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Category Archive: FORD, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Just Doing My Duty: Ripping Burnouts In A Military-Owned Aussie Ford LTD!

During my time in the military, I drove a whole host of vehicles. HMMWVs, the FMTV series of trucks, the huge 8×8 Oshkosh HEMTTs, among others. What did they all have in common? They were all...

Morning Symphony: Thoroughbred Italians Playing In The Snow

The Lamborghini Aventador S’s base price is an eye-watering $402,995. Don’t sweat what you can or can’t buy with that kind of cash…just think about this for a second: if...

How To Kill An Afternoon: Racing A Hot-Rodded Lawnmower Against A Volkswagen Beetle!

A racing vehicle, a 1973 Volkswagen Super Beetle isn’t. While there are positive aspects worth mentioning when it comes to the iconic VW, acceleration was never, ever going to be a strong suit...

How Does A Brit Enjoy A NASCAR Racer From Behind The Wheel? Check This Out!

Some automotive spectacles don’t exactly translate too well. Auto racing is formed by geographical features and culture. Take NASCAR, for example: geographically, we have plenty of open area...

Roadtripping Across The Country In A Dodge Daytona To Race Some Clapped-Out Beater? We’re Paying Attention!

Last summer, Woodward Avenue saw the second coming of Roadkill Nights. The year prior was the big drag event at the Pontiac Silverdome where *ahem* primate monkey house of automotive hijinks *cough*...

Snow Riding Fun: Blasting Through The Woods In The Middle Of Winter Looks Awesome!

I’m not saying that I miss snow, or that I would want any more than I’ve already seen this winter. It was bad enough that I had to extract Angry Grandpa from the ditch that the Chrysler...

Know Your Enemy: This Unassuming Little Scooter Is Just Crazy Enough To Work!

It happens every time. There are movies and stories about how this works. David versus Goliath. The skinny little kid who takes approximately three seconds of the school bully’s crap before...

Racing Season Needs To Hurry Up – We Need Things Like Nine-Second Diesel Trucks Again!

Is it spring yet? No…crap. At least time is on the march, because right now I’m missing the smell of PJ1 and race fuel. The strip is calling our name, and while Lohnes will be out for the...

Venomous: Sal Patel’s Dodge Viper Is Still One Of The Most Evil Snakes At The Strip!

It’s well known that the Dodge Viper’s entire reason for existing was because Bob Lutz wanted to have a contemporary version of the famed Shelby/AC Cobra, and when Dodge unveiled the...

Ever Wonder How An Australian Burnout Competition Is Judged? Let 1320Video Explain How It’s Scored Up!

We’ve shown you Australian burnout contest footage for years, and for the most part, what you see is pretty predictable: engine going to the moon or beating up the rev limiter, tires...

Not Every Holden Is A Burnout Car…Check Out This Beastly Kingswood Pulling Truck!

If there is such a thing as “burnout season” in Australia, it’s currently in full force right now. Video after video, we’ve seen some of the best come out swinging, turning...

Aussie Sleeper Heaven: Check Out These Ten Subtle Monsters!

We love sleepers. Absolutely love them. And we aren’t just talking about a 10-second Mustang that looks like it’s a 14-second Mustang, either…we love seeing some of the most beserk,...

Morning Symphony: Panteras Around Spa-Francorchamps

I don’t know when an American V8 was first shoved into a European sports car. While I suspect it happened before Carroll Shelby took a look at an AC Ace roadster and went,...

Celebrating Thirty Years Of Nuke’d Tires From Australia: The Summernats Top 10 For 2017!

While we are either freezing our giblets off, digging out of the snow, watching the rain fall by the ton or watching trees and small building getting straight up hammered by the wind…ask...