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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 8 Racing Action! Why Not Add A Few Hundred More Miles Through The Dunes!

It’s Stage 8, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stage 7, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 2 of the 2nd Week of Dakar. This...

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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 7 Racing Action! We Hope They Got Good Rest, Because The Desert Isn’t Playing!

It’s Stage 7, after a full day of rest, but the desert didn’t take a break. It’s ready to rock each and every day, and Stage 7 is no different. In the video below you’ll see Stage...

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Paint and Body Tech: The RIGHT Way To Paint Chrome, So It Actually Lasts, Doesn’t Flake, And Looks Great

During the monochromatic paint craze of the 1980s and 1990s, there were a LOT of chrome parts getting painted to match the body color of whatever hot rod, muscle car, or custom truck they were on....

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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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Tool Tech: The BEST Swivel Adapters for Sockets! Putting Swivel Adapters Through Their Paces To Find Out Who’s Best

We’re back with more tool tests, which you know we love around here, and this time it’s swivel adapters that are being test. We all love a good wobbly socket, but if you don’t have...

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WORLDS WORST Corvette! Will It FINALLY RUN and ROAD TRIP? Derek At Vice Grip Garage Has Got His Work Cut Out On This One

I’m a fan of a C4 Corvette, but I’m not sure that this one isn’t cursed. When Derek got it and started working on it, the problems became bigger and bigger and bigger. It had an...

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Bonus Action Coverage: 100 So Cal Challenge Photos From Jason Wilcox At TCI Engineering

Last weekend’s So Call Challenge season opener was bitchin. Great racing, great people, a great facility, and incredibly tight action. In fact, when James Crosby won it in the Ridetech...

Video: Where They Raced Episode 3: Part 1 The Road Races

We are fully addicted to the “Where They Raced” video series now. Episode 3 is a two parter, and here is Part 1 for you to enjoy. Not only do we enjoy the hell out of each one, but we...

BangShift Question of the Day: What’s The Ugliest American Car?

So this one may ruffle a feather or two. We’re interested in hearing your opinion on the ugliest American car of all time. There’s the low hanging fruit of blurting our something like the...

Video: A Tattered Sleeper Chevy Truck Runs DEEP 10s In Texas And Makes Us Weep With Joy

There are videos of the red Chevy farm truck with the cap on the bed pulling wheelies and roaring down the track, blowing flashier and newer cars into the weeds and those are nice, but this thing is...

The Greatest Craigslist Ad Ever – The Entrepreneurial Spirit Lives In Tennessee

Tennessee has recently become a gold mine of Craigslist finds, but this one beats all with a spartan simplicity that has us smiling from ear to ear. The ad is only one line long and we can’t...

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Totally Sweet: An Example Of Jet Hot High Performance Coatings New Custom Graphics Program

We’ve been telling you about the new custom graphics program that Jet Hot High Performance Coatings rolled out during the SEMA show last November and now they’re showing off their mad...

Gallery: SoCal Challenge Action Photos – Pro Touring Cars, Trucks, and Hot Rods Tearing It Up!

(Photos by David Moore) – Last weekend’s SoCal Challenge, held at Adams Motorsports Park in Riverside had both good and bad elements. The good was a great group of killer pro touring cars...

Gallery: A Look At The LeMay Museum By Nate McGrew – Funny Cars, T-Buckets, And More!

(Photos by Nate McGrew) – Tacoma Washington’s LeMay Museum is one of the places we have long had on our bucket list to visit. The place is legendary for the stuff they have inside and...

BangShift Daily Tune Up: The Amazing Royal Crowns – 1965 GTO (1997)

By the end of the day today Chad and I will be at Famoso Raceway in Bakersfield, California setting up our scaffolding and getting our gear ready for the live broadcast of the 2013 March Meet. I...

AND WE HAVE A WINNER!!!! Who Won Ridetech’s ’33 Ford Gets Air Caption Contest? I KNOW I KNOW!

We have a WINNER!!! Fastbak390 made up the winning caption, and will take home a pair of Ridetech Smooth Body shocks, plus 6 Ridetech shirts to share with his buddies. There were tons of great...

Video: Watch A 354ci Hemi With A Crank Mounted Blower Fire Up And Cackle On Nitro!! Historic Rail

Of all the cool old drag cars around the world, there is only one that can be officially pin pointed as being the singular vehicle that launched the sport of drag racing in an entire country. That...

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Galleries: Photos, and More Photos from the 2012 March Meet in Bakersfield! We’re LIVE Thursday!

For 2012, the March Meet hds grown to four full days of racing action. Not only did that mean you got to watch even more FREE LIVE streaming video here at BangShift.com, but it also means an extra...

Bonus Craigslist Find: A 1962 Corvair 95 Rampside Truck

Like the Cosworth Vega we showed you earlier today, this 1962 Corvair 95 rampside truck is priced at $1500 and seems to be right on the money. Unlike the Vega, the seller claims that this truck runs...

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Insane Video: New Zealand Jetsprint Boat Video With Wrecks And Some Absolutely Stunning In-Boat Footage

One of the wildest motorsports in the world is jetsprint boat racing. These tiny boats have two guys in them, engines that make nearly 1,000hp and they run around what is essentially an aquatic...