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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, FUNNY STUFF, Videos

The Revenge Of The Junkyard Mercedes! This Well-Abused E-Class Pays Back These Hoons!

I’m of the mindset that if the car is in the junkyard and is still running, then the kind of fun you see these guys having isn’t so bad. Thanks to a “connection” with a yard,...

Morning Symphony: The Top Ten Machines Laying Down Rubber In The Open Class At Gazzanats!

A haze in the air that can be seen for miles around, the hints of vulcanized rubber and racing gas, and the cheering of an audience that sounds well entertained…yep, it’s another burnout...

Would You Rather, Strange Australian Burnout Machine Edition! Which Badass Old Merc Floats Your Boat?

The normal Aussie burnout machine is usually one of two makes: it’s either a Ford of Australia product, or it’s General Motors’ Australian division, Holden. It never fails…you...

Driving A Fully-Restored (Smog Pump And All!) 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 429 – Is It As Rowdy As Legend Says?

It’s considered one of the rarest muscle cars out there, is certainly one of the more valuable ones, and has one of the more interesting creation stories. The Ford Mustang Boss 429 isn’t...

MORE: FORD, Videos

More Dare To Be Different: This 1988 Ford Thunderbird Is Testament To A Vision, A Unique Ride, A Budget And Some Talent!

A quick story: for Christmas one year, my brother and I got remote-controlled New Bright cars. I’m not 100% what he had…I think his was a third-gen Firebird because he missed our...

MORE: FORD, Videos

Horrifying Video: In-Car Video Of The Scariest Race Car Blaze We Have Ever Seen – DRIVER ESCAPES OK

Of all the race car videos we have ever posted before that involved fire, this one takes the cake for heart stopping terror. Why? Well as you’ll see the driver is piloting some sort of circle...

Morning Symphony: “Bloky”, The NASCAR-Powered Valiant, Performing Yet Another Ear-Splitting Show!

I don’t care how many times I see footage of this green Valiant Regal in action…I love it. I love the fact that it doesn’t have a massive, honkin’ blower sticking up out of...

Roadkill! The Olds-Powered, Rear-Engined Mazdarati Hits Drag Weekend In The Search For 10-Seconds…Or More Dry-Sweep…Whatever!

It’s back….the Olds 455-powered Mazda REPU that the dynamic duo of Roadkill have dubbed “Mazdarati” has returned, and this time they have a goal: to get the 10-second timeslip...

Classic YouTube: Vaughn Gittin, Jr.’s WFO Drifting At Road America In 2010

Many writers like to wax poetic about drifting. They liken it to driving art: it’s completely unnecessary, but there is a certain skill to it that not everybody has, and you can’t deny...

What, No Dixie Horn? Watch As This 1980s Dodge Truck Learns To Fly!

Do not feel bad for this Dodge D-150. Instead, understand that going out with a bang…or rather, a loud, crunching sound as the front of the truck drives into the ground like a lawn dart after...

Historic Video: Watch how bias-ply tires were made and tested back in the early 30s!

As a break from our typical racing, wrecking, and funny videos, here’s a quick history lesson on how tires were constructed during the early years of the automotive age. This video was produced in...

Watch As This Duramax Chevy Puts All Of That Torque To Good Use: Punishing Tires!

From the start: this Duramax Chevrolet is a bad, bad sumbitch. The burnouts are epic, the driver unrelenting, and the fog bank created by just the tires alone was probably visible on weather radar...

Been Caught Hoonin’: This Aussie Shows Why You Should Keep It On The Track…Twice!

Didn’t I just bring up the subject of that moment you realized that you were flat-out busted by a cop? It’s a sinking feeling when you do it, but if you want to see the most busted driver...

Crash And Burn: An Entire Year’s Worth Of Dirt Bike Wrecks From Enduro KeX!

If you choose to hop onto a bike and go running through the woods, climbing up hills, and splashing through streams, sooner or later you will crash. It’s not a matter of if, it’s a matter...