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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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Doesn’t The Vehicle In This Craigslist Ad Look Like A Reject From Top Gear? The Real One, Not The Rejects One.

When Brian Dehart sent us the link to this big beast, the very first thing that popped into my head was BBC’s Top Gear. Maybe that’s because I had just been watching the Top Gear Top 41,...

Wild Video: Crazy Head-On Collision on “Closed” Rally Course!

I’ve seen plenty of rally crash videos, but this one may take the prize for this month due to the “Holy $%*&, I did not see that coming!” ending. Without ruining anything, let’s just say...

BangShift Highlight Reel: Bad Brad Klaassen’s Year Of Drag Strip Action!

(Photos by Bad Brad’s Speed Shots) – Brad Klaassen shot a TON of drag strip photos in 2013. Brad was at places like Tulsa Raceway Park, Thunder Valley Raceway in Noble, Oklahoma, and even...

Barnstormin’: Prepare For The Brave New World

A couple days before Christmas I went on a 1,000 mile road trip to deliver three pounds of bacon to a location just outside the Quantico military base in Virginia. It was a fun adventure that...

Charles Wickam’s 2013 Photo Highlight Reel – A Diverse Year In Photos!

(Photos and words by Charles Wickam) – 2013 wasn’t kind to me in regard to shooting pictures. Work and/or weather hampered just about every weekend so I lacked ALOT at the beginning of...

BangShift Question Of The Day: Ever Sold Your Car To The Wrong Buyer?

::Typically our Question Of the Day blog items are shorter, but I’m in a bit of a story-telling mood with the holidays and all. Hopefully you guys are as well:: As anyone that knows me will...

Great Video: Watch A 1928 Ford Speedster With A Wild Overhead Conversion Attack A Swedish Hillclimb – Screaming and Sideways!

We watched this video and immediately wanted a dirt road, an ancient race car, and plenty of opposite lock steering input. Alec Lif is the owner, builder, and driver of the race car you’ll see...

Thing I Wanted For Christmas But Didn’t Get: A Kettenkrad WWII Motorcycle Tank (w/Video)

There’s so much weird and cool stuff out there to look it in the world of BangShifty vehicles. My urge is to own virtually all of it but a few things like finances and a wife that refuses to...

Feature: This 1964 Chevelle Combines Pro Touring Form AND Function In One Bitchin’ Package

It was a (literally) breathless phone call from Dave Nutting a couple months back that got the ball rolling on this feature centered around Scott Carey’s fantastic 1964 Chevelle. As you well...

Craigslist Find: A Shorty Nova That Embodies What The Day After Christmas Feels Like

It is the day after Christmas, which means that the kids are going to be playing with their new stuff and lots of people are going to be out and about shopping and trying to “get deals”...

A City Bus We Want To Own, But Can’t Figure Out How To Get Home

I’m into a lot of different gearhead things, but most folks know me as the drag racing, land speed racing, and autocross guy. Well, I also belong to a very small group of guys that send...

BangShift Question Of The Day: If You Could Go Back To Any Period In Drag Racing History, When Would It Be?

The video we ran this morning from McCracken Dragway in the early ’70s has us drooling. It also got us thinking. What is the coolest period in Drag Racing’s history? Clearly any answer is...

Vintage Drag Racing Footage From McCracken Dragstrip. Modified Production, Gassers, & More

To say this footage in awesome would be the understatement of the  year. While it has no audio, this is real deal Modified Production, Gasser, and Altered Drag Racing like we dream about and wish we...

BangShift Contributor Benoit Pigeon Picks Out His Favorite Shots Of 2013

We asked some of our BangShift photo contributors to choose their favorite shots from coverage that they did on BangShift.com in 2013 so that we could let all of you in on what makes each of these...