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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

Flying Turkeys: What Could Be Better Than Jumping Beaters In The Desert?

Never underestimate the fun factor of thoroughly enjoying the fun and adventure of a dirt-cheap car that you don’t really care all that much about. We certainly don’t. In fact, the...

Moist Turkey: Rooster Tails And Race Cars From The Imola Classic!

Racing in rainy conditions presents unique hazards to road-course racers. A wet track naturally has less grip to offer, and adds the danger of hydroplaning to what is already a challenging driving...

Screaming Turkey: Take A Ride In A Roaring C1 Corvette Racer On The Banks Of Daytona – 360 Degree Camera Bonus Fun!

We live in interesting times. Not just because of the craziness that happens in the world around us each and every minute of every day but rather because we can take things that are olden awesome and...

Hefty Turkey: Ride Along Inside Of A Peterbilt On A Run At The Rodéo du Camion Semi-Truck Races!

Every time I see a diesel pickup taking off from a stoplight blowing more smoke than a cruise ship starting to move and making more noise than a flatulent horse (and sounding about the same), I...

Sneaky Turkey: This V8-swapped Mazda E-series Is The Package Hauler You Deserve!

Still burping up turkey-scented reminders of how you promised yourself that you wouldn’t overdo it this year? Yeah…don’t feel bad, so are we. Thanksgiving is over, and that means...

50 Year Celebration: This Neat Video Shows Us All 50 Years Of Nissan GT-R Examples On The Track At Once

Gearheads love heritage and they typically love history, especially when it is tied into their favorite model of car. In the case of Nissan performance fans, no machine has loomed or will ever loom...

Tough Ride: This Look Back At The Wreck Frank Soldridge Had In His ProLine Powered Mustang At Sweet 16 Is Hardcore

Hans at Free Life Films is one of the hardest hustlers in the drag racing video game. This is a guy who has amassed a huge archive of footage from any number of different events. He is a staple at...

Incredible: Jianna Salinas’ NHRA Finals Victory Was Among The Most Improbably Awesome In History (Video)

There are ways to get your first win and then there’s how Jianna Salinas did it at the 2019 NHRA Finals. Not only was it her first win, it was on a deciding pass for the world championship of...

Watch Andy Manson Run 6.26/221mph In His ProCharged Small Block Ford Mustang!

We live in a world where guys with small block Ford engines, albeit ultra-hardcore versions of that platform can run freaking 6.20s in the quarter at OVER 221mph. This is a good world to live in. Oh,...

Drag History Video: Watch The 1979 NHRA World Finals – One Of The Best Races Ever

It was a one lane race track at Ontario Motor Speedway during the 1979 NHRA World Finals and if you did not have lane choice we were about doomed to be gone. This being said, the story lines were...

Watch The 1989 NHRA World Finals: It’s 2019 NHRA AutoClub Finals Week!

It was a tension filled, high intensity, beautiful weekend in Pomona to close the season back in 1989. Fast forward 30 years and we’re looking at the same thing. We have basically every...

Richard Hammond Needs Your Help: He Bought A New Morgan And YOU Get To Pick The Interior Color – Seriously – Video

We know many things about Richard Hammond. We know that he loves American muscle cars, he like motorcycles, he gets attacked by May and Clarkson because of his tastes regarding certain automotive...

Spills, Chills, and Destruction Video: This Is The Wildest Collection Of Pulling Fails We Have Ever Seen

Now this right here is an all-star compilation of wackiness. You are going to watch a seemingly endless chain of pulling crashes, pulling explosions, and pulling failures that include classes...

The Only Way He Knows How: Stevie Fast Jackson’s Career Story As Told By A Collection Of His Racing Clips

This is a fantastic video because it tells a story through racing and racing highlights. Stevie Fast Jackson is one of the most interesting stories in drag racing today because he’s...