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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 2012 Engine Masters Challenge Is ON and Comp Cams Is There to Cover The Action! Learn the Ins and Outs Of The Competition Here!

Popular Hot Rodding’s Engine Masters Challenge has become the defacto yearly slugfest for professional and otherwise hardcore engine builders every year. This year the folks at Comp Cams TV are...

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Video: Chasing The Dream: Dick Eytchison Does More With More… Doors That Is…

We’ve been watching Dick Eytchison drive his super cool Crew Cab Chevelle for the last couple years, and if you pulled up next to this thing on Mulholland while driving something Italian,...

Video: Autocross Action From Indy – Watch The Jet Hot Chevy II Get Thrown Around

Nobody on the planet sees more autocross action than we do, but we still love it. When we were at the Indy Goodguys show we thought the course was great, and even drove a rental car around it a few...

Gallery: The Rodders Journal Vintage Speed and Custom Revival – Gallery One

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Our man Joe Grippo attended the first ever Rodders Journal Vintage Speed and Custom Revival last weekend outside of Baltimore at the famed Pimlico Race Course. The...

Gallery: Muscle Cars, Street Machines, and Gassers From Goodguys Columbus

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – We’ve run a ton of Doug Garrison’s photos from the Goodguys Columbus show. If anything it highlights the total diversity of cars and trucks that show up...

Gallery: Classic Ford Hot Rods From Goodguys Columbus – Flatheads to Fat Fenders!

(Photos by Doug Garrison) – Since we last left you with a gallery dominated by Tr-Five Chevrolets last week, it only makes sense that we fire a salvo back for the lovers of the blue oval. This...

Not Good: Massive Fire At Methanol and Race Fuel Company In Winnipeg, Canada – Firefighters Battling Blaze

Canada’s fickle relationship with race fuel is getting more heated by the minute…literally. Speedway International, a supplier of racing gasoline and methanol to racers all across North...

Wreckage Video: Watch A 1930 Ford Drag Car Skid, Spin, and Flip at the 2012 Jalopy Showdown

Pal o’ BangShift Dawn Mazi-Hovsepian was at Beaver Springs Dragway recently to shoot photos and video of the 2012 Jalopy Showdown nostalgia drags. Being her normal awesome self, she got lots of...

Video: Champion Speed Shop’s Gov.’s Cup Win Puts Them In The Lead Going Into Bakersfield

The Champion Speed Shop Small Block Chevrolet Powered Top Fuel Dragster has done it again! The rolled into the Governor’s Cup race at Sacramento and not only qualified in the top spot, but also...

Forum Tech Section How To: Holley Float Bowl Screw Thread Repair… So Easy A Ford Guy Did It!

I know, I know, Ford guys are smart too. I’m only busting Big Block Ranger’s stones because I can, and because he will expect it. Especially since he even has a hammer, aka Ford Tool, in...

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Event Coverage: Thousands Of Hot Rods Drive The Bay To Birdwood Cruise in Adelaide Australia

The Tearle brothers send us an email on Sunday saying that they had been to a super cool cruise in Adelaide, Australia and had photos to share if we were interested. Well of course we were!...

Video: Seriously Sexy Hillclimb Video From Formula Offroad’s Team No Limit Racing

The guys at InsaneRacing.no certainly know how to capture some cool footage, so we had to share this one with you. Seeing a Jeep leap straight into the air, while climbing a 60 degree plus angle...

Epic Ebay Find!: 1970 Challenger Logghe Chassis Funny Car That We Want Bad!

Dudes we need this!!!! How bitchin would this bad boy ’70-’74 Challenger Funny Car look with BangShift down the side! It’s a Logghe Chassis, 120″ wheelbase, Funny Car from the...

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Mo-Kan Dragway: 50 Years of Mid West Drag Racing Greatness Including Photos!

When Chris Graves, of Max Cackle Photography, sends us stuff we are always excited. He takes great photos and, like us, has an amazing appreciation for the history of drag racing. So when Chris sent...