Category Archive: MISC, Videos
The Parting Shift: An 11-Second Pass in a 30,000-Mile Hemi GTX
We realize that many of you have checked out for Thanksgiving weekend, but that won’t stop us from posting our now-traditional, week-ending Parting Shift item. This time it’s from...
Video: Parking Brake Fail
This video is direct from FailBlog.org, and it’s pretty much self-explanatory. It might play better as a talkie, but you won’t miss the plot.
Thanksgiving Day Tire Roast: Insane Aussie Burnout with Unintentional Fire
Aussies seem to take their burnout contests seriously. We’ve shown you videos of guys rolling junk over, tires blowing to smithereens, and engines exploding during some of these competitions....
Video: An Incredible Save on the Sand Dunes
This one is oooold, but still entertaining. It appears to come from the Middle East. We know in Dubai they call stuff like this “dune bashing.” Over here we’d call it hill climbing....
Abandoned Drag Strip History: Double H in Blue Ridge, Georgia, with Video
With today’s focus on nostalgia, it’s neat to see so many people starting to remember the drag strips of the past and digging out their historic photos and videos for all to see. It helps...
Video: Behind the Scenes at Hot Rod Drag Week with Jay Brown and his Amazing Fords
BangShift member Hemi Joel (Nystrum) may be a Mopar guy, but he’s also the frequent passenger in Jay Brown’s wild, class-winning, FE-powered Fords during the Hot Rod Drag Week races. Joel...
Carnage Video: Guy Falls off a Motorcycle at 200 MPH, Twice!
Brian’s blog about the guy crashing the Top Fuel bike a few times reminded me that Keith Turk told me about a guy who fell off a motorcycle twice at around 200 mph at El Mirage Dry Lake,...
Video: RM Auctions General Lee Delivered to New Owner, Upside Down!
Here’s a video you thought you’d never see: a car from a high-end auction sale delivered on its roof. This is one of the cars used in the 2005 Dukes of Hazzard movie, and it’s...
Video: In-Car and On-Car Footage of Larry Larson’s 6.93-Second Quarter Mile Pass in a Real Street Driven Nova
This is it! We have video of Larry Larson running 6.93 seconds and 211 mph in his ’66 Chevy Nova that was the winner of Hot Rod magazine’s Drag Week in 2008 and 2009. The car never went...
Video: Haulin’ Bob-Tail In a Racing Big Rig
This video showcases the driving ability of Markus Boesiger, a former European racing truck series champion. Markus is working his mojo behind the wheel of a racing big rig at a hill climb event...
Video: 101-Year-Old Buys a 2010 Camaro SS
Here’s a great one for you. The GM public relations machine was hoping for young buyers for the new 2010 Camaros, but one guy just single-handedly brought up the average. He’s 101 years...
Cool Trucks, Cool Ads: International Scout
How about a cool, late-’60s, early-’70s ad for an International Scout? It seems that this one comes from across the pond as there’s a speaker who has a distinctly English accent and...