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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 11 Racing Action! Dakar Rally 2026 Is Nearly Complete! Will The Dunes Be Conquered?

Here comes Stage 11! How will it compare to the previous 10? Speed was key in Stage 10 because slowing down in the soft stuff will make a really tough stage even tougher. It may be getting closer and...

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Rocky Mountain Race Week Registration Opens January 16th and January 17th! Get Ready For One Of The Greatest Drag and Drives!

Rocky Mountain Race Week is back for 2026 and we’re excited to be heading to the mountains, crossing the plains, and having one kick ass time at some awesome race tracks. If you want to see...

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2026 Ford Mustang Dark Horse SC First Look: A Shelby GT500 in All but Name. Is This Ford’s Best Mustang?

It’s a new name, but familiar roots and power, which is why this may be one of the coolest modern Mustangs ever built. I know that is saying a lot since they recently highlighted the new...

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Minis, Minis, And More Minis: Here Is High Winding, Side by Side, Sideways, Mini Racing Action From Goodwood In England.

If you don’t dig old school Minis, then you are NOT my kind of people. These little machines are responsible for so much in motorsports today and are an absolute riot. They weigh 5 lbs, are...

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Budget Friendly 1971 Bumpside Ford F100 4WD Transformation! DIY Paint Revival And New Wheels And Tires!

It’s time for some love for this 1971 F100. It doesn’t need much to make a very big difference in how this thing looks, so in the video below it’s getting some slot mags, new tires,...

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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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Camaro Convertibles To Hit the Showroom in Late February

The long awaited Chevy Camaro convertible will finally be available in showrooms by the end of February according to company sources. Lots of work has gone into the places you’d expect, the...

Rally Jump Carnage: Look Out Below!!

Those crazy rally drivers love to jump their cars. Normally they will get some air over berms and smallish hills in the woods. In this clip, you’ll see a guy completely misjudge a huge drop off...

Killer deal: Buy Grumpy Jenkins 1969 Pro Stock Camaro for 3K!

That’s right, we have proof that Grumpy Jenkins listed his 1969 Camaro Pro Stocker for sale at a price of $3,000…in 1972. Thanks to a BangShift reader who is as big as a drag racing...

If a Donk and a Rat Rod Had a Baby…The DonkRod

We were cruising AutoTraderClassics recently and cam upon this car which we can only describe as the marriage of a donk and a rat rod. While it is true that old cars had large diameter wheels back in...

Characters of Pixar’s Cars 2 Revealed, Familiar Faces and a BangShift Sponsor Included

The long awaited follow up to the massive 2006 hit movie Cars is due to hit the theaters in June of this year. Pictures of the cars involved in Cars 2 have been revealed and they show that most of...

Awesome Video: A Helmet-Cam View of a Wheelstander Run

We’ve always wanted to drive a wheelstander and this video really sealed the deal for us. Shot from a helmet-cam, it shows just how wild and wacky these machines are. The video comes from...

Racing Junk Find: A 1974 Corvette With Some Dubious Claims Behind It

When we run across an ad for a “1500hp” Corvette that was originally equipped with a 427/435hp engine…in 1974 we need to share it. There is clearly a photo showing a 427ci/435hp...

SEMA Creates 50-State Tax and Title Tool Box

SEMA does lots of stuff to help support, protect, and grow the car hobby. Their latest creation is the 50-state Tag and Title Toolbox the only compilation to date of the laws in every state you need...

Buy It: Ride Tech’s Velocity Camaro to Be Auctioned at Barrett Jackson This Saturday Night!

RideTech’s selling their awesome 1968 ‘Velocity’ Camaro at the Barrett Jackson auction this Saturday night. The car has been seen in dozens of media outlets, car shows, specialty...

Awesome Vintage Promotional Video: The Turbocharged Oldsmobile Jetfire V8

With the current hot rodding love affair with turbocharging in full swing, it is important to see the domestic history of exhaust driven compressors. That tale starts with the currently dead...

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WTF: A 1933 Chevy Coupe Trike Thing With a 700hp Engine

Freaking wow. Where to begin. A “700” horse power trike built from a real 1933 Chevy coupe body. Maybe we’ll start with a question. Why in the hell would anyone think this was a...

Massive Carnage Photo: A 302 That Didn’t Survive the Dyno

Gearheads all speak the international language of carnage. There’s that initial wince and shudder, immediately followed by the forensic investigation into what happened. While we don’t...

eBay Find: Seven Corvairs in a Barn

Seven project cars for $3500 bucks? Holy smokes, that’s an offer nearly too good to refuse. When we stumbled upon this eBay listing for seven Chevy Corvair project cars resting peacefully in a...

Road Course Video: Take a Lap on the Roof of the DSE Camaro

Kyle and Stacy Tucker at Detroit Speed are noted speed freaks. Between their skills on the autocross courses, road courses, and Kyle’s experience at the Baja 1000, driving skills are not...