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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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BangShift Question Of The Day: What Was Your First Automotive Event, And How Old Were You?

For some reason, the past few weekends have been huge car show and racing weekends for us, from a kid perspective. We were at Perris Speedway for Sprint Car races on the 4th of July, at the...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: “Flamin’ Eddie’s Dragstrip” The Insect Surfers LIVE (2011)

Anthony Castillo strikes again with this awesome instrumental titled “Flamin’ Eddie’s Dragstrip”. The video is cool cause it was shot at the Purple Orchid in El Segundo,...

Video: Did A Jackass Spectator Cause This Racer To Suffer A Horrifying Pikes Peak Crash?

This is one of those videos that you see one and think, “Man, that guy is super lucky to have lived through that wreck!” Then you watch it a second time and your jaw clenches with rage...

WATCH LIVE NOSTALGIA DRAG RACING FROM SANTA POD RIGHT NOW!

This weekend the UK’s Santa Pod Raceway hosts Dragstalgia, a two-day celebration of nostalgia featuring Nostalgia Funny Cars, the Wild Bunch, the Supercharged Outlaws, historic drag bikes...

Video: Chevrolet Presents “Get Going”, A 1936 Explanation Of Acceleration

It’s physics ladies and gentleman, regardless of the year. More power makes acceleration better. This is hot rodding 101. This cool video from Chevrolet talks all about the battle between...

Video: Chevrolet Presents “Hydraulics” The 1936 Auto Mechanics Film On Brake Systems

Starting with the amazing scenery of Niagra falls, this video then goes into the explanation of how fluids work and specifically how hydraulic systems function. Because this is produced by Chevrolet,...

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Video: “Take It Easy!”, Chevrolet Motor Company’s Auto Mechanic’s 1936 Suspension Systems Video

Video three for the day is all about suspension systems, and makes us giggle. It’s hilarious how Cheverolet makes a dramatic analogy to make us understand why we need suspension on cars, and...

Video: Water Cooled Engines: “Water Boy” 1936 Chevrolet Greatness

Our second video from the 1936 Chevrolet Auto Mechanics Archives covers cooling systems, and is super cool. The animation and cutaway video are WAAAAYYYYY better than you would expect back them. This...

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Video: Chevrolet Auto Mechanics 1936 “Spinning Levers”: How Transmissions and Synchros Work

Today’s videos are all going to focus on the 1936 editions of Chevrolet Auto Mechanics instructional and educational videos. The first is titled “Spinning Levers” and covers...

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Video: Autocross Marriage Proposal “Will You Be My Co-Driver For Life?”

We’ve seen lots of proposals, and as car guys we always think the ones at the races are the coolest, but how about IN THE CAR! Yep, this dude Jake asked his girlfriend Maggie if she would marry...

Party Foul Video: Watch A Guy Wreck A Newish Diesel Chevy Truck At A Legal Street Drag Race In Nebraska

BangShift member at large BigDad found this video and posted it in our forum section the other day. It basically depicts the automotive equivalent of trying hard at gym class and then crapping your...

Craigslist Ad Awesomeness: A Crazy Pink Nova That Rules. Ad Says No Ballers And No Email Allowed.

I’m out. It clearly says “no ballers” in the ad, and I’m clearly a baller so I’m out. Brian on the other hand has not reached baller status so he’s good. Get after...

Congratulations!: Ridetech Customers Take Top 5 Spots In Pro Class At Goodguys Autocross Des Moines

That’s right folks, the 2013 Heartland Nationals were OWNED by the gang at Ridetech. Well, not them specifically, but their shocks for sure. With the Top 5 Pro Category winners running Ridetech...

Gallery: The 2013 Voodoo A Go-Go. Voodoo Larry And The Voodoo Kings Annual Bash

(Photos by Dom Damato) This past weekend it was all Voodoo action at the Voodoo A Go-Go put on by Voodoo Larry and the Voodoo Kings car club. Even though this show is only a few hours long it has...