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Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Classic YouTube: Fast Fred Cavasini’s 1934 Ford Tearing The Hides Off!

There are some cars that ooze evil. They rock when the throttle is tapped. They lunge when the gear is selected. They have a threatening exhaust note that grabs your attention like a strangler...

Ridetech’s New S10 Coil-Over Suspension System Makes Them Look And Handle Like Never Before

The Chevrolet S10, and GMC S15, pickup truck platform is one of the most popular small truck platforms ever built. They have been customized, engine swapped, and tricked out in every conceivable...

Nightmare Fuel: Aeronautical Structure Testing – It’s Ok, It’s Supposed To Do That!

A nine-year career as a helicopter technician and three years working around budding aeronautical engineers while earning my degree proved one thing to me: sometimes, ignorance is truly bliss. During...

Traveling Al Frisco: Petrolicious Looks At A Truly Cool 1971 Porsche 911 That Has Lived A Couple Of Lives

Those of us that love cars talk about them as if they were somehow human in many ways. We look at their features, their foibles, we think about their strain and toil when they are driven hard. Long...

Morning Symphony: Coffeyville Street Drags Action – Legal Meet-Ups On The Street!

It used to be that the only way you saw two cars race on a street was to be in the loop of information. You had to know what intersection was going to be the starting line, you had to know when the...

Great Video: This Profile Of Mark Micke, Jason Carter, And The World’s Most Bad To The Bone 1978 Malibu Rules!

Paul Bunyan had Babe, his trusty blue ox. Jason Carter and Mark Micke have their blue 1978 Chevy Malibu, which stands as the baddest Radial vs The World car in the history of the class and one of the...

Harvest Fling: The Formula Offroad USA Event From Tennessee

Who knew that a bunch of good ol’ boys from the Midwest and some of the most unhinged drivers from Iceland could have something in common? Apparently, drive to go off-roading up hills in a...

This Is Awesome: A Complete, Soup To Nuts Pro Mod Run Tutorial Hosted By Stevie Fast Jackson – So Great

There are videos out there that talk about how to drive a drag race car but there has never been a more in-depth video made about making a run in a supercharged pro mod than this one. Literally every...

Ouch Video: Watch This Hot Rodded, Bad Fast Viper Suffer A Flaming Engine Failure And Hard Wall Contact In Texas

I guess today is wild drag strip video day. What you are about to see below is painful to watch. Normally we say that when we see a Viper pull around the corner at the drag strip because the cars are...

Round Three With Street Machine’s Dodge Phoenix Project: It Runs And Moves. But Does It Get Street-Legal?

If you went through the painstaking task of grinding down a bag full of trim clip pins just so they fit onto the chrome trim of a 1963 Dodge, chances are good that you would have not only perfected...

The Brazilian Blur: Watch Jader Krolow’s Nova Rip Into The 6.60s At Over 210mph

It is always neat to see new names pop up in the world of American drag racing and then catch back up with them in their home environment. Jade Krolow is one of those names. A successful Brazilian...

The Test Of An Old Show Car: MCM’s Newest Rescued Mitsubishi Cranks Out 300 Horse At The Wheels

Yes, Mighty Car Mods found another 1990s Mitsubishi Mirage Lancer whatever and adopted it into the fun, dysfunctional family. Our first question: WHY? They already have a mid-1990s Lancer (see also:...

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Completely Insane Video: Dude Spins A 360, Does Not Cross Center Or Hit Wall, WINS THE RACE!

The “No Guts, No Glory” grudge event at Orlando is one of the most wild and wooly races in drag racing every year. All of the biggest grudge racers come from around the country and lock...

Grande Revival: Waking Up A 1977 Peterbilt 359 That’s Been Out Of Service For Years

The year of automotive revivals isn’t done yet! It’s been awesome seeing videos of old vehicles that have been sitting forever and a day being brought back to life. It’s a testament...

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