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0Video: Watch these videos of an NHRA racer's bodywork blowing off into a crowd 1366735500
Just a few months ago, fan safety at racetracks was a hot topic following the last-lap NASCAR Nationwide Series crash at Daytona that sent large pieces of racecars into the grandstands injuring 33 fans. Now, a freak incident at a National Hot Rod Association event resulted in a drag racer's ...
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Video: Watch Jack Beckman's NHRA funny car explode, still win race 1352498280
Jack Beckman is looking to wrap up his first-ever NHRA Funny Car title, and it appears an exploding car is not going to slow him down. Half-way through this qualifying run on Thursday, a spectacular explosion destroyed his car's Dodge bodywork, engulfing Beckman in a ball of flames while ...
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Video: Watch an NHRA funny car explode in a four-wide drag race 1334527260
Matt Hagan, the reigning NHRA Full Throttle Funny Car champ, kicked off this weekend's Four-Wide Nationals qualifying session at zMAX Dragway in North Carolina with a bang. Hagan's funny car dropped an intake valve into one of its cylinders about halfway down the track and exploded, launching ...
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Traxxas now makes an R/C funny car. Enjoy [w/video] 1334005980
Traxxas has done a smart job of establishing itself as a toymaker for grownups. With radio-controlled iterations of Ken Block's Ford Fiesta gymkhana car and Vaughn Gittin Jr's Ford Mustang drift machine, the company has something for everyone. Or at least it does now. Traxxas is now producing ...
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Video: This is why drag racers should stay on dragstrips 1333324860
We've seen some dumb ideas before, but this one may take the cake. The post-jump video shows what happens when a dragster that should stick to the strip goes on a track that requires a mild left turn. Actually, this "track" looks more like the cart path at the local golf course, except most ...
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Video: Sunday! Sunday!! Sunday!!! Witness the incredible ManEater funny car! 1280507400
Funny car checkup yields some unexpected excitement – Click above to watch video after the jumpIf you aren't terrified on some primordial level of the funny car drag racing class, odds are it's only a matter of time before natural selection comes a-callin'. Most funnies run a variation on ... -
Funny Car Commercial of the Day: A good reason for an automatic 1277331660
Mazda offers a good reason to choose an automatic – Click above to watch the video after the breakGenerally speaking, all of us at Autoblog prefer to drive a manual. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. For instance, driving a supremely sedate luxury car with anything other than a ... -
Funny Car Commercial of the Day: Mazda silences the kids 1274878740
Mazda silences the kids – Click above to watch the video after the breakWe love kids... other people's kids, that is. Yours truly doesn't have any progeny of his own to look after, so the need for a vehicle that has loads of interior space is mostly lost on me. If you do have some ... -
Funny Car Commercial of the Day: Audi's musically gifted S3 1272976080
Audi's musically gifted S3 – Click above to watch the video after the breakWhat is it about music and driving that make the two so inexorably linked? Hard to say, but there's simply no doubting that the right tune can turn a boring and mundane drive home from work into a truly enjoyable ... -
Funny Car Commercial of the Day: Anything you can do... men can do better 1270159260
I'm the King of Reverse – Click above to watch the video after the breakAnything you can do, men I can do better. Sometimes, it seems that those of us who are of the male persuasion seem to think that we can do just about anything. And we're right, most of the time. There do exist those ...

