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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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Big News: BangShift Blog Commenting Now Open to All!

As part of a recently completed site upgrade, readers are now able to comment on BangShift blog items without having to be BangShift.com forum members. We’re sure that there are thousands of...

Fantastic Drag Film: A Kick Ass Ride Along With Pro Mod Racer Danny Rowe

This is one of the coolest drag racing short films we’ve seen in recent memory. It follows Danny Rowe and his team during the Las Vegas NHRA event while they prepare for and make one lap. This...

Car Show Gallery: 500 Photos from the 2011 Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender

The traditional hot rodding has once again descended on Las Vegas for the 14th version of the Viva Las Vegas Rockabilly Weekender, a huge pre-1963 car show, that also celebrates the culture and music...

The Parting Shift: AMC Edition

This video is pretty neat. The guy driving the car is quite skilled in the ways of the five-speed transmission and has no fear of doing a little no lift boogie down the drag strip. HIs technique...

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Upcoming Show Alert: The 7th Annual MSD Car Show – El Paso, Texas

Coming in just a couple weeks, the 7th Annual MSD car show is a much check out event for anyone living in the El Paso, Texas area. Pre-Registration is currently open on the MSD Ignition site, and...

Bob Lutz Advising GM…For Free?!

Bob Lutz the 78 year old former auto industry executive who last served as the Vice Chairman of General Motors told reporters at the New York International Auto Show that he was advising GM but was...

SEMA and Others Form the Save the Salt Coalition

The Bonneville Salt Flats stand as one of the most historic and important places in the history of hot rodding and motorsports in general. The health and long term survival of the place is of...

A BangShift Approved Cake? Hell Yeah!

Apparently there is a television show called, “Cake Boss” centered around the custom cake shop of one Buddy Valastro. While this would be of interest to us exactly 0% of the time, the...

Proof That the Hill Jack Ramp Truck Photo is Real!

The photo we ran earlier today of what can only be called a hill jack ramp truck has really grown some legs. We’ve seen it pop up in a few other places and there are lots of people questioning...

Drag Gallery: Test-N-Tune Action From Byron Dragway

Byron Dragway is one of the legendary drag plants in the USA. Owner/operator Ron Leek is the man that many people credit with fostering bracket racing through the early days of life, as well as the...

Project Goliath Update: The Floors Get Done, The Gas Tank Gets Replaced and We Terrorize Town

Last we left you, Goliath our 1966 Chevy C50 truck, had been dropped off at Tube Chassis Designz to have the cab floors replaced. There were holes literally large enough for a small child to fall...

Bitchin’ Movie Trailer: A Sweet Sickness – The Flathead movie (Coming This Summer)

Just when you thought the, “Fast and the Furious” was the only car movie coming down the pipe, we’ve got a trailer to brighten your spirits. This cool flick, called “A Sweet...

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Car Show Gallery: The 2011 Embry Riddle Motorsports Association Car Show

Our second gallery of the day brings us to sunny Arizona and the Embry Riddle Motorsports Association car show. The guys that put on this show are all students at Embry Riddle and they comes from all...

A Photo That Begs the Question: Ballsy or Just Stupid?

This photo was posted in our forum section by BangShift member HPA-Bodies. He said that this potential disaster on wheels happened by him, and since we know he lives in NY and the truck has NY plates...