Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
Carnage Footage! Check Out “Redneck Racing”, And Make Sure Your Neck Brace Is Tight And Secure!
Tough Truck competitions are popular side-attractions at arena races and four-wheel events across the country. Basically a run-what-ya-brung event with only certain safety guidelines (and in some...
Check Out This Hilarious Review Of The 2000 Toyota Corolla-Accurate And Sarcastic, All In One!
The 2000 model year Toyota Corolla is about the most vanilla offering Toyota had in their lineup, which is saying something about the company that spent the 1990s and 2000s re-defining...
Straight Axles, Ladder Bars, Blowers & Chrome: Photos From The SoCal Gasser Tribute
We’ve all known that gassers have been around drag racing since the beginning and they were mostly raced on gas, blown or injected or some with a tunnel ram and carbs, but the idea of a gasser...
This Video To Introduce The 2015 Indian Scout Motorcycle Calls Back On The Company’s History And Focuses Around The Wall Of Death
The Indian Motorcycle company’s legend was built between the years of 1901 and 1953 when the first iteration of the company built some of the most romanticized and (now) valuable motorcycles...
Autocross Video: Ride Along In A Fast And Fantastic International Scout II Corner Burner!
When we saw the title to a video that suggested an International Scout II was on the autocross course we had to click it. Why? Mainly because the video was either going to show us a vehicle totally...
This Rabid FWD V8-powered Ford Festiva Is Severely Violent And Totally BangShift Approved!
How much head scratching did you do when you read that headline? We did plenty ourselves. When we searched “World’s Fastest Festiva” we expected to get a Shogun, the Festiva with a...
BS News: South African Overpass Leading 1-0 Against Giraffe In Game Of Chicken
When Brian ten minutes ago sent me a link to a story entitled ‘Giraffe beheaded by overpass’, I immediately quipped, “Wasn’t that the opening of The Hangover 3?”. I then...
This Awesome Short Film On The Richmond and Stark Streamliner Will Totally Have You Pulling For These Guys
When I was putting together the story about the nine cars I think can better the existing wheel driven Bonneville speed record, I came across this short film about the Richmond and Stark streamliner....
Crash And Burn: Take A 40ft Drop Off The Side Of The Road With This British Motorcyclist
This is cringeworthy. A guy ridge-running a Kawasaki ZX6R somewhere in Britain is filming his run. He’s moving pretty well along when he meets a corner a bit sharper than he was expecting....
Next-Gen Caddy CTS-V Seen Testing At The Nurburgring, Sounds As Wicked As Ever
When Lexus introduced the updated GS series in 1998, they did it by using one of the most well-done advertising campaigns ever, the “Something Wicked This Way Comes” ads. They...
Video: How To Sell The Toyota Hilux Using A Lot Of Japanese Businessmen And A Gorilla
The Toyota Hilux is a world-renowned badass, known for it’s reliability and toughness, the likes of which have been tested over battlefields and damn near everything that Top Gear has ever...
Historical Crash-Test Footage: You Might Not Want To Watch Your Car Hit The Wall
Here’s how this story goes: I occasionally make fun of Brian’s addiction to all things involving large truck. He just nods and smiles. I take it a step further and call him out over the...
Evil Little Sleeper: 728 WHP out of a Camry
Is there a car any less BangShift-y than a mid-1990’s Toyota Camry? These things are all over the place, at best have a 3.0L V6 humming out 185 hp, and are a perfect example of a...
Watch as JRT Customs’ Nissan Gets Sideways Off The Line At Loring!
One of the highlights of racing at Loring, Maine last weekend was watching JRT Customs’ 1995 Nissan D21 start off down the track. The SR20DET-powered truck launched soft, but even in second...