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Punish the Pad New Zealand Burnout Competition Video: Destroying Tires, Lighting Fires, and Entertaining The Masses!

Australians get all the credit for big burnout competitions, but their neighbors the Kiwis also know what they are doing when it comes to creating big tire smoke. With huge “Australian...

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Land Speed Racers Chasing Speed at El Mirage: Here Are The 2025 Southern California Timing Association Season Highlights!

While Bonneville gets the most fame and attention, and is the most iconic land speed racing location on earth, the dry lake bed at El Mirage is home to land speed racing and arguably the toughest...

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Why Is Torx So Bad And So Good At The Same Time? Testing Torx Bits And Explaining How They REALLY Work.

Anyone that works on cars and trucks is familiar with Torx fasteners and bits, as are anyone who’s done any DIY, deck, fence, or construction projects in recent years. There are some big...

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FJ40 Land Cruiser Custom Fabrication: Custom Fender Flares Built For Punishment! Truly Custom Fabrication.

Shannon is back at the fab work on the FJ40, with the rear bumper done, it’s time for fender flares. But these aren’t just any flares, as they will tie into the bumper out back for...

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Marketplace Find: This Survivor 1985 Chevrolet Suburban 2500 Is Big Block Powered Gold! Big Block, TH400, 3.73, And 68K miles!

Wow what a score this one will be for someone. With less than 70,000 miles on the odometer, and interior and paint that look near mint, this big block 2500 Suburban will make a great family cruiser...

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My Best BARN FIND Yet? Chip Foose Explores A Hot Rodders Collection And Finds One He Just Can’t Believe.

Chip Foose is no stranger to cool cars, whether in the project stage or finished or anywhere in between. But what you might not think about is that Chip is a hot rodder just like the rest of us and...

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Craigslist Find: Looking To Own A Questionable Automotive Piece Of Rock History?

Do you have a burning desire to own a rolling piece of Rock and Roll history, but can’t seem to find the scratch to pick up Elvis’ Lincoln or Billy Gibbon’s Ford Coupe? Don’t...

Amazing: Cars From Ford Treasure Trove Auction Taken Out And Cleaned Up – Mind-Blowingly Good!

Back in early March we told you about a cool estate sale that is coming up in Pennsylvania. The original story showed you the interesting mix of Ford cars that were going ot be sold and it showed...

Unbreakable: Two And A Half Minutes Of A Volvo Wagon Surviving Incredible Wrecks And Staged Crashes

The cliches have been barfed out so many times we feel like a crappy comedian retreading material when we even mention them. Volvos run forever. You can’t kill a Volvo. The safest cars are...

Carguy Art That’s So Nice Your Wife Will Let You Put It In The House! We Want All Of It!

Jeff Hobgood is a certifiable bad ass. He races a kick ass 1941 Willys Gasser pickup that is mint-o-licious as Brian would say, and on top of that he is an amazing automotive artist. His medium is a...

Wild Video: Watch A Dirt Bike Trials Rider Lap The Entire Field Of A Race In TWO Laps!

Motorcycle trials riders are some of the most talented people in the two wheel universe. These are men and women who are able to literally make a dirt bike/motorcycle become a part of their physical...

eBay Find: Rusty, Crusty, Amazing 1956 Chevy Wrecker Perfection

The string of words that left my lips when I laid eyes on this truck were so disjointed, profane, and otherwise wrong, I am never going to repeat them again….unless I stumble upon another...

Gallery: The Kustom Kulture Car Show – Adelaide, Australia – Lots Of Neat Old Stuff!

(Photos by Darryl Daniels) – Our man in Australia, Darryl Daniels fought the elements and other stuff to attend the Kustom Kulture car show weekeneder in Adelaide, Australia just a few days...

$150 Off From Ridetech For Your USCA Texas Race Entry This Weekend!

Everyone is getting in on the act for the Ultimate Street Car Association event this weekend at Texas Motor Speedway. The gang from Ridetech is so committed to showing their stuff work on the street,...

This vintage mud bog footage from 1986 at Tail Creek Raceway feels like high school

Back when I was in high school in 1985, I loaded up a couple of my pals at 5:30 one Saturday morning and headed north to just outside the state capitol of New Hampshire. In a small town called Bow,...

RacingJunk Find: The Meanest, Coolest, And Most BangShift Approved Mustang II We’ve Ever Seen

The Mustang II was one of the low points that can be scoffed at when looking over the complete history of the Mustang. The fact is, that car kept the Mustang nameplate alive during some of the worst...

Watch An 815ci Ford Hemi Get Wrung Out On The Dyno – Mountain Motor Fun!

Mountain motor cars are some of the neatest to watch and talk about. Of course, it all centers around the goodness of the engine that is living in the car and the fact that with no help other than a...

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Vote For BangShift In The On All Cylinders Muscle Car Matchups March Madness

The guys at OnAllCylinders.com asked us if we wanted to participate in their March Maddness Muscle Car Match-Ups this year and we said HELL YEAH BABY! Of course in typical BangShift style, when it...

Big News: Dragway 42 Releases Plans, Renderings, Timeline For Complete Track Overhaul – Insane But Awesome

We’ve been on the bleeding edge of the Dragway 42 story since it broke that Ohio businessman Ron Matcham bought the track and planned to spruce it up. We naturally assumed that the improvements...

Flippin’ RVs Is On Tomorrow! Insider Vintage Trailer Photos Are Here!

I’ve told you guys a million times how much I love old RVs. Trailers, Motorhomes, I don’t care. I love them all. And the older the better obviously. Well if you missed the premier of...

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