Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos
More Diesel Death Video: A Land Rover Smoke Machine
We can’t help ourselves. After seeing the Toyota van run itself to death we kept on searching for videos and found one featuring a Land Rover that had just been started for the first time after...
Not Green: A Runaway Toyota Diesel Dies In a Massive Cloud of Smoke
The runaway diesel engine is an interesting thing. The condition can be brought on by a number of factors. In this case it was apparently caused by overfilling the engine with oil. With no throttle...
Video Update: Spectre Speedliner goes 415 mph at Mike Cook’s Landspeed Shootout
A few weeks ago we posted this item, but now there’s some cool video (below) to see. Already the fastest Cadillac powered vehicle in history, the Spectre Speedliner just went 415.7 miles per...
CackleFest Video from the 2010 California Hot Rod Reunion at AutoClub Famoso Raceway
If you saw our live broadcast of all the racing action at the 19th Annual NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion presented by Auto Club of Southern California, and Justice Brothers, you know that Nostalgia...
Vintage Flopper Video Bonanza: 1980s Funny Car Racing From Englishtown and New England Dragway
Dean Papadeas is a name that many avid drag racing fans don’t know but they should. Papadeas was the man who single-handedly changed the way that drag races were filmed and presented on...
Freakshow Video: A Monster Truck and a Jet Dragster Duke it Out on the Strip
When Berserko Bobby Doerrer called us up and said that he was helping out with a jet car that had just matched raced a monster truck at Palm Beach International Raceway, we asked him to place his...
Wild Video: The 2010 World Power Wheel Standing Championship From Byron Dragway
The 16th annual World Power Wheel Standing Championship is in the books. The brain child of Byron Dragway owner/operator Ron Leek, the contest has grown from small freak show to massive drag racing...
Video Bonanza: Altered Wheelbase Freaks on the Streets!
Altered wheelbase cars are some of the most romanticized in drag racing history. They represent one of the earliest evolutionary stages of what we now know as Funny Cars, and for their short time in...
Diesel Power Video: A One-Off 24 Cylinder Detroit That Makes Nearly 3,000 hp
Two-stroke Detroit Diesel engines are neat and in their many configurations they have provided reliable grunt for decades in hundreds of applications. The mighty sixteen cylinder examples were the...
Twin-Engine Digger Video: A Retro-Awesome Slick Destroying Machine
The age of the twin-engine dragster has long passed. Sadly, there are very few exhibition runners out there to show the drag fans of today, just how bad ass they were. This video was shot at Beaver...
Awesome Wheelie Video: Super Slow Motion Footage, Graceful Launch – Death Wobble Landing
Super slow motion footage is really cool. This video shows exactly why. The killer 1974 Challenger featured in this piece comes off the starting line and hangs the hoops like a good Stock/Super Stock...
Update: The Road Tour Express. Team One is on the road!
PART II includes first day challenge video, drama, and more and can be found near the bottom of the page. PART I. The Inaugural Road Tour Express, presented by Borla, Holley, Comp Cams,...
The Parting Shift: A 1959 Chevy Bel Air Packing 283-cubes and Three on the Tree (w/OD)
This week’s parting shift isn’t violent, exceptionally powerful, or overly complex. Instead it is just plain cool. This video features a very nice 1959 Chevy Bel Air with a 283 Power Pack...