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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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Well, This Sucks: The Outlaw Street Car Reunion VII Event at Beech Bend Has Been Cancelled

Even with everything that happened at last year’s Outlaw Street Car Reunion, from the usual roll-of-the-dice weather that western Kentucky threw at the racers to the whole timing system...

Big Brick: This 1975 Dodge Sportsman Is Proper Vanning…One Rolling Hotel Room, Sir!

As the threat of snow slinks away for another year, it’s time to start preparing for all of the fun that this year will bring. Travel season is already starting to hit BangShift as...

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Mixing It Up: Tons Of Turbo Terrors Drag Racing At Olavarria In Argentina

We’re into racing that occurs all over the world. Any type, anywhere. Doesn’t matter which continent, doesn’t matter what surface, doesn’t matter what kind of machine is used....

Random Car Review: 1992 SAAC Mk 1 – Prelude To A Snake Bite

When the Shelby Mustang went away after the last of the re-VIN stamped 1970 models sold out, there was going to be fans of Carroll Shelby’s work who would miss the idea of a Ford Mustang that...

American Skidpad Practice: Cleetus And Cars Houston Burnout Footage!

Every ounce of footage we’ve seen from a Cleetus and Cars event screams unhinged fun, but this year we’re taking special note thanks to Cleetus’s recent extra-curricular activities....

Check Out QA1’s New Website! Tech Info, Common Questions Answered…And Killer Parts, Too!

The folks at QA1 speak our language. Whether it’s with a drag car that can hook and book on anything short of a half-inch of ice, a circle track car that can claw it’s way up and down the...

The Stash: Check Out This Video On Finding, Collecting, and Identifying Classic Racing Wheels – Awesome!

We all have our quirks, the stuff that we kind of key in on, and the things that we love to learn the gory details about. In the case of our pal Tommy Lee Byrd, classic magnesium racing wheels are an...

2020 Cincinnati Cavalcade of Customs Photo Coverage: A Frigid January Weekend Gave Way To An Awesome Show!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) –  2020 marks the 60th annual Cavalcade of Customs in Cincinnati.  We’ve been visiting this event for quite a while and always enjoy it.  This first...

2020 NHRA Winternationals Pro Stock Action Photos: The 50th Season Of Pro Stock Got Off To A Flying Start

(Photos by Wes Allison) – Yesterday we showed you the last of our nitro powered photos from the 2020 NHRA Winternationals so today we’re showing you the last of the gasoline burning...

Pro Boat: This 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood Station Wagon Has A Big Block, Big Meats Out Back, and Big Fun Potential

Maybe I’m just an idiot (don’t answer that) but I LOVE pro street style station wagons, especially when they are as large and lovely as a 1960 Chevrolet Parkwood! No, I am not in love...

Top Fuel Comeback: Doug Foley Set To Compete At This Weekend’s Arizona Nationals – Back After 10 Years

One of the neatest things about the 2020 drag racing season is the large number of debuts, returns, and re-emergences of many familiar names in the pro drag racing game. Doug Foley is one of those...

1980s Oldsmobile Prototype Video: Check Out These Quad Four Powered Rolling Experiments – One’s Turbocharged!

Oldsmobile, remember them? We do. We remember them real well and it’s interesting to look at the life arc of that brand and kind of step back and see where things really went wrong for them. We...

Engine Building Video: Watch A 572ci Stroker Hemi Get Built, Topped With An 8-71, and Tested On The Dyno!

If you are in the mood to see how horsepower is made today, boy do we have the video for you! This is an awesome step-by-step story showing the construction of a 572ci Chrysler hemi that’s...

NHRA Nitro Hot Tub Time Machine: Check Out This First In A New Video Series Looking Back At Iconic Moments In Drag Racing

Last week I told you about Deep Stage, the new YouTube project Lewis Bloom and I are working on with NHRA, well there’s more stuff rolling out of the production department in California as well...