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Wild Video: Watch Brave British WWII Soldiers Recover A Busted Tank With A Behemoth Of A Scammell Truck While Shells Explode Around Them

Jun 04, 2020HISTORIC, Videos

Wild Video: Watch Brave British WWII Soldiers Recover A Busted Tank With A Behemoth Of A Scammell Truck While Shells Explode Around Them

For starters, holy cow did these fellows have guts! Tasked with recovering a disabled tank that was sitting by itself well off the road and away from the protection of a convoy, a small group of men ventured over to the broken Crusader Mk II tank with a lumbering monster of a truck and set to work loading it. Soon after they start Picture 4working to winch the tank onto the truck, explosions in VERY close proximity to where they are begin. The men dive to the ground and wait them out before going back to work again. They are met by more explosions, even closer this time. We then see the truck with the tank on its back creeping back toward the road with shells hitting mere yards from it. The final shot we see is so close that the whole truck is obscured by the dirt and dust. The camera guy must have been shaking in his boots as well!

Outside of the sheer bravery shown by these British soldiers, the truck caught our eye. Looking like something straight out of the Mad Max movie (but moving at a pace slightly slower than a tortoise, especially when loaded) is a British built Scammell Pioneer rig. This was the Semi-trailer version of the truck which was a bigger, beefier version of the standard issue Pioneer which was used to tow heavy guns, had a wrecker type setup that was used on it, and found use in virtually every theater of the war that the British fought in. The Pioneer Semi-trailer truck weighed about 22,000lbs with the trailer and was just under 40 feet long. The trailer could not be simply unhooked from the truck so they were essentially a one piece unit. Power was derived from a 501ci inline six diesel engine that made a whopping 102hp. As was always the case, torque was the name of the game and while the engine made some, the 18mph top speed meant that it needed lots of gearing help as well. The good news? It could go 430-miles on 54 gallons of fuel (unladen). Hopefully there were team drivers because at 18mph, 430 miles would take 24 hours, give or take pee breaks. Picture 6

All kidding aside, these guys were literally yards from catching one of those shells and they didn’t run, didn’t take off screaming, and got the job done. Even while they lumbered away they were not completely out of harm’s way as evidenced by the final closing seconds of the scene where a shell lands and explodes just to the back of the truck. We hope all the guys in this video lived long and happy lives after leaving the war effort and heading home. They certainly earned it.

PRESS PLAY BELOW TO SEE THIS AMAZING FOOTAGE STARRING THE BRAVE SOLIDERS AND THEIR HUGE LUMBERING TRUCK –

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Stealing The Show In Orlando: Watch The Quickest Side By Side Pro275 Pass Ever And Mark Micke’s Record Shattering 3.82 Run!

Jun 01, 20201320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Stealing The Show In Orlando: Watch The Quickest Side By Side Pro275 Pass Ever And Mark Micke’s Record Shattering 3.82 Run!

There are certain times in drag racing where you can actually pinpoint the moment where a class or category put itself onto the map for good. That moment for the Pro275 class happened last weekend at Orlando Speed World Drag Strip in Florida during Donald Long’s Covid-8 race. The best Pro275 cars in the country were on hand and they were taking advantage of a well prepped course to set records and put on one heck of a show.

These cars are mostly machines from the Radial vs The World class that have elected to run on the smaller 275 width tire and at more weight than they’d be competitive at in RvW. The horsepower, technology, and ability of the cars and the teams is exactly the same as is found in the “bigger” tire class and since so many high profile teams have “made the switch” to the 275 class, its specter in the sport has grown. Now this being said, some of those well known teams struggled to get the hang of the smaller tire and while we knew it wouldn’t take them too long a time, it was a hot second before we saw a weekend like we just witnessed.

Mark Micke wresting the record from the hands of Ron Green was pretty awesome. The former RvW record holder ran 3.82 to better the 3.83 second mark that Green had set during the US Street Nationals in Bradenton, Florida earlier this year. You’ll also see the quickest side by side in the category’s history as well here.

Pro275 is no joke. It never was and it never has been. Now though? Now things have changed. It’s not growing up anymore. That class has officially arrived!

Press play below to watch record setting Pro275 passes at Orlando Speed World –

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Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock Radiator Cap Should Be Mandatory Equipment On Every Race Car

In racing we always talk about the big stuff. We talk about big tires, big horsepower, big numbers, and big performances but the reality is that the little things are what not only win you races but keep you safe. Take the Meziere Enterprises Safety Lock radiator cap. This device is a real world solution to a real world problem. I can give you at least a dozen examples of wrecks I have seen on the track due to people’s radiator caps failing, coming off, or otherwise letting them down. With the unique and awesome Safety Lock design, these problems are quite literally eliminated.

Made from billet aluminum and available in multiple pressures, the cap utilizes a roller pin design to contact and secure itself to the filler neck and then there’s the locking shell which is quite literally the lynch pin of the system. Once the shell is installed and the safety pin is inserted, that thing cannot come off.

There’s nothing worse than wrecking your stuff because of something like a radiator cap. Actually there is. There’s wrecking the track for your fellow competitors and potentially wrecking someone else’s car if they get caught up in your mess. This is a great solution to a problem that exists in the world and can be solved. We think every race car in the country needs one!

Press play below to see a great video on the Meziere locking safety radiator cap –

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The Skid Factory Take On An Early Toyota MR2 Restoration Project…Begrudgingly, It Seems!

May 17, 2020FUNNY STUFF, TECH, Videos

The Skid Factory Take On An Early Toyota MR2 Restoration Project…Begrudgingly, It Seems!

Not too long ago, during a competition for a mid or rear-engined vehicle, Marty from the Mighty Car Mods started working on an SW20-era Toyota MR2 and by the end of it, his absolute disdain for the car was palpable. Especially when he was sitting in a foldable seat, sipping something cold and flipping the car off after fighting the thing for what had to be hours that the film couldn’t possibly have explained. Apparently Woody from The Skid Factory hasn’t seen anything or heard anything about this fun because he rolled an AW11-era MR2 into the shop that has a midget with a hammer in the engine and a rat in the rear engine compartment.

I actually loved one of these things as a kid…my aunt’s moronic boyfriend owned one and he would beat the thing like it owed him money. It looked sporty, it hustled around nicely, and I’m pretty sure it was dead within two years from the abuse. Which is a shame, because Toyota was actually building decent little screamers back then. But best of luck convincing Al that it’s worth it. The commentary is hilarious from the word “go” on this project and I’m sure it’ll only get better once they actually start tearing into the car. Just wait until you see what kind of crap is waiting underneath the valve cover. You couldn’t write that story if you tried. Check it out!

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Historical Drag Racing Video: Mario Andretti Drag Racing For The Only Time In His Life At Connecticut Dragway!

May 14, 20201320 Drag News, 1320 Videos, BangShift 1320, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Historical Drag Racing Video: Mario Andretti Drag Racing For The Only Time In His Life At Connecticut Dragway!

This right here is some stuff! The first part of the video seems to date from the first half of the 1960s but the last half comes from 1968 and there’s one really specific way that we know that. This is rare footage of Mario Andretti drag racing for the only time in his life at Connecticut Dragway in 1968.

You will see him landing on the strip in a little Cessna, hanging out with the trophy queen and ultimately see him making laps in a Mustang on behalf of Tasca Ford! Andretti ran a match race against track owner Frank Maratta who is driving a Camaro prepared by Norwood Chevrolet. To double down on the awesome, the car that Andretti is likely a Tasca KR8, the car that the production Cobra Jet Mustangs were based off of! Surely they would not have stuck Mario in some 390 powered Mustang, right? He got the good stuff we’re sure.

There’s plenty of other fun stuff to be seen here in the form of wheel standers and loads of awesome cars but the real story if Mario. Recently on television he talked about this particular day and his memories all these years later are 100% spot on, the video proves it! You will see him fly in around the 13:00 minute mark and his runs against Maratta are shown around the 15:00 mark.

Drag racing history in living color!

Press play below to see this amazing footage from Connecticut Dragway!

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