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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: It’s The Second To The Last Stage Of Dakar 2026! Stage 12 Racing Action Is Below!

Here comes Stage 12! There is just one more stage after this, but that doesn’t mean Dakar 2026 is done. It may be getting closer and closer to the end of the 2026 Dakar Rally, but there is...

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Iron Trap Garage Sheet Metal Tech: Fixing Poorly Fitting Hood Sides For The Custom 1938 Ford Convertible With Some Nips And Tucks

The Iron Trap crew are getting back at it, working on the 1938 Ford Convertible. This custom car has seen some action over the years and needs some sheet metal love in a variety of places. The hood...

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She KNEW the ’55 Had It In It ! Sick Week Testing, While Sick, At Centerville Dragway in Arkansas Proves Aero Isn’t Everything

Alex Taylor is back at it, prepping and testing for Sick Week 2026 which is coming up in just a couple of weeks. They aren’t alone, as lots of racers are in full thrash mode getting cars ready...

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FREE LIVE 24 Hour Endurance Racing: All The Racing Action From The Michelin 24 Hour At DUBAI 2026 Right Here!

The 2026 racing season didn’t wait to get started, as we have had racing going since the clock went past midnight to end 2025. We’ve had Dakar Rally 2026 going on, New Year’s drag...

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2026 Pro Stock Practice Tree Winternationals Livestream: hosted by 2025 NHRA Factory X Champion Lenny Lottig Raising Money For Childrens Aid Hospital

Here is a cool event folks! This is taking Practice Tree racing to a whole new level. This is the Pro Stock Practice Tree Winter Nationals, an event that not only measures reaction time, but also...

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King of the Hammers 2026 Is Coming! Watch Hammertown Come Together With This Streaming Camera From Johnson Valley.

That’s right, it’s January and that means that King of the Hammers is coming! King of the Hammers 2026 officially starts on January 22nd and will continue for more than two weeks. It...

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This Chopped and Channeled 1971 Model R Mack Is Awesome – Take A Video Tour

(By Greg Rourke) – We see cool project cars on BangShift every day. What we don’t often see is the cool way some of these cars get hauled around. Here we have a guy who looked at a truck...

Roadkill! No American Cars, They Must Be Prettied Up And They Have To Be Raced At An Event…No Sweat, Right?

TopGear may have perfected the budget-minded cheap car shootout, but it’s one thing for three Brits who are all about picking a car down to it’s core to score beater cars and try to make...

Prepare Your Eye Bleach: This 1976 Buick LeSabre Is An Automotive Experiment Gone Awry!

Here at BangShift, we always get a kick out of what people do to their cars to make them stand out from the pack. You know we love crazy engine swaps and sleeper builds, making ordinary cars into...

Here Are All The Contenders For The 2017 America’s Most Beautiful Roadster Trophy

It was more than 30 years ago that I went to my first Grand National Roadster Show, back when it was home in Oakland California, and the electricity and excitement of that event then is still present...

Watch This Camaro Destroy Its Own Rear Quarter Panel During A Burnout Contest

I can’t say I have ever been a participant in an “official” burnout contest. I (like all of you) have done my fair share of tire killing shuttle launches but it has never been with...

Here’s What It Looks Like When You Stuff A Jetta Full Of Tannerite And Trigger It With A Rifle Shot – WOW!

Tannerite exploding rifle targets are pretty fun. I am by no means an experienced shooter but I have had some fun with firearms enthusiasts far more experienced than myself. One time I was able to...

This 1966 Datsun Roadster Is Clean, For Sale Cheap, And Ready For The Engine Of Your Choice

I think we could have a riot behind the wheel of our own Datsun Roadster. Don’t you? We think they are cool as hell. We have friends who are into them, and every time we see one it puts a...

Half The Budget Gets You A Rough Start Fox Mustang Find…It’s Even California Legal!

It baffles me how cheap Fox Mustangs are. It really does. Not that it’s anything to complain about, it’s just that when a car becomes iconic for performance, has the ability to become...

This Trans Am TA4 / NASA American Iron-Prepared Dodge Challenger SRT-8 Is Absolutely Lust-Worthy!

The Trans-Am race cars of 1970 were royalty, and that statement holds up when you look at the values of each version of the Over 2-Liter class. Ford Mustang Boss 302, American Motors Javelin,...

The Incredible Tri-Five Chevy Hall At The 2017 Grand National Roadster Show (Part 1)

The feature hall at the 2017 Grand National Roadster Show celebrates the 60th anniversary of the Tri-Five Chevrolet in fine style with one of the most amazing collections of 1955,56,57 Chevrolets...

2017 Grand National Roadster Show Coverage! Photos From The Epic Event

It has BEGUN! The 2017 Grand National Roadster show officially opens tomorrow but we snuck in during move-in day to give you a peek at one of the country’s most mind blowing automotive events....

Dodge Challenger Demon News and Video – 315 Drag Radials On All Four Corners, the Sound Clue Everyone Has Missed

Well things have gotten a little weird with the latest release of Dodge Challenger Demon news from Chrysler. The car will have drag radials on it, pretty big ones at 315mm width. That’s the fun...

This Air Cooled Porsche Would Be One Hell Of A Fun Race Car!

It’s a bit outside of our price range, but what isn’t. Other than that, this 1990 964 Porsche is awesome. And by 964 we mean 911, because that is what all air cooled Porsches are in our...

BangShift Project Files: Following Along As A 1968 Mercury Cougar Gets Put Back Together

Langleylad’s 1968 Cougar has been one of the more intricate builds featured on the project car forums. He’s been working on it for years now, and it’s a sincere, in-depth build that...