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Dakar Rally 2026 Coverage: Stage 9 Racing Action! The Dunes, The Rocks, And The Mountains Try To Knock Them All Out!

It’s Stage 9, and after running hundreds of miles through the desert on Stages 7 AND 8, there’s a few hundred more in store for all these racers as they get into Day 3 of the 2nd Week of Dakar....

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Are These The Weirdest Monster Trucks Ever Produced: Taking A Look At Monster Jam Trucks, Big Foot Trucks, And More!

I’m old enough to remember when Monster Trucks just ran over parked cars, and didn’t fly through the air. Hell, back then nobody would have ever imagined they would be doing backflips and...

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The Best Rolex 24 at Daytona Finishes of All Time! IMSA Shares Their Favorite Finishes Of All Time!

IMSA’s Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is coming up in just over a week, with the Roar Before the 24 coming this weekend. If you aren’t familiar with everything that goes on during the month of...

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Larry Chen’s 240Z Final Gets Much Needed Suspension and Interior Upgrades, Plus Other Cool Stuff!

Larry Chen has some fun rides, but his 240z is “the one”. What I mean by that is that this is his forever car, the one that will never get sold and sent on its way to a new home. Larry...

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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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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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BangShift Project Spotlight: The 1957 Chevy One-Ton Gets a Bed and a Bitchin’ Vintage Slide-In Camper

BangShift member Squirrel has some awesome stuff. His blown 1955 Chevy is a personal favorite car of ours, but his recent project, a 1957 Chevy one-ton truck has really gotten our attention. Jim...

Lucas Oil Products Scores Naming Rights to Home of US Nationals

Lucas Oil Products, who by our estimation is the single most prolific sponsor of racing and motorsports events in the USA has acquired the naming rights to the facility formerly known as Indianapolis...

Question of the Day: Are Old War Planes BangShifty?

Obviously we’re an automotive website and there are no plans to chance that focus anytime soon.With that being said, the gearhead universe has all sorts of neat aspects to it that aren’t...

Caption this Photo: Digger on the Roof

We’ve seen Funny Cars on a pole before, but we have never seen a dragster parked on a roof. BangShift form moderator Daryl found this gem perched on the roof of a local convenience store....

BangShift Says Thank You to our Photo Contributors!

Like usual, we’re running about two weeks behind on business that should have been taken care of around the turn of the new year. Long story short, we wanted to take a minute and publicly thank...

eBay Find: A Ford Monster Truck Built From a Huge Massey Ferguson Tractor

Tractors? We love them. Old school monster trucks? Yep, love ’em too. Making an old school looking monster truck out of a huge tractor? You’ve basically described mechanical porno. A man...

Mini-Feature: The Screamin’ Demon Barn Found Super Stocker

While trolling the grounds at Beech Bend Raceway during the 2010 Holley National Hot Rod Reunion we spied what looked to be an old race car out of the corner of our eye. Closer examination revealed...

Roadside Find: A Factory Fresh 1931 Model A

It was our keen-eyed four year old who first spotted this 1931 Ford Model A as we strode down the street in York, Maine, last summer. We quickly snapped into action, crossed the street, and began...

The Parting Shift: A Screaming GT350 Blows the Doors of a Boss 302

While drag racing certainly runs deep in the veins of the BangShift nation, vintage iron on road courses ain’t far behind. This video shows exactly why. The clip features an absolutely pissed...

Killer Thread: Hundreds of Pro Touring/G-Machine Action Photos

We’re fans of Pro Touring/G-Machine style cars that really get used. Cars that are built with great suspension and chassis components from companies like RideTech or Detroit Speed need to be...

Good News: So-Cal Police Locate Stolen Hot Rod Intact

Well this is different. Normally we’re reporting on cars that have been stolen and never seen from again. This time we are happy to tell you about a car that was taken, but has been recovered...

2011 Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week Dates Revealed!

If you have plans on racing or simply attending Hot Rod Magazine Drag Week presented by Gear Vendors Under/Overdrive we can tell you when to be there, but not where to go. Freiburger dropped into our...

Awesome Historic Drag Video: Dragsters, Altereds, and A/FX Action from Lions Drag Strip

Oh, is this a winner! An awesome three minute home movie film from Lions Drag Strip back in the 1960s, it captures several fuel dragsters smoking the hides, and ultra rare footage of Hubert...

BangShift Question of the Day: Would You Rather Repair Rust or Fix Busted Mechanical Stuff?

There are many aspect and facets to the Bangshifty universe of cars. Two of the most major hurdles people face when fixing their stuff are rust/body work and mechanical repairs/rehab. For us, fixing...