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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

How Often Do You See This? A Fast DeLorean Powered By The Original PRV V6!

I’ve made it no secret that if I had a nice bank account and a DeLorean, that I would jam in the LS4 out of a late-model Impala SS into the back and have a riot of a time. Brian has made it no...

Classic YouTube: Drifting Your Cares Away With A Pontiac Firebird And An Open Lot

Unnecessary. Immature. Childish. Pointless. Unsafe. Wasteful. There’s plenty of criticism that could be launched against the kinds of parking lot antics this Pontiac Firebird is performing. But...

Take A Look At A Burnout Contest From The UAE – Hey, Australians: We Found Hoons Crazier Than You!

The Middle East has a vibrant car culture, especially around the United Arab Emirates. They are horsepower junkies, no different than what you would find anywhere else in the world. They know what an...

Where Are The Blown Late-Model Cars? Check Out This Supercharged Mustang!

Few engine mods have the stop-and-stare impact of a blower and scoop through the hood. Between the howl of the blower and the promise of mechanical violence through sheer horsepower,...

Seemed Like A Great Idea At The Time: Watch As This LS3-Powered Polaris Slingshot Rips Donuts!

The Polaris Slingshot is a polarizing little thing. If you want to break it down, consider it the most hacked version of a Saturn Sky you could possibly get…though that isn’t completely...

Much-Needed Power Boost: A Big-Block V8-swapped Goggomobil Burning Them Down At Northern Nats

Our Aussie friends love to stick a V8 where one never existed before, and we love them for it. We’ve seen them in Japanese kei trucks and vans, little Toyota cars and trucks, Mitsubishis that...

Historical Footage: Warren Johnson Vs. Darrell Alderman At The 1991 NHRA Arizona Nationals

I recently spoke with a friend about the things I miss the most out of drag racing, and without any hesitation, my answer was Pro Stock. I know it exists today…but twenty years ago, Pro Stock...

Fun In The Mud: Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park Is Heaven For The Dirt-Lovers!

When a racer puts their name on a track, that’s as good of an endorsement as you’ll ever need. And off the top of my head, I can only think of one example: Dennis Anderson’s Muddy...

Let The Anger Go: UCSMOKE Goes For The Final Kill After A Rough Brashernats’ Outing!

For Steven Loader, the 2017 Brashernats proved to not be his lucky day at the skidpad with his Holden burnout car, UCSMOKE. During qualifying, one of the exhaust pipes came loose and barfed fire at...

Never Seen Flight Like That: Watch This GMC Mega Truck Launch Over Five Other Monsters!

Scott Green and his GMC mega truck, “Sail”, have a reputation: Scott makes a clanking noise when he walks, and the GMC achieves flight that some small planes have trouble achieving with a...

Morning Symphony: Thrashing Jeeps At Dennis Anderson’s Muddy Motorsports Park

A Tough Truck race might be viewed as an alternate form of a demolition derby race, and to be fair, you aren’t far off in that guess. But we tend to see the more positive aspect of the race: if...

Awesome Video: A 1967 Documentary That Tells The Tale Of A Diamond Reo Dump Truck That Conquered The African Safari Rally!

In 1967 Diamond T and REO trucks combined to become the Diamond REO division of the White truck company. In order to get some publicity for this event and launch the trucks in a flashy way, the...

Morning Symphony: An Audi Quattro S1 Fog-Banking The Shop!

Audi’s Quattro rally cars are rally royalty. They are the four-wheel-drive beasts that took over from light, nimble, rear-drivers like the Lancia 037 Rally and Stratos and became world-beaters....

Watch This Pulling Tractor Break Free Of The Sled And Launch Itself Into The Air Like A Rocket!

The fearsome power of pulling tractors is kept in check only by really strong hooks and chains. About 99.9999% of the time, this is a wholly acceptable method of restraint but this video shows that...