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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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FIRE! A Collection Of Our Best California Hot Rod Reunion Cacklefest Photos!

ONE DAY! That’s right, we are one day away from our live broadcast of all the racing action at the 2013 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion in Bakersfield, California. Famoso Raceway will be...

Hot Cars Under The Texas Sun In Leander – A Fantastic Car Show Gallery!

(Words and photos by Charles Wickam) So it was kind of a funny story on how we ended up at the Leander, TX car show. On Sunday morning after Day of The Drags Scott Brown, myself and two of scotts...

The Line: We Handicap The ENTIRE 40+ Funny Car Field For The CHRR 2013 – Who’s Likely To Win, Who Is A Dark Horse?

(Words and photos by Darr Hawthorne) – In the future, we may look back the California Hot Rod Reunion XXII as one of those landmark nitro funny car races that become legend over time.  The...

This Half-Scale McLaren Can-Am Car Is Absolutely Genius And For Sale On eBay!

We always knew that Joe Grippo was the like Bruce Wayne of BS contributors. After all, who goes searching on eBay for vintage Can-Am race cars. Sure, he’ll try to tell us he was searching for a...

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BangShift Exclusive: Ohio’s Dragway 42 Has Been Sold And Will Remain A Functioning Drag Strip

BangShift.com has learned that Dragway 42 in Ohio (which we told you was for sale about a week ago) has indeed been sold. Normally we fret such things, but sources close to the deal have informed us...

Bad News: Media Report Claims Irwindale Events Center (Speedway/Drag Strip) Is Living On Borowed Time

The saga of Irwinale Events Center (otherwise known as Irwindale Speedway and drag strip) took a definite turn for the worst yesterday when the site Curbed Los Angeles reported that the recent sale...

Retro Gallery: Wheels Up, Tire Smoking Action From The 2012 California Hot Rod Reunion

(Zane McNary photos) – We’re counting down the hours before our live streaming broadcast of the 2013 California Hot Rod Reunion begins on Friday morning with the first pair of sportsman...

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Hotchkis Is Bringing The Famous Bullit Car Chase To Life At SEMA

There’s a couple of sides to the SEMA show. The first and most important side is the business side where companies are showing off their new parts, updating older stuff, and making business...

Watch The World’s Quickest True Stick Shift Mustang Rip Off 8-Second ETs – A Mean Piece For Sure! (Video)

This is one nasty little car! Packing a 331ci Ford small block based off of a Ford Racing Boss block, an 88mm turbo, AFR 205cc heads, FAST XFI fuel injection and most importantly a beefed up T56...

Tickets Are Going Fast! Get Your Tickets Now For The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational November 9th

Once again BangShift’s own Chad Reynolds will be on site announcing all the crazy action at the Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational in Pahrump Nevada on November 9th. And for the second...

Drag Action Gallery: The 2013 Drag Bash At Knoxville Dragway! Early Pro Mod Stars On The Strip!

(Photos by Alana Garner) – Your eyes are not fooling you, that really is the former “World’s Fastest ’57 Chevy” that Robbie Vandergriff terrorized the top sportsman and...

Watch The 2014 Camaro Z/28 Attack The Nurburgring In High Definition Video!

We think that it is fair to say the 2014 Camaro Z/28 is a bad ass after seeing this video of it on the famed Nurburgring in Germany. The car turned a hot lap (at points in the rain) quicker than a...

Our Final Blast Of Photos From Day Of The Drags 2013 – Dig It!

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – So here’s our last blast of awesome photos from the 2013 Kontinentals Day of the Drags at Little River Dragway in Texas. The setting, the event, the cars, and...

We’ve Got The Massive List Of Cackle Cars For The 2013 CHRR – There’s 80 Of Them!

Holy smokes this is going to be amazing! We told you yesterday that we’re going to be live broadcasting the 2013 NHRA California Hot Rod Reunion from Bakersfield, California this weekend...