Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Road Racing Video: In-Car Action at the Rockingham Chump Car Race
Apr 06, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Road Racing Video: In-Car Action at the Rockingham Chump Car Race
Our pal Jeff Huneycutt, who is an ace freelancer and the operator of StreetMuscleAction.com sent us a cool video link of some in-car action at the Rockingham ChumpCar race. Huneycutt and crew won the...
Crazy Fail Video: Aussie Guy Almost Runs Over The Starter While Doing a Burnout
Apr 06, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Fail Video: Aussie Guy Almost Runs Over The Starter While Doing a Burnout
This is about as close a call as you’ll ever see at the strip. We can say that this is the only time we’ve ever seen a starter actually jump for his life to get away from a wayward car....
Historic Drag Video: Awesome Old Footage of 427-Powered Comets and Fairlanes
Apr 05, 2010Brian Lohnes1
After continuing to lust after the RacingJunk find Comet Cyclone we showed you a while ago, we went searching out cool Comet videos on YouTube and managed to hit the mother load. Ronnie Sox, Dyno...
The Parting Shift: Street Driving a Pro-Shifted T5
Apr 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on The Parting Shift: Street Driving a Pro-Shifted T5
Being a gearhead is often about making sacrifices. Take this video for example. The guy driving the car obviously races it and because of that he had the T5 transmission “Pro-Shifted” by...
Groovy Video: 1970 Firestone Tires Commercial
Apr 02, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Groovy Video: 1970 Firestone Tires Commercial
Decades before the Ford Explorer debacle that would cost the brand dearly (and more than they deserved) Firestone was cranking out tires at a blinding rate for all different types of vehicles. Their...
Hilarious Video: The Old Driverless Van Trick
Apr 01, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Hilarious Video: The Old Driverless Van Trick
We’ve obviously been having some fun with it being April Fool’s Day and all, but this clip from a Canadian comedy television show is truly good stuff. A troup of people manipulate a...
Dyno Video: A Boss 429 Screaming to Be Let Out
Mar 31, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Dyno Video: A Boss 429 Screaming to Be Let Out
The Boss 429 was certainly a bad hombre from Ford back in the day. As we told you a while back, there are companies where you can now buy new crate versions of the blue oval monster to bolt in your...
Insane Fail Video: How Not to Right a Tipped Over Tractor Trailer
Mar 31, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Insane Fail Video: How Not to Right a Tipped Over Tractor Trailer
This is one of the flat out nuttiest fail videos we have ever seen. It’s from a foreign country, which one we have no idea, and there’s lots of screaming and yelling in languages we...
Cool Video: A Top Fuel Hydroplane Throwing Header Flames on the Water
Mar 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Cool Video: A Top Fuel Hydroplane Throwing Header Flames on the Water
Top Fuel Hydros are the baddest mothers on the water. Take all the aspects of a fuel dragster or Funny Car, smoosh it down into a swoopy looking boat, and voila! You’ll be doing 250 mph on the...
Carnage Video: Guy Stuffs a Viper in a Line of Traffic
Mar 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: Guy Stuffs a Viper in a Line of Traffic
To set the scene, you’re out bombing around in your Viper, maybe even with a hottie in the passenger seat. Traffic is heavy, but you are slicing and dicing like Fangio. Life is good, and as...
Pulling Video: A Vintage Ford Sporting V8 Power
Mar 30, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Pulling Video: A Vintage Ford Sporting V8 Power
Since BangShift.com first got off the ground, we’ve not been shy of our affection for old tractors. We happened to be surfing YouTube as we do far too often and found some footage of an old...
Smoke Show Video: A 1993 Dodge Daytona Goes Out in a Fog of Glory
Mar 29, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Smoke Show Video: A 1993 Dodge Daytona Goes Out in a Fog of Glory
Let’s say that you have a 1993 Dodge Daytona that has thrown a rod and is emotionally dead to you. There are a couple of options to move on at that point. At least two of them involve a tow...
Educational Video: Why Outlaw 8.5 Cars Rule
Mar 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Educational Video: Why Outlaw 8.5 Cars Rule
We’ve mentioned that the WCHRA race that we’ll be broadcasting live this weekend will feature an Outlaw 8.5 class. The great equalizer in this category is the fact that all competitors...
Preview Video: A Look at Some of the WCHRA Competitors You Can Watch This Weekend
Mar 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Preview Video: A Look at Some of the WCHRA Competitors You Can Watch This Weekend
We’re pumped up to bring you the live streaming braodcast of the WCHRA Spring Nationals this weekend. We’ll be bringing you live doorslammer drag racing action on Saturday and Sunday from...