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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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Richard Petty’s Drag Racing Legacy: The Hot Rod Hoarder Separates The FACTS from The MISCONCEPTIONS Right Here

One of our favorite hot rod historians is Tommy Lee Byrd, the Hot Rod Hoarder, because he’s a fount of information and really gets into his subject. He’s so good at the history behind...

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Here’s IHRA’s Full Schedule For 2026: Triple Crown, Specials, Purses, And So Much More Right Here!

IHRA has been putting out tons of announcement for the past several months, and if you have missed any of them you can use the link below to see some of the bigger ones. But if you want to see the...

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Making Fenders From Scratch With Cornfield Customs: Designing And Shaping The Buck – Fenders Part 2

We shared Part 1 of the Cornfield Customs Fender building series where wood was being prepared and cut for the buck that these fenders will be shaped to fit, and now we’ve got Part 2 where...

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A Big Rig That Is Lower Than a Ferrari? The Cab-Under Trucks That Drivers Feared, Were An Awesome Idea… Maybe

If you have never seen photos or video of one of these cab-under trucks that were out in the 1970s, you are missing out and will love this video. The idea behind them was simple, put the rig under...

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Carburetor Tech: Predator Carburetor Deep Dive Part 1 – How They Function and How To Rebuild Them. What About Parts?

We’ve talked about the Predator Carburetor before, most recently with a video from DD Speed Shop where he was having issues, which you can use the link below to check out. But Predator...

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Show Gallery: The 28th Annual Long Horn Rod Run

The weather in Texas has cooled to sub-nuclear levels so Charles Wickam is back on the scene. Last weekend the lunatic shot four different events, this one, the 28th annual Long Horn Rod run was one...

Powerful Video: The 9-11 Boatlift – How Men of Action Evacuated Manhattan That Day

Forgive us if you have already seen this video. It is making tracks across the web in record time and for good reason. This is the story, as narrated by Tom Hanks, of the men who sprang to action on...

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eBay Find: The Pro Street Nova of NHRA Pro Stock Team Owner Ken Black

It is always cool to get a glimpse the personal lives of drag racing’s elite and NHRA Pro Stock team owner Ken Black is certainly in that club. He owns the team of four time Pro Stock champion...

Name This Mystery Forlorn Monster Truck!

Old monster trucks seem to generally lead sad lives. They get parked outside at truck stops or used as yard art a car museums, or in the case of this tank tracked monster truck, left for dead at a...

Nasty Wreck Video: Armco Guardrails Amplify Another Bad Wreck Into Pure Catastrophe

There are dozens of videos on the internet showing crashes at drag strips with armco-style guardrails. Sometimes the guardrails keep the cars contained to the strip, but most times, like in this...

Drag Gallery: The 2011 Nitro Nationals and Old Time Drags – Tulsa Raceway – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Recently BangShifter John Gatliff attended the Nitro Nationals and Old Time Drags at Tulsa Raceway Park in Oklahoma. Unlike some nostalgia races that feature pokey street rods on the strip, this one...

Cool Video: A Bitchin’ Highlight Reel From the 2011 Holley LS Fest

The Holley LS Fest is like the automotive Olympics for anything sporting a General Motors LS engine. There’s drag racing, autocross, drifting, slalom, cruising, and on and on. Chad was there as...

New Product Alert: Ridetech Introduces Triple Adjustable Shockwaves!

One of the reasons we have been so honored to have Ridetech as one of our sponsors here at BangShift is because they innovate the hell out of the suspension arena. Really, think back at what this...

Instant Classic Carnage Video: If At First You Hit the Wall Don’t Try Again

Some videos are instant classics, this is one. Shot at Houston Motorsports Park by NitroArtVideo, it shows a fatally flawed Camaro making one hit on the starting line that results in him slapping the...

Amazing Save Video: A Drag Week Camaro Goes Through the Lights Sideways at 142-mph and Does not wreck!

When a drag race driver saves a car from certain doom, it is a noteworthy achievement. Why? Well mostly because the cars are deisgned to do one thing well, and that is to go in a straight line. High...

BangShift Burnout Battle: A Huge Diesel Ford Takes on a Shag Nasty Chevelle — FINAL DAY OF VOTING

We’re loving these BangShift burnout battles and judging by the vote counts each week, you are too! In an effort to keep things interesting we have another pair of wild ones this week. They...

Cool Video: The Rocketeer Nostalgia Alky Funny Car Match Races a Stunt Plane at the Redlands Air Show!

Well this is a new one on us! The video you’ll see after the jump is from the 2010 Redlands Air Show and it featured the truly cool Rocketeer nostalgia alky funny car racing a high performance...

The Full Story Behind the Speed Demon’s 462mph Bonneville Run – Plus a Thursday Update!

On Tuesday, September 20, 2011, in competition during Mike Cook‘s Land Speed Shootout on the Bonneville (UT) Salt Flats, the “Speed Demon” streamliner of George Poteet, Ron Main and...

As One Ohio City Embraces the ECTA, Another Kills A Long Planned Flashlight Drags Event

Yesterday we delivered you the killer news that the East Coast Timing Association would be running their 2012 season in Wilmington, Ohio on a recently vacated airport runway. It was the great work...