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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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Show Coverage: The Dunkirk Harbor Cruise Drew Out Some Of New York’s Nicest Stuff!

(Words and photos by Mike Brooks/Jose Ferrer) – The shores of Lake Erie was once again the perfect backdrop for the  Lakeshore Street Rod Association’s annual Harbor Cruise at Point...

This Mashup Of A 1986 F-250 and an F700 Truck Is Perfectly Executed And Ready For Dozing Zombies!

Thanks to my pal Brian Medford for passing the link to this gnarly truck along so that I could share it with BangShift readerville. This is a 1986 Ford F-250 body that has been set on a 1994 F-700...

Extreme Outlaw Pro Mod Coverage From Peidmont, North Carolina – Doorslammer War!

(Words and photos by Benoit Pigeon) – The Extreme Outlaw Pro Mods series was racing on the 4th at Piedmont in Julian, NC, home the monthly Big Dog. As mentioned in the past this is a tough...

Mooneyes Open House 2015 – Here’s Our Final Blast Of Photos From The Event

Ok, anytime you can get stuff ranging from rat rods to Packards hanging out in the same place with people literally lining the streets to watch the cars come in and out, you have something special on...

Big Deal: NHRA Officially Announces Fox As TV Carrier – 16 Live Races And 4 Will Run On The Fox Network Itself!

The short window of speculation over the validity of the rumors which hit the web the other day about the NHRA leaving ESPN for Fox closed swiftly yesterday when NHRA announced that the rumors were...

The RideTech Race Report From Columbus Goodguys – A Busy, Occasionally Wet, And Fast Weekend In Ohio

It was a busy weekend for the RideTech crew at the Goodguys show in Columbus, Ohio hustling multiple cars around the autocross, helping people weigh their hot rods, and even helping people figure out...

Speedway Motors Museum Of American Speed: One BangShifter’s Look Into The Jaw Dropping Facility In Nebraska

(Photos by Scott Liggett) – There are places in this country involving cars, racing, and automotive history that are beyond description and the Speedway Motors Museum of American Speed is one...

Quick Gallery: Toy Cars From The Past (Ok, I Got Drug Into Antiquing With The Wife…)

Here’s another quick gallery from the improv road trip that Haley and I got to take, and this should appeal to the kid in all of you. Haley likes checking out antique stores…something...

Disaster: Four Killed And More Wounded After Apparent Street Racing Crash In North Carolina – One Driver Ran Off

And here we are again. Here we are talking about more dead people, talking about how the “mainstream” media continues to improperly call street racing “drag racing” and...

Hope On The Salt? SCTA Says Area For Two Courses Located But Will Mother Nature Comply?

Like a parent cautioning their kids not to get too wound up over some positive news, the SCTA is reporting on their FB page that after searching and scouring the salt for days on end, they have...

ECTA Ohio (Half) Mile Action Photos – Land Speed Racing Under The Ohio Sun

(Photos by David Whealon) – A little bit of history went down in the small burg of Wilmington, Ohio last weekend as the ECTA held their first ever half mile land speed event on the same course...

Watch Randy Pobst’s Preparation For Pikes Peak: From Taming A Wild GT-R To That Accident, It’s Here!

Running Pikes Peak requires a driver to be one with the car they’re going to pilot up to the summit of the mountain. It doesn’t matter if it’s a bone stocker or an all-out race...

Mooneyes Open House 2015 Coverage: Check Out The Coo Iron Here!

We’re pretty sure that Dean Moon would have been smiling had he been able to attend the 2015 Mooneyes Open House in California. He has been gone since 1987 but as one of the most consummate hot...

This Bombardier Wrecker Has A 15-Ton Winch, Tracks, And A Look All BangShifters Can Love

Bombardier was born in the 1930s up in Canada when one man’s idea of building a vehicle that could drive over snow was realized. Over the years the design was refined and changed until it was...