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Category Archive: HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Epic Find: Home Movies From A Day At Lions Drag Strip In 1958 – Awesome Cars, Fun, 1950s Drag Racing Perfection

If there is one place that has long captured the hearts and imaginations of drag racing fans from around the globe, it is Lions Drag Strip. Operated from 1955-1972 the place is viewed by many as the...

Video: The Most Violent Land Speed Racing Crash We’ve Ever Seen – Driver OK – 209 MPH Wreck

This is the most terrifying looking crash we have ever seen anyone survive and it happened at the El Mirage SCTA Meet just a week or so ago. The car in question is a Honda Insight powered by a highly...

Watch The Hublot Rocket Bicycle Go 177 MPH To Set The All Time Bicycle Speed Record

Recently, a French bus-driver sat atop a hydrogen peroxide rocket powered bicycle on a runway in Interlaken, Switzerland and went 177-mph, breaking the existing record for the world’s fastest...

Volvo Truck Crash Testing Is Impressive To Watch – Big Impacts Teach Engineers Big Lessons

Over the weekend we showed you the amazing Jean-Claude Van Damme stunt where he pulls off the epic split between two new Volvo big rigs that are reversing down a runway at relatively high speeds. One...

Video: Watch Danny Popp And Brian Hobaugh Battle For The Goodguys Autocross Championship – Incredible Cars, Incredible Drivers, Amazing History

This could be the coolest autocross final of all time. Two of the country’s best autocross drivers, both in Corvettes that are family heirlooms, one the newest champion of the Optima Ultimate...

The New Jean-Claude Van Damme Volvo Truck Split Video Is Awesome And Viral

With over 16-million views in only three days on YouTube, Volvo trucks has a legitimate viral success with their new clip featuring Jean Claude Van-Damme performing his signature split between two...

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Watch Adrian Cenni’s Amazing And Historic (Successful) Barrel Roll Jump At Baja 1000

One of the big hyped up deals leading into the 2013 Baja 1000 was a never before publicly completed corkscrew truck jump that was to be completed by Adrian Cenni in his Pro 4 truck. We had heard for...

Roadkill: The Guys Unearth The Infamous 1973 Fury And Attack The 24 Hours Of Lemons – Things Could Have Gone Better

The newest Roadkill adventure featuring David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan has gone live and you can watch it below. Before you press play, you may be interested to know the BangShifty connection...

6,000hp “Top Fuel Mustang” Lives In Australia – Holy Smokes This Thing Is All-Time! (Video)

In the realm of, “holy freaking horsepower Batman!” comes this video from Australia where a crew led by Aussie drag maven Darren Di Filippo has created what they call the “Top Fuel...

INSANE VIDEO: AUSSIE V8 DIRT DRAG BIKES IN ACTION

We saw videos of lunatic Australians racing side by side on V8 powered motorcycles on a dirt strip and immediately thought of a few jokes. We then did some research and saw that the sport was...

Wild Rolling Wreckage Video: A Vintage Road Racer is Saved From Certain Death By a Good Cage

A couple weeks back we showed you video of a replica Shelby Cobra racer cheating death when his car rolled. That guy did not have any sort of roll cage protection around him, but the guy in this...

Watch The Baja 1000 LIVE and FREE Here! Streaming Video!

Normally this weekend we’d be live broadcasting the Street Car Super Nationals from Las Vegas but since the folks at the drag strip decided to bring in a pay-per-view crew this year,...

The Parting Shift: Chad Molests Another Transmission At The 2013 SEMA Show

If watching a man play with his stick is offensive to you, then you should probably not watch this video. If it doesn’t bother you however, watch! Instead of the normal gear grabbing action...

Watch The Infamous “Dirty Bird” Pontiac Firebird Lay Down More Than 1,200hp At The Tires On The Chassis Dyno

One of our favorite cars of all time is the formerly Eric Yost owned “Dirty Bird” Pontiac Firebird. This thing has kicked ass on Drag Week multiple times, owned the Hot Rod Top Speed...