This is a historical documentary about the history of Hydrazine in drag racing. Hydrazine was the most dangerous fuel drag racers ever handled and it’s use with nitromethane was incredible in the 1960s .

Nitromethane is the world’s most powerful racing fuel but it’s history and how it came to be may actually be more fascinating than its chemistry. Nitromethane was first made in a laboratory in Germany back in 1872 and as you’ll find out, it’s history goes far beyond the race track.

This is the story of the WWI Liberty Truck and how it came to exist in one of the great national crash engineering programs of all time. A nation totally unprepared for war, an industry ready to support the cause, and the best minds in the trucking world did the job.

The story of the creation of the Wingfoot Express 2 is one of perseverance, dedication, mechanical skill, and pure guts. It was a giant rolling science experiment designed to not only break the world’s land speed record, but also break the sound barrier.

This is the story of a company that is one of the most incredible in auto racing history. An operation known for making small engines for fire pumps, for manufacturing forklifts, and for creating marine diesel engines would become the most dominating F1 engine builder of the late 1950s and early 1960s.

This is the story of the fastest car in the world in 1906, the Stanley Steamer rocket. It’s a wild story full of amazing people, engineering, and feats of big time bravery.

The history of the famed Novi V8 engine that competed at the Indy 500. The most powerful engine at the speedway for decades, it never won. Why? How? The answers are here.

The story of the outlaw invention of nitro funny cars in drag racing, their interesting start, and how a few rebels with wild ideas changed the sport forever.

The history of the Offenhauser four cylinder engine, a power plant that in different forms, dominated racing in America for decades. The people, the machines, and the technical prowess behind it all.

The development history of the Ford DOHH 255ci Indy 500 V8. This video explores its origins, racing success, and evolution.

The failed start of centrifugal superchargers in drag racing.

The history of land speed racing is marked by some of the most innovative, interesting, and oddball vehicles ever made. One of them belonged to Art Arfons and was known as The Anteater.

This is the story of three men. Three men who through their own bravery, creative approach, and lifelong obsessions, created the industry of oil well fire fighting.

The man who pushed Garlits to be better, to be faster, to be more relentless than he ever knew he could be and who forced him to a lay a foundation that would build into drag racing immortality.

This is a look back, 90+ years back into the history of speed to check out the exploits and impact of the amazing racing tractors created by the Allis-Chalmers company in the 1930s that literally changed the world by racing and chasing land speed records.

The history of early Top Fuel drag racing clutch development from 1950-1970. Materials, people, engineering and more.

This is the story of the New England Timber Salvage Administration following the Great Hurricane of 1938. Largely forgotten it is a story of American pride, cooperation, and how a natural disaster helped the WWII effort.

Scotty Fenn was one of the most innovative men in drag racing history, but his verbose nature, loud mouth, an angry attitude destroyed a career that could have transformed the sport.

The history of America’s first V8 production car, the Buffum.

This is the in-depth history of what I believe to be the greatest heavy duty truck of the second world war. The M26 tank retriever was a machine designed with armor, with an engine of 1,090ci, with brute strength, and above all, with loads of practical engineering built in. The truck out-performed every other rig in this role worldwide and was just beyond cool. With nearly 1,400 produced between 1942 and 1945, many still exist today in the hands of collectors and more. Learn the fascinating story of the small forgotten company that designed it, the massive company that built it, and the fascinating engine company that powered it.   Mechanical history rules!