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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 6 Rally Racing Action! The Saudi Desert Is Fighting Back In This 48th Running of the Dakar Rally!

We’ve been sharing every day’s coverage from the 2026 Dakar Rally and today is no different. Watch the video to see all the Stage 6 action, highlights, and more below! Bodies and vehicles...

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FREIBURGER’S 1929 MODEL A FORD IS RESCUED! A Killer Deal That’s Going To Need Some Love, And Wrenching With Derek from Vice Grip Garage!

Freiburger and Derek are back at it, but this time it’s Derek who’s helping Freiburger, since Freiburger helped him with the Jeep Wagoneer project not long ago. These two are good...

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Here’s What Happens When Two Drag Racers Team Up To Go Racing At The 2.4 Hours of LeMullets and Do GOOD!

You have to love the idea of Disco Dean and Kye Kelley as teammates for the 2.4 Hours of LeMullets in Florida. If you aren’t familiar with this race, it is a 2.4 hour long endurance race that...

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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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Best Goodwood Moments of the Year, Including Jenson Button’s First Win, Hill Record and Hypercar Debut!

We love Goodwood and all the great content they share all year long, because it has so much good history and action. But when they put out a best of the year video you know it has to be good. I mean...

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DIY Tool Restoration: Restoring a Vintage Hydraulic Jack that survived a Fire! Jacks Are Simple, Right?

I love it when you can restore an old tool. Anything that still serves a purpose and can be useful in the shop or garage is always good, and sometimes these small projects are just what you need to...

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Drag Gallery: Gassers At Greer Dragway – Period Correct, Gear Jamming Greatness! Must See!

(Photos by Daron Gray) – Recently, the grounds of Greer Dragway in Greer, South Carolina served as the backdrop for one hell of a nostalgia drag race featuring 12 of the baddest ass period...

Sneak Peek Gallery: The 2012 Houston Autorama – Load In Night

(Photos by Charles Wickam) – Early next week we’re going to have some boss hoss coverage of the 2012 Houston Autorama from our own Charles Wickam. The other night Charles donned his his...

Video: AMX-Cess Featured on Big Muscle – Watch This Pro Touring Machine Carve Up the Canyons!

Both Chad and I are friendly with Jimi Day the owner of the car featured in this video, an AMX he has dubbed AMX-cess. The car is really neat with a full boogie Ridetech Suspension, a large but...

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Show Gallery: Jalopyrama 2012 – Gallery 2 — Cool Rod, Racers, Customs, and More!

(Photos by Dan Grippo) – A few days back we brought you the first half of the photo pule Dan Grippo shared with us from Jalopyrama 2012, held in Annapolis, Maryland. The show is open to...

Gallery: The 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals – Gallery Two!

(Photos by Greg Rourke and Bob Chiluk) – Here’s another great batch of photos from Greg and Bob documenting their visit to the 2012 Muscle Car and Corvette Nationals show outside of...

Best of BangShift: EPIC CARNAGE PHOTO FROM ROGER RICHARDS – ONE MANGLED HEMI!

Roger Richards is one of the great modern day drag racing photographers. He’s been shooting races for years and has amassed an amazing library of images. He’s also one heck of a nice guy...

Best of BangShift – Insane Engine: A 12-Rotor – Twin-Turbo – 5,000 Plus Horsepower Monster

Over the coming days, you’ll see some stuff you have probably never seen before but few things will make your jaw drop like this thing. We caught up with the guys from Smith Power this morning...

Best of BangShift – Roadside Find: A 1947 GMC Suburban Carryall That Andy Dufresne Would Hate

While we’re full-blown car dweebs here at BangShift, we’re also minor league movie dweebs as well. That’s why we nearly drove off the road on a recent family day trip to York,...

BangShift Mini-Feature: Yannick Sire’s Insane Twin-Engine Speed Buggy

Yannick Sire’s self-built, twin engine, speed buggy is one of the coolest hot rods to hit the world in our memory. It has rightfully received loads of media attention and there are near riots...

Evan Knoll Sentenced To 14 Years In Federal Prison

Drag racing’s long national nightmare is over. Today, Evan Knoll was sentenced to 14 years in federal prison that will be followed by a five year period of supervised probation. Knoll was also...

Craigslist Find: The Krispy Kritter Jet Powered 1967 Mustang – Vintage Jet Machine With Little Documented History and Lots of Mystery!

It isn’t often when an old drag car hits the interwebs and leaves more questions than answers, but such is the case with the Krispy Kritter jet 1967 Mustang. The car has lived its entire life...

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Bonus Gallery: More Killer Photos From The 2012 Bruce Larson USA-1 Dragfest

(Photos by Joe Grippo) – Yesterday we brought you the first of two galleries captured by Joe Grippo at Bruce Larson’s USA-1 Dragfest 2012. Today we’re throwing the second one all up...

Cool Gallery: Photos From Ken Cox BangShift’s Newest Photo Contributor!

(Photos by Ken Cox) – One of the neatest things about BangShift is that we’ve got a literal network of talented lensmen (and women!) spread clear across the USA, Canada, England, and even...

Test Your Gearhead Knowlegde: A Mea Culpa, Yesterday’s Answer, and Today’s Challenging Part!

First off, an apology. The other day I totally screwed the pooch and identified a 1929 Dodge flatead four banger as a Crosley mill. Gino Ofria had sent the photos over and I screwed up the order when...