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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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Auto Trader Classics Find: The Last Super Duty Catalina Ever Made

In January of 1963 GM pulled out of all organized auto racing racing and put the binders on all of the factory built special edition hot rods and race cars. Among the top of hot rod heap during that...

NASCAR Slashes 2011 Nationwide Series Purse by 20%, May Limit Cup Drivers

NASCAR recently announced that they will be slashing the purses of the 2011 Nationwide Series races by 20%. This will have an impact on the low budget teams who are literally racing for their supper...

NASCAR Makes Big Cuts to Purse Structure, May Limit Cup Drivers

NASCAR recently announced that they will be slashing the purses of the 2011 Nationwide Series races by 20%. This will have an impact on the low budget teams who are literally racing for their supper...

Courtney Force to Begin Testing in Nitro Funny Car by the end of 2010

If the game plan stands, there will be more than one Force girl in the seat of a Nitro Funny Car in 2011. Courtney Force, Ashley Force’s younger sister is advancing from her A/Fuel dragster...

Pikes Peak Video: In-Car Footage of Bill Caswell’s Trip Up the Mountain in the Infamous BMW

Our pal Bill Caswell dropped us a note recently to let us know that he had uploaded the actual in-car footage from his recent adventure at Pikes Peak. It is some awesome viewing. His world famous...

Craigslist Find: An Original, Unrestored 1953 Studebaker Commander Pickup

This may be the finest unrestored 1953 Studebaker Commander truck in the country. With only 39,000 miles on the odometer accrued over the last 57 years it has been used gently and infrequently. It...

ChadMouth: Bonneville. It’s folks like Gary Brauer, it’s horsepower, and lots of salt.

If you are reading this newest Chadmouth, you have no doubt seen all of our 2010 Bonneville Speedweek coverage, presented by Spectre Performance. And you are likely jealous that you couldn’t be...

World’s Fastest Electric Vehicle going for FIA World Record on the Salt Now!

As we speak, the Buckeye Bullet Electric Streamliner, is slowing down from setting a new FIA speed record of 291 mph on the famed salt of Bonneville. The team stayed for a private FIA record attempt...

In-Car Video: Charlie Westcott Jr and Senior Making Runs in Their SS/AH Barracudas

The US Nationals are coming up fast and that means that the ultimate Mopar Hemi Shootout will be going down on Friday of the race weekend. SS/AHemi racers all over the country are flogging their...

Great Thread: Cruising American Iron in Sweden

BangShift forum member Jobergg lives in Sweden and is neck deep in the American car and hot rod scene in that country. He comes up with awesome video and photos pretty frequently and his most recent...

Car Show Gallery: The Mass. Cruisers Gillette Stadium Cruise – August 2010

The Mass. Crusiers claim that their bi-weekly cruise night, held at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Massachusetts, is the largest in New England. We dare anyone to refute that claim. This monster packs...

Bonneville 2010: Spectre Performance puts the Speed in Speedweek

The 2010 SCTA/BNI Bonneville Speedweek rocked, and we owe our boys at Spectre Performance, and their 2100 horsepower Cadillac powered Speedliner, for a lot of the excitement. Spectre owner Amir...

Crashed WWII Dive Bomber Raised From San Diego Resevoir

A crashed Curtiss SB2C Helldiver, one of the most ill-handling, short lived planes of the WWII-era was recently recovered intact from the bottom of a San Diego, California resevoir. The outline was...

It Came From the Forums: Killer Bonneville Photos from BangShift Member Randal Burns

While Chad was out chasing the movers, shakers, and headline makers on the salt, BangShift OG member Randal Burns was prowling the pits, lending a hand, and loving life at Speed Week. Randal had his...