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Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos

The Avro Vulcan Continues It’s Farewell Tour By Buzzing England’s Beachy Head Cliffs!

XH558, the last airworthy Avro Vulcan bomber, hasn’t quietly gone into retirement. Instead, the owners are flying the living hell out of the Flying Flat-Iron before she finally sets down for...

If You Don’t Believe That Motorsports Is An International Affair, Then This Ford Falcon Ute Drifting Is For You

Many things cross language borders: food, drink, sports and music, for instance. Look at how many countries play soccer, and how many countries celebrate soccer games with riot-like celebrations....

Chain Two Drift Cars Together And What Do You Get? Clouds Of Tire Smoke And This Video!

Chris Forsberg’s unholy Infiniti M45 and Ryan Tuerck’s 2JZ-swap Scion FR-S drift cars are really good for two things: making noise and turning tires into puffy clouds. And they do those...

Scenes From Vantaa Cruise In Finland – Another Anything Goes Meet, From Boosted Volvos To Conversion Vans?!

The more we see of events around the world, the more we hope we win the Lottery so we can attend them. From car meets at the Ace Café in London to any of the myriad of wild Australian meets like...

The 2015 Edge O’Dells Burnout Pit Contest – Is There A Car Type That Didn’t Make It Out There?

For years now, Australians have made it very clear that Americans just can’t do a proper burnout. They do theirs on a skidpad and it looks like ballet with blowers on top, while for the most...

Want To Know Why The Ford Focus RS Is A Big Deal For The U.S.? Check Out This Review Of The Last Generation Model!

For the first time ever, the Ford Focus RS will be coming to the USDM market, and we’ve been salivating ever since we got the news. A 345 horsepower, all wheel drive rally rocket that aims...

Start ‘Em Out Young: Footage From The Power Wheels Mud Bog At Birch Run

I had a Power Wheels Jeep Wrangler growing up as a kid. What I remember of it is pretty basic: it was red, it had stickers and all I could do was putt around the front lawn at 3.5 miles an hour for...

That Isn’t Safe: Check Out This Holden Torana Burning The Rears Off…On A Lift!

We don’t tend to be safety nazis around here. There’s a reasonable amount of things that we agree upon (helmets, seat belts, having a car properly set up for racing, etc.) but we...

The Driver Of This Modified Polaris RZR Brings New Meaning To “Finish Strong” – Takes Out The Banner!

One phenomenon I love in racing is when the driver meets issue after issue, setback after setback, and finally just unloads all of that frustration that has been building up inside of them through...

Would You Rather?, The Burnout Edition: Make Your Choice Between The Late-Model Commodore With Stacks And The Thundering Holden Wagon!

There’s nothing like a good burnout to blow off some steam, is there? Whether it’s a quick chirp when taking off at a green light to repaving a side road somewhere, it’s a safe bet...

How Does The Mustang Really Do In The U.K. Now That They Have It Legitimately? Apparently, It’s A “Happy Car”…

For over fifty years now, we have soaked up every form of Ford Mustang, from the early fire-breathers and neat little six-cylinders, to the big early 1970s brawlers, the Mustang II that kept the name...

Mighty Car Mods Test Their “Mod Max” Nissan Against Their Built-Up “Super Gramps” Subaru On A Dirt Track

If you want to see what’s “breaking the Internet” this year, forget Kim K.’s giant greasy buttcheeks. Look no further than to our friends at Roadkill and the challenges that...

UTV Racing In Arkansas – These Are The Go-Karts We Dreamed About As Kids!

The go-karts I rode as a kid were basically a K-mart shopping cart with steering and a 5hp Briggs and Stratton motor to propel me around. That was fine and good when I was five years old and getting...

Would You Rather, The Big Boy Special: Take Your Pick Between The Nitrous Mud GMC And The Twin-Turbo Dune-Running Chevy!

1973-1987 Chevrolet trucks are just plain awesome. They straddled the gap between a working man’s pickup and a comfortable family truck nicely, they were simple enough to work on, they could...