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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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Watch This Nissan GT-R Get Take a Flying Leap When It Gets Bumped Mid-Corner

We’ve heard so much for many years about the Launch Control option on Nissan’s GT-R, but I don’t think this what they had in mind. At last year’s Pirelli World Challenge race at Sonoma...

Boxes And Barges At The 2016 NSRA Nationals – BangShift Approved Iron!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Next up in our coverage of this massive event are some cars from the 50s and 60s-ish eras.  These were times of changing styles, but we can all agree few...

Race Everything! Watch a Latvian Drag Race Between a Soviet-Built ZAZ and a Classic Mini

Bikernieki Race Track isn’t particularly well-known internationally, nor is the drag racing scene in Latvia, but we’re equal-opportunity race fans here at BangShift. If there’s a place in the...

Our Pal Cameron Ferre Is Going Rounds In Top Fuel Debut Today In Charlotte!

Update 09/18/2016 1:57pm Eastern: After kicking ass and qualifying in the number 14 spot in the Paton Family Racing, JBS, Racepak, Ted Wiens Tire and Auto, Precision Racing Suspension, Nitrohead,...

We Are LIVE From Shakedown At The Summit 14 – Sunday Eliminations HERE!

Sunday: We go live at 9am Eastern! Racing starts Friday, and we’ll be bringing you all the action LIVE right here on BangShift.com. BangShift’s Bryan McTaggart and the Original Minion...

Wild At The Wheel – 1970s Driver’s Education Film From California

We’ve all been through driver’s education and we’ve all had to sit through a myriad of different films about the dangers of bad driving and reckless behavior. This videos have...

Drag Week Sleeper! This Chevy Caprice Runs 12’s And You Would Never Know By Looking At It!

(All photos by John Welsh) As you’ve probably heard by now, this week is Hot Rod Drag Week! As the rolling display of horsepower traverses the Midwestern United States all week long,...

Big Wreck: Doomsday No Prep Chevelle Almost Goes Through Guardrail

While we dig no prep racing, there is always something really really bad happening that just scares the crap out of us. A lot of times that something has to do with crap guardrails like the Armco...

This 1000 Plus RWHP, Nitrous Huffing CTS-V, Is For Sale At Cosmo Motors

The guys at Cosmo Motors are not your average car dealers. We know them through our friend Eric Yost, and we can vouch for the fact that Cosmo and his crew make sure each and every car that comes...

Daily Dually Fix: A Dually Van!!! Yes, Yes, Yes, This Ford E350 Is Dually Greatness

I love vans and I love Dually’s, so what could be more perfect than this Ford E350 with dual rear wheels? Okay, since I’m a Chevy guy I would love to see it with a bowtie on the front,...

EXPLOSION! Detonating a 10,000 POUND EXPLOSIVE Next To A U.S. Navy Ship

Holy crap! This is HUGE. Apparently the Navy is tasked with testing their ships on occasion for their ability to stay together when something explodes next to them. In this case that something was...

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A Pro Touring Nash Metropolitan. Nope, We Aren’t Kidding.

There have been too many styles of Nash Metropolitan hot rod builds to even count, so it’s hard to surprise me with one, but this one just might. After all, when was the last time you saw a Pro...

This 2011 Camaro Has Twin Precision Turbos And More For Only $24,000

Don’t get us wrong, we don’t have $24,000 to spend on a 5th Gen Camaro or anything else, but if we did this one might just be it. With twin Precision Turbos on board, and clearly a touch...

Car Guy Cool Welding Project: Steel Wheel Fire Pit AKA Car Guy Chiminea

There are plenty of ways to practice your cutting and welding, and most people use scrap steel and just play around. But why not work on a project that really won’t be any less fun and...