Category Archive: MISC, Videos
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...
Video: Ten Minutes of Rally Wreckage
This video is a win for several reasons. The first is that it features nothing but the pure sounds of wreckage. There’s no dumbass techno soundtrack or other distractions, instead there are...
Vintage NASCAR-NAGE Video: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp Leave the Ball Yard in 1960
First we’ll say that it defies logic that either of these men lived, let alone both. This is another piece of old nascar footage from Daytona. It was also shot in 1960, like the large wreck of...
Vintage NASCAR-nage Video: 37-Car Wreck at Daytona in 1960
We seem to be on a bit of a nostalgia NASCAR video hot streak lately. This footage is truly killer. It was shot at a 250-mile Modified race run at Daytona in 1960. The field consisted of 73 different...