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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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Crazy video: Watch This Insane Snowblower Eat A Geo Metro

Buying tools for the house is a slippery slope when you are a gearhead. Don’t believe me? I’ll change your mind with a few short statements, followed by your expected response. – If you...

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Personality Test: Which One Of These 1970s Factory Converted 4×4 Vans Do You Want? Chevy Vs Mopar!

The four wheel drive van is an interesting beast. There are companies that have literally made their existence out of converting them. Firms like Quigley have been doing 4×4 van conversions for...

Bitchin’ Video: A Look Back At The Glory Days Of Modified Eliminator! Famous Racers Talk And Small Blocks Scream!

Bobby Bennett at CompetitionPlus.com is a BangShifty kind of guy. How do we know? Because he’s as hung up on the awesome past  of drag racing as we are and he makes killer videos that...

RacingJunk Find: This Mid-Engine, Pro Street, Big Block Powered Astro Van Could Be Yours!

It has been a while since we showed you a true pro street freak like this Astro van, so when we came across it for sale on Craigslist, we knew it was destined for the front page. Yeah, we have...

Comedian Jay Mohr Makes Jokes At Danica Patrick’s Expense And She Ain’t Happy About It!

We think Jay Mohr is one funny bastard. He is one of those guys that doesn’t pull any punches at his show, and honestly was surprised when he was chosen as the host at the NASCAR Sprint Cup...

Not Dead: The Web’s Greatest Collection Of Chevy Casting Numbers Is Back On Mortec.com

Back in 1988 Mortec.com launched quietly as a website where you could do a few different things but most importantly you could cross reference virtually any casting number on virtually any Chevy V8...

Out Of Court And Onto The 1/4 Mile: Fontana Dragstrip Reopening Soon! We Have The Scoop!

(Words and Photos by Darr Hawthorne) While we rode out to the northeastern corner of Fontana, California’s Auto Club Speedway, VP of Operations Ray Wilkings, talked about the construction going on...

BangShift Approved Craigslist Find: This Truck Mounted Snowblower Has Its Own 302 For Power – Holy Smokes!

We have to thank Andrew Crouch for the tip on this mind-numbingly great machine. What you are looking at is a 100% custom built truck mounted snowblower that is powered by a Ford 302 mounted on the...

BangShift Question of the Day: Tell us your favorite funny car story about a buddy of yours

Yesterday I wrote about how a $4000 car accident led to me finding my Monte Carlo SS, which predictably led to a slew of trash-talking between my high school buddies about the historical accuracy of...

This Video Of Grain Trucks Racing At A Fair Is Hilarious

Classic medium duty trucks are my jam. I love the things and while the majority of them have rotted and broken in half up here in New England, there are still thousands of them pressed into service...

Check Out This Cool New DIY Alignment Kit From QuickTrick. We Want One!

Going to get your car aligned after having new tires installed, or after making suspension changes just plane sucks. The guys at the alignment shop either tell you it’s too old or they tell you...

Action Gallery: 52 Photos of Wheelstands! Cars, Trucks, Sand Rails…..We’ve Got ‘Em All!

Ahhhh, the wheelstand! Is there a cooler act of automotive grunt? We don’t think that there is, so consider this gallery of 52 photos as an homage to climbing the ring gear and defying gravity,...

Watch A Mean, Wheelstanding Chevy Pickup Suffer A Major League Axle Failure With The Wheels Up

Of all the pieces that get pounded and punished in drag cars, the rear axle lives in a special kind of hell. Think about it. The housing and the contents inside of it are responsible for taking every...

The Top 11 Weird Vehicles The BangShift Staff Has Decided We Want This Week

It’s pretty common for us to write about some cool car, truck, motorhome, or tractor that we have found on Craigslist or Ebay or at the local swap meet. What you don’t see though are all...

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