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Category Archive: CRASH & BURN, Videos

Fire Video: One Mud Truck Flambe Coming Right Up

With our East Coast offices in the beginning stages of a horrific heat wave, it was only natural that we’d seek out some good old fashioned fire action. We got our fix with this footage of an...

Freaking Awesome Drag Video: Nostalgia Pro Stocks at Ohio’s Thompson Raceway

When we heard about the Nostalgia Pro Stock Shootout that was scheduled to go down at Thompson, Ohio’s, Thompson Raceway on July 3rd, we were sad that we couldn’t make it. After all, it...

Funny Video: How George Washington Kicked Ass in a Dodge Challenger

As we begin winding down for this Fourth of July holiday weekend, we were inspired to show you the recently minted web commercial for the Dodge Challenger. If you’ve not see it, George...

Cool Video: A Crown Vic With a 5-Speed and Open Pipes Gets Thrashed

This video is cool as hell and makes us smile in the face of the bad news regarding the fact that Crown Vic production is going to stop in about a year. The video shows a guy thrashing on his late...

MORE: MISC, Videos

Doing it Wrong Video: How Not to Winch a Stuck Land Rover Out of the Muck

If you’ve never experienced the fun of trying to extract a truck out of deep mud, consider yourself lucky. It’s fun to laugh about hours after the job is done, but it can be pure misery....

Historic Drag Video: Bitchin’ Vintage Footage of Fuel Altereds in Action, Including the Winged Express

Fuel Altereds rule, plain and simple. Not nearly enough wheelbase, chassis, or suspension, combined with way too much motor, gave fans a great show, drivers a lot of work, and chassis builders a lot...

Awesome Historic Racing Video: World of Outlaws Sprint Car Action Circa 1979

While we love finding old drag racing videos, there are other forms of racing that also have killer history caught on film. Take this movie from the 1979 World of Outlaws Knoxville Invasion....

Cool Drag Video: The Story Behind Alexis DeJoria’s Scary 2009 E-Town Wreck

Alexis DeJoria is a hard running NHRA Alcohol Funny Car racer. She’s also the heiress to the Paul Mitchell hair products empire, as well as the Patron Tequila fortune. With that on the table we...

Awesome Historic Video: AJ Foyt at His Best

The don’t build them like AJ Foyt any more. Formed like a tree stump and packing the competitove spirit and heart of a Roman gladiator, Foyt was an incredible race car driver during his era and...

The Parting Shift: An Odd Sequential Shifter for Late Model Mustangs

There’s a European company called SSS Drive that apparently develops sequential shift systems for late model cars. In this week’s Parting Shift we’re bringing you the...

MORE: TECH, Videos

Mega Carnage Video: A Combine Demo Derby in All its Glory!

The XXL carnage you’ll see by watching this video of a combine demolition derby is truly awesome. Being that we’re based in New England and Southern California we’ve never seen one...

Historic Drag Video: Amazing Early 1960s Drag Footage From Australia

American and Australians are kindred hot rodding spirits and this totally awesome early 1960s drag racing video from Oz proves it. Shot at two drag strips, Pakenham and Riverside, you’ll see...

Video: Ridetech brings us Power Tour, Autocross, and the Midwest Muscle Car Challenge

Our boys at Ridetech not only build the coolest suspension systems on the planet, they also make some cool videos while on the road promoting their products and hanging out with hot rodders. Three of...

Detroit Power Video: The Greatest Truck Pull Footage Ever

If this were just a video of an International big rig pulling a weight sled it would be cool. If that International weren’t four wheel drive and equipped with what appear to be monster truck...