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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

Surprise, MF! Rear-Engined Integra With A Turbocharged V6 In Texas!

Okay, let’s think about something for a moment: If you’re playing the game out in the wild, “going for broke” usually means you’re boosting an engine to the moon, or...

NHRA Insider Podcast: Jason Line Talks Engine Building, Don O’Neal Talks Top Sportsman With A Factory Stock Showdown Engine

A couple of good dudes joined me on the NHRA Insider podcast recently and we had some wide ranging conversations covering everything from engine building to how one takes a factory stock showdown...

Pro Stock In The Living Room: How Is Bruno Massel Getting Ready For His 2020 NHRA Pro Stock Debut? On A Neat Simulator!

In drag racing, reputation is everything. Being able to do the job is one facet of being a professional level competitior but being able to do it consistently is what moves you from good to great....

When The Old Lion Roars: Watch This 1930s Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Car Bellow Up The Hill At Goodwood Sideways!

Old race cars are interesting things. Some of them we love for their bizarre attempts at innovation. Some of them we love because of their stylistic beauty. Some of them we love because of who drove...

Went For Broke: Lost Footage Of Finnegan Going All-Out At The Freedom Factory Video Shoot

One of the biggest deals of 2020 that doesn’t have the word “pandemic” attached to it came right at the beginning of the year, when Garrett Mitchell (read: Cleetus McFarland)...

Historic Footage: 1979 Talladega 500, With Lee Petty In The Booth!

If you have never experienced a Southern summer day, you won’t be able to quite grasp the important aspect of the 1979 Talladega 500, so let’s explain that real quick. The air is hot...

The Rookie: A Conversation With Nitro Funny Car Racer Alex Miladinovich – How To Race A Funny Car On A Regular Guy Budget

There are always feel good stories in drag racing and most of them center around people who race with a lot of heart and soul. At the 2020 NHRA Winternationals, the drag racing world got to meet Alex...

NHRA Insider: A Conversation With A Privateer Top Fuel Team Owner and The Man Who Can Drive Anything

We’re still cranking out content at the NHRA Insider audio factory and this one is a gem. The guests on the show are Jim Maroney and Brad Plourd. Maroney is a privateer top fuel racer who has...

This Drone Video Of Brenden Mills Awful Woostock Fire Is Stunning – A Very Close Call, Mills OK

If you are a racer and you can watch this video without thinking about your own safety equipment and habits, you are either doing all the right stuff or you are out to lunch. Brenden Mills is a hard...

The Sound And The Fury: Watching This Incredible Ferrari 312P Attack Goodwood Is A Speaker Melting Joyous Occasion

Good cars have some history. Good cars have raced, maybe won. Great cars have won a lot and they have done so on grand and historic stages. Brilliant cars? Shoot, lots of them have not so much as won...

Insult To Injury: Watch This Street Racer Suffer A Manifold Explosion, A Fire, and Then A Visit From Johnny Law

There are bad days and then there are BAAAAD DAYS. The guy in the silver late model GTO suffers the latter in this video that was shot at some undisclosed street racing spot in Anywhere, USA. The...

Land Speed Controversy Video: A Cool Look At The Infamous Budweiser Rocket Car And It’s “Supersonic” 1979 Run

There have always been certain controversies in land speed racing over the years. Many of the early ones have been covered in our awesome Salt Beds of Salduro series, but none of them have ever...

Skills and Danger: This Video Captures Hard Working Logging Truck Operators From Around The World – Wild Stuff!

If there is a job that we find totally awesome and yet completely terrifying at the same time, it is that of the logging truck driver. It does not matter what country you are in, what continent you...

Shag Nasty: Watch This 1,000 Wheel Horsepower 4-Rotor Mazda Get Dyno Tuned For Full Throttle Shifting!

This is insane. You are going to Watch This 1,000 wheel horsepower 4-Rotor Mazda get dyno tuned for full throttle shifting. The car actually runs on two dynos in this video. The first is a Mustang...