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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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Video: The Most Violent Land Speed Racing Crash We’ve Ever Seen – Driver OK – 209 MPH Wreck

This is the most terrifying looking crash we have ever seen anyone survive and it happened at the El Mirage SCTA Meet just a week or so ago. The car in question is a Honda Insight powered by a highly...

BangShift Question of the Day: Is the Corvette America’s best sports car?

The Chevrolet Corvette. Yes, it’s an American icon, arguably more recognizable worldwide than any television or movie celebrity. Its name is synonymous with General Motors performance (How many...

SEMA 2013 Video: American Powertrain Rolls Out An Awesome And Innovative Twin Disc Clutch, A Full Hydraulic Solution For Fox Mustangs, And Bulletproof (literally) Mounts!

It all makes sense now. For the last year, every time we have tried to call up and harass our pals Gray and Matt at American Powertrain, they’d just yell, “WE’RE BUSY!” and...

Watch The Hublot Rocket Bicycle Go 177 MPH To Set The All Time Bicycle Speed Record

Recently, a French bus-driver sat atop a hydrogen peroxide rocket powered bicycle on a runway in Interlaken, Switzerland and went 177-mph, breaking the existing record for the world’s fastest...

BangShift Exclusive Audio – We Interview The Esteemed Pete Brock About The C7 Corvette

Pete Brock is a living American automotive treasure and we were fortunate enough to encounter him virtually by chance on the 2013 SEMA Show floor while speaking with Dr. Jamie Meyer of Chevrolet...

Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2013 – More Bitchin’ Photos From The Event!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Here’s our second and last blast of photos from the 2013 iteration of Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest. This car show and gearhead gathering which is held at...

2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Shootout – More Intense Autocross Action!

We’re back with more sweet, sweet photo action from the 2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Shootout autocross competition. The field is so big that we split the autocross action into two groups of...

Volvo Truck Crash Testing Is Impressive To Watch – Big Impacts Teach Engineers Big Lessons

Over the weekend we showed you the amazing Jean-Claude Van Damme stunt where he pulls off the epic split between two new Volvo big rigs that are reversing down a runway at relatively high speeds. One...

Video: Watch Danny Popp And Brian Hobaugh Battle For The Goodguys Autocross Championship – Incredible Cars, Incredible Drivers, Amazing History

This could be the coolest autocross final of all time. Two of the country’s best autocross drivers, both in Corvettes that are family heirlooms, one the newest champion of the Optima Ultimate...

Next Gen Racer With A Twist: The Rocketeer Funny Car Crew’s New Dodge Dart

When Jim Barrett and the rest of the crew on the Rocketeer AA/FC Nostalgia Funny Car come to a race, they do it family style. With Jim’s son Alex deciding that Drag Racing was the career choice...

Dry Lakes Landspeed Racing Photos: The Final SCTA El Mirage Meet Of 2013

As famous as Speed Week at Bonneville is, Land Speed Racers from far and wide flock to El Mirage California several times each year to compete on the famed dry lake. The SCTA El Mirage Dry Lakes...

Bruce Larson USA-1 Dragfest 2013 – A Gallery Of Hot Rods, Race Cars, And Muscle!

(Photos by Joe Grippo) — We’re going to get a great big gold star and slap it on Grippo’s forehead because the dude has been dominating the fall scene in the NY/NJ area. He was at...

RacingJunk Find: Steve Matusek’s Aeromotive Pro Mod Operation Is For Sale!

Ford fans, this is your chance to get your mitts on one of the quickest and fastest Ford powered vehicles on planet Earth. Steve Matusek has put his Mustang pro mod operation up for sale. Is he...

2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational – Autocross Action Gallery

(Photos courtesy of Optima Batteries) – While we showed you some cool shots from the road course action portion of the 2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational on Friday, we think the best...