Category Archive: HISTORIC, Videos
Vintage Drag Video: The Coolest Jungle Jim Tribute Video We Have Ever Seen
One of the great games that fans of vintage drag racing play is “what if.” If history could be rewritten and events were to happen in a different way, how would things be different? One...
Video: Chrysler Begins Airing New Charger Ads
Starting last weekend, Chrysler began airing a new series of ads for the Dodge Charger. They are focusing on the “manly” attributes of the sedan and eschewing stuff like the cupholder...
Video Bonanza: Idiots Jumping Cars and Trucks
This set of videos, featuring amateurs jumping their cars and trucks will make you laugh, cringe, and deflect your eyes from the screen. A couple of the jumps are really funny and others absolutely...
Fun Video: High Speed Dump Truck Donuts
It gets mighty cold up in some parts of Canada over the winter. All that cold leads to snow and ice. Snow and ice then lead to driving conditions, that under some circumstances, are big fun to play...
Action Video: Cummins on Cummins Tug of War
After reporting on GM challenging Ford to a tug of war last week, our wheels started turning and our fingers started searching YouTube for tug of war videos. They are there by the thousands, but this...
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...
Crazy Video: People Bail Out of Car Skidding on Ice
Let’s say you’re driving a little weenie econo-box down an icy road. The car begins to slide on the ice. Given the options, do you attempt to regain control of the car and try, maybe...
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...
Video Bonanza: In Car Camera Footage From All Different Types of Racing
The in-car camera has to be the most important development in racing media history. Being able to literally ride along with the driver and see what’s happening in the cockipit of the car makes...
Video: Test and Tune the Ridetech Way
We’ve known the gang over at Ridetech for years, and know that their manufacturing, testing, and quality are second to none. We just didn’t realize that they had so much fun proving it!...
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...
Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
It’s the time of year when water turns solid, and that means the river in Merrill, Wisconsin, at Council Grounds State Park has become a frozen 1/8-mile drag strip. The Merrill Ice Draggers...