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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

Morning Symphony: All Manner Of Manic Rally Machines At Rallylegend 2019

“Manic”…there was never a more proper word for what a rally car driven in pure anger is. With revs high, the turbo spooled to the moon and the tires scratching in like a housecat...

Tractor Pull Drag Race: Watch Two Multi-Engine Tractors Drag Race Heads Up On Dirt With Sleds!

When we first started making Put Up or Shut Up I had this idea for the ultimate episode and it was going to be a pair of pulling tractors sitting side by side, weight sleds attached, and the goal...

Video: Getting It Done At The Gators – Here’s All The Professional Finals From Gainesville Last Weekend

It was an awesome, odd, and ultimately memorable running of the 51st NHRA Amalie Oil Gatornationals in Gainesville, Florida. Awesome for the fact that the fans showed up in numbers we have not seen...

Morning Symphony: The Last Burnout Before The Restoration

One of the most influential vehicles that I knew from my days at “the yard” was a 1969 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu. It came in on a trade for an older Chevy pickup hot rod that had enough...

Watch A Guy Chuck A $50-Million Ferrari 250 GTO Around Goodwood Like It Is A Second Gen Camaro – Hero Level!

If there’s such a thing as mechanical royalty we’d say that the early 1960s Ferrari GTO is it. These things sell for tens of millions of dollars, they were killer race cars in their day,...

Great Drive: Watch British Touring Car Championship Driver Sam Tordoff Run From Last To Second In Porsche 356!

There’s some of you out there who will say, “Of course the guy who is a BTCC racer is going to fare well against mostly amateurs in old cars!” Your opinion is not wrong at all, but...

The One That Started It All – This Look And Drive Of The 1971 AMG 300SEL Is A Trip Back Into Racing History

These days we all know that when you see the AMG badge on a Mercedes you are looking at a pretty bad hombre no matter what size the car is. Back in the early 1970s AMG made its name with a behemoth...

Evel Knievel: True Grit – This Documentary Is Pretty Awesome, Honest, and Fun

This is something else. Evel Knievel: True Grit is a documentary style film that was made before Knievel died and it documents many aspects of his life in raw detail. Knievel himself tells some of...

Classic YouTube: The Drifting Camaro, In All Of It’s Glory

This footage is the ultimate bad influence. It’s the benchmark for stupid driving fun. It’s a goal that needs to be attained. It’s one of the first Aussie burnout videos I ever saw....

Holy Roller: See Allen Johnson Suffer The Worst Pro Stock Crash Of All Time At The 1999 Gatornationals

Just a shade more than two decades ago eventual 2012 NHRA pro stock world champion Allen Johnson suffered the most violent and incredible pro stock crash of all time. This video stands as irrefutable...

Big Wrecks and Bigger Saves: Here’s A Look At The Wildest Runs In Drag Racing Through 2020…So Far

While 2020 put the squash on drag racing during the early Spring, the sport has really been very active since about May right up until the present. There’s racing happening on all levels across...

Gettin’ Down On The Farm: Check Out This Kansas Grudge Race On An Old Private Farm Airstrip

This is a pretty wild and awesome video from our pals at Urban Hillybilly. Why? Well it’s a grudge racing style event being held on some really freaky asphalt that’s actually an ancient...

Drag Racing History: Watch Sportsman Eliminations From The 1983 NHRA Gatornationals – Young Legends!

This weekend the NHRA Gatornationals will be contested at Gainesville Raceway in Gainesville, Florida as they have been every year since 1970. It will be the first time that the race is run in late...

Timeless Beauty: This Profile Of A 1967 Lamborghini Miura Is A Loving Look At A Game Changing Supercar

There have been all kinds of landmark cars over the years. Cars that for some reason have changed not just their genre of automobiles but changed the game overall. The Lamborghini Miura is one of...