday! Sunday!” drag strip radio ads and a successful television producer, has died at age 69. This marks the...
Preview Video: Short Track Racing Reality Show Debuts on the History Channel This Sunday
Sunday night, January 10, the History Channel will debut “Madhouse,” a reality series based around the racing and personalities at Bowman Gray Stadium in Winston-Salem, North Carolina....
Car Looks Dumb, Gets Great Mileage, With Video
Apparently making your car resemble a Gila monster will result in big mileage gains. We think it will also result in a marked reduction in the amount of lovin’ you receive from the opposiste...
Video: 351-Powered Ford Focus
After showing you an LS1-powered Honda earlier today, we now present a video of a 351ci, V8-powered Ford Focus. There are a couple of outfits that manufacture pieces to complete this swap and, truth...
Boondoggle Media Videos from SEMA 2009
Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know SEMA was done over a month ago. But, better late than never. Under the banner of our Boondoggle Media video production company we have been serving the automotive...
Preview Video: BangShift Chad and David Freiburger Star in a New Car TV Show on TRU, Premiering Dec. 15
We have not been able to announce this until now, but myself and Hot Rod editor David Freiburger are in a new car-guy TV show that is airing Tuesday, December 15, at 11:00 pm Eastern (but check your...
Stunning Promo Video: The 1,000-MPH Race Between a Jet and the Bloodhound LSR Car
This is one of the best promotional videos ever. It depicts England’s Bloodhound SSC versus a jet fighter plane in the race to 1,000 mph in video-game-like detail. The Bloodhound is being built...
Amazing Video: Tiny Turbine Powered R/C Pulling Tractor
This is one of the craziest things we have ever seen. The video we dug up shows a very small remote control pulling tractor powered by an actual, tiny, turbine engine. We’d by lying if we said...
Video: Chip Foose Will Hot Rod a John Deere Tractor
How did we ever miss this? The Chip Foose media machine must not be firing on all 8 right now, because it was announced back in November that famed car designer Chip Foose has partnered with John...