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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

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...

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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...

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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...

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The Tiger Cage gets Certified!!!

We’re proud to announce that Ridetech’s Tiger Cage has just received its first Sanctioning Body Certification! The boys at Ridetech have been working diligently to certify their...

Pedalfest Video: Two Pro Fuel Dragsters Smoke the Hides and Get Crazy

The IHRA’s Pro Fuel class has provided some great action at the sanctioning body’s Nitro Jam events. The class features injected, nitromethane burning dragsters that are allowed more fuel...

Vintage Chase Footage From the Film That Birthed the Dukes of Hazzard

Lots of people don’t know that the Dukes of Hazzard television series was inspired by the 1975 movie Moonrunners. In the movie, two cousins run moonshine for their uncle Jesse, while narrator...

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Neato Engine Video: The Highest Tech International Harvester 345 V8 Ever

When we ran a video showing a roots blown 345ci International Harvester V8 on the dyno yesterday, we thought that we had found the pinnacle ‘Binder performance motor. It only took a couple...

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Video: NHRA UnLeashed…Featuring BangShift Chad

NHRA UnLeashed is Drag Racing like you have never seen from NHRA before. We’re talking Pro Mods, and small tire power adder classes that you usually only find at the outlaw races. Plus, with...