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DONUT DISASTER SHAUN DREGHORN

4x4 Magazine Australia

Summer 2025

A simple bit of fun on a burnout pad turned into a costly lesson for Shaun and his modified Jimny after a split-second mistake tipped the pint-sized 4x4 onto its side.

- SHAUN DREGHORN > NSW

"I was at a 4WD park in NSW on my 4WD club's Christmas party," Shaun told us. "We went for a night drive out towards the playground area as we got there we were greeted with a burnout pad."

This story is from the Summer 2025 edition of 4x4 Magazine Australia.

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