Category Archive: RACING & ACTION, Videos
Video: Blastro, The Pro Mod Astro Van
Feb 05, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Blastro, The Pro Mod Astro Van
Blastro is a blown, alky swilling, tube-chassis version of a Chevy Astro van. It’s bat poop crazy and we love it. After dropping the video of the A-Team van on you yesterday we needed a little...
Action Video: Cummins on Cummins Tug of War
Jan 26, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Action Video: Cummins on Cummins Tug of War
After reporting on GM challenging Ford to a tug of war last week, our wheels started turning and our fingers started searching YouTube for tug of war videos. They are there by the thousands, but this...
Video Bonanza: In Car Camera Footage From All Different Types of Racing
Jan 18, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video Bonanza: In Car Camera Footage From All Different Types of Racing
The in-car camera has to be the most important development in racing media history. Being able to literally ride along with the driver and see what’s happening in the cockipit of the car makes...
Video: Test and Tune the Ridetech Way
Jan 13, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Test and Tune the Ridetech Way
We’ve known the gang over at Ridetech for years, and know that their manufacturing, testing, and quality are second to none. We just didn’t realize that they had so much fun proving it!...
Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
Jan 11, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: The Merrill, Wisconsin, Ice Drag Races are On
It’s the time of year when water turns solid, and that means the river in Merrill, Wisconsin, at Council Grounds State Park has become a frozen 1/8-mile drag strip. The Merrill Ice Draggers...
Killer Video: Russian Truck Racing
Jan 06, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Killer Video: Russian Truck Racing
This is the total embodiment of the old adage, “people will race anything.” We’re taking you on a trip to the Russian countryside to check out some awesome racing action, complete...
Video: Off-Road Truck Out-Jumps Travis Pastrana With a 301-Foot Record
Jan 04, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Off-Road Truck Out-Jumps Travis Pastrana With a 301-Foot Record
The marketing made it seem like the world was watching on New Years Eve when Travis Pastrana jumped a rally Subaru 269 feet onto a barge anchored in Long Beach harbor, a distance record for rally...
Video: Camaro Outruns BMW in Insane Swedish Snow Race
Jan 03, 2010Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Video: Camaro Outruns BMW in Insane Swedish Snow Race
This is one of the best races known to man. It happens in Sweden, where BangShift.com member Gasfot Sweden races his beater second-generation Camaro in events that are like road races or...
Video: Score! Travis Pastrana Sets the Rally Car Jump Record at 269 Feet!
Jan 01, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Score! Travis Pastrana Sets the Rally Car Jump Record at 269 Feet!
In an amazing showing of bowling-ball sized stones, 26-year-old Travis Pastrana set the world record for a rally car jump on New Year’s Eve, flying his Subaru 269 feet over water and landing on...
Video: Travis Pastrana Crashes in Prep for Tonight’s 2010 New Year’s Jump in Long Beach, California
Jan 01, 2010Brian LohnesComments Off on Video: Travis Pastrana Crashes in Prep for Tonight’s 2010 New Year’s Jump in Long Beach, California
Travis Pastrana has done so much bat-poop crazy stuff with cars that it reminds us that we should do a video compilation of it all. Until then, watch ESPN tonight to see if he succeeded with this...
Another Historic Track Dead: The Milwaukee Mile, With Video
Dec 21, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Another Historic Track Dead: The Milwaukee Mile, With Video
It is claimed to be, at 106 years old, the oldest continuously operating race track in the country. It appears there will be no 107th season at the historic Milwaukee Mile. No national touring series...
Carnage Video: High Flying Sprint Car Wreck
Dec 17, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Carnage Video: High Flying Sprint Car Wreck
There are few more intense race cars than 410 Sprints. These direct-drive, methanol-powered, 800hp, 1,300-pound monsters are the greatest show on dirt. They slide sideways around the tight corners of...
Crazy Video: Jan Magnussen Beats the Hell Out of a New ZR1 Corvette at The ‘Ring
Dec 16, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Video: Jan Magnussen Beats the Hell Out of a New ZR1 Corvette at The ‘Ring
In the past we’ve shared our opinions on the Nurburgring as an odd marketing tool for domestic auto companies, but that’s not to say we don’t respect and recognize the fact that the...
The Greatest Drag Race Wreck Photo Sequence of All Time? With Video, Too
Dec 15, 2009Brian LohnesComments Off on The Greatest Drag Race Wreck Photo Sequence of All Time? With Video, Too
We’ve been wondering when we would see the insane crash photos shot by British drag photographer Andy Wilsheer at the 2009 NHRA World Finals held at Pomona. Thanks to a tip from our pal Darr...





