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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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Chrysler Dealer Shutdowns Explained

Talk about an awesome piece that explains a thoroughly confusing situation! Jim Brennan, a blogger over at the Cardomain.com, posted this story recently, breaking down exactly why 789 Chrysler...

New Jeep Brake Lines from Classic Tube

If you have a Jeep CJ5 or CJ7 and you are using it for the type of stuff God intended Jeeps to be used for, your stock brake lines are probably in need of replacement. After being subjected to mud,...

Former Mopar Racer Larry Morgan to Run a Ford in Pro Stock for 2010

In a surprise announcement, 10-year Mopar Pro Stock competitor Larry Morgan said that he is making the switch to Ford for 2010. Ford, once a strong competitor in the class with Bob Glidden carrying...

New Blower for Chevy Trucks from Magna Charger

If you’ve got an ’03-’09 Chevy truck and are sick and tired of getting trounced by Ford Lightning pickups, Magna Charger has your answer, the new MP 1900 TVS supercharger. They sell...

Doug Herbert and Ray Evernham will Attempt 500 MPH at Bonneville

Doug Herbert, a longtime veteran of the IHRA and NHRA Top Fuel ranks, has teamed up with Ray Evernham to build a wild streamliner and make an attempt at a land speed record at the Bonneville Salt...

Video: 2009 March Meet Dragsters in Violent, Sideways Action

When the 2009 March Meet came to Bakersfield’s Famoso Raceway for round one of the year’s NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series, BangShift.com was there, on the starting line, capturing...

Car Feature: 1967 Mustang in Modern Trans-Am Trim

Dean Westmoreland has three NHRA championships and 27 national event wins as a crew member with John Force Racing, plus an IHRA championship with Don Lampus, and he’s now pulling crew-chief...

Site of the Week: Hajek Motorsports

Brent Hajek is a lot of things. He’s a farmer, a lover of all things Ford, the operator of a museum dedicated to race cars, a race team owner, major league car collector, and most of all, a...

New Tech Series: Inside an A/Fuel Dragster

Some of you may know that BangShift.com has joined forces with the A/Fuel Dragster team of Jeff Veale and Ethan Brown Motorsports. Those guys have been cool enough to school us on the ways on...

Car Feature: 10.0-Second Small-Block 1973 Camaro, No Nitrous! Plus Vintage Photos

It seems like most guys’ hot rods get put into one form or another and live there forever. You built a Pro Street car in the 1980s and it’s probably still sporting steamroller tires out...

Time for Some Upgrades at BangShift.com

We have been working overtime recently creating, editing, and proofing new content for the upgrade of BangShift.com which is going to take place throughout the day today, May 27. We advertise...

Video: Drag Racing Altereds in Action at the 2009 March Meet

Here’s the next BangShift.com video of the action at the 2009 March Meet at Famoso Raceway, and this time it’s all about the Altereds. There are many modern cars here, but also some...

Roger Penske Making a Play for Saturn

Roger Penske has approached GM about buying the Saturn brand. He would import the South Korean built Renault Samsung Motors line of cars (like the one shown) to be sold at the dealerships. There is...

Inaugural SEMA Car Show Coming August 1

SEMA is getting into the car show business with the production of a show to be held at The Pasadena Convention Center (which is shockingly located in Pasadena, California) on August 1, 2009. The show...