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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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Destruction Photos: What Happens When A Big Aluminum Rod Fails At 10,000 RPM

Last Friday I had occasion to visit my friends Dana and Jon at Custom Automotive Machine in Weymouth, Massachusetts for a story on the nostalgia nitro funny car they have run successfully out of...

Gallery: 61 Photos of First Gen Camaros

The first generation Chevy Camaro is one of the most popular and highly visible platforms used for street machines, drag race cars, pro touring cars, trars, paint dab restos, and mis-spelled...

The New Jean-Claude Van Damme Volvo Truck Split Video Is Awesome And Viral

With over 16-million views in only three days on YouTube, Volvo trucks has a legitimate viral success with their new clip featuring Jean Claude Van-Damme performing his signature split between two...

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Watch Adrian Cenni’s Amazing And Historic (Successful) Barrel Roll Jump At Baja 1000

One of the big hyped up deals leading into the 2013 Baja 1000 was a never before publicly completed corkscrew truck jump that was to be completed by Adrian Cenni in his Pro 4 truck. We had heard for...

Nut Driver: Dave Nutting’s Life With A 25+ Year Old Car – An Introduction To Actually Taking The Plunge And Making An Old Car Your DD

[“Nut Driver” is a new series that will feature updates on Dave Nutting’s attempts to daily drive his 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo in Massachusetts 365 days a year] “Forget this nonsense, I...

Rising Dirtbike Star Kurt Caselli Killed In Wreck During 2013 Baja 1000

Kurt Caselli, the 30-year old off road dirt bike racing master who was set to burst onto the international scene in 2014 lost his life in a crash during the 2013 Baja 1000. When the news of his death...

Roadkill: The Guys Unearth The Infamous 1973 Fury And Attack The 24 Hours Of Lemons – Things Could Have Gone Better

The newest Roadkill adventure featuring David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan has gone live and you can watch it below. Before you press play, you may be interested to know the BangShifty connection...

6,000hp “Top Fuel Mustang” Lives In Australia – Holy Smokes This Thing Is All-Time! (Video)

In the realm of, “holy freaking horsepower Batman!” comes this video from Australia where a crew led by Aussie drag maven Darren Di Filippo has created what they call the “Top Fuel...

MONSTER ENGINE VIDEO: A 28 CYLINDER – 3,000HP – PRATT AND WHITNEY R-4360 STARTS FOR THE FIRST TIME

While jet engines certainly elevated the performance of aircraft to the incredible levels we see today, there is no denying that the massive old radial jobs that won WWII are some of the baddest...

INSANE VIDEO: AUSSIE V8 DIRT DRAG BIKES IN ACTION

We saw videos of lunatic Australians racing side by side on V8 powered motorcycles on a dirt strip and immediately thought of a few jokes. We then did some research and saw that the sport was...

BANGSHIFT TRIVIA – DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE HELL THIS IS? WE DO.

We’ll end today’s blog with this bizarre creation. We’re not going to tell you anything about it until tomorrow, but we’re interested in seeing if anyone out there in...

Wild Rolling Wreckage Video: A Vintage Road Racer is Saved From Certain Death By a Good Cage

A couple weeks back we showed you video of a replica Shelby Cobra racer cheating death when his car rolled. That guy did not have any sort of roll cage protection around him, but the guy in this...

Watch The Baja 1000 LIVE and FREE Here! Streaming Video!

Normally this weekend we’d be live broadcasting the Street Car Super Nationals from Las Vegas but since the folks at the drag strip decided to bring in a pay-per-view crew this year,...

Powershift Will Be LIVE TONIGHT! 6pm Pacific/9pm Eastern! —

We’re delaying our (mostly) weekly PowerShift show this week for one day and instead of our normal Thursday evening fun, it will be Friday evening fun! We’ll be live at 6PM Pacific/9PM...