Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Watch Ollie Bryant Drive A 1958 Lotus-Climax Like A Boss At Goodwood – Raw Talent!
Feb 27, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch Ollie Bryant Drive A 1958 Lotus-Climax Like A Boss At Goodwood – Raw Talent!
Why do we love historic racing? Why do loads of people love history racing? The answer is that it exposes talent. We strip away modern technology, we strip away modern amenities, we strip away...
What’s That Sound? This Video Looks At Six Interesting Sounding Engines
Feb 26, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on What’s That Sound? This Video Looks At Six Interesting Sounding Engines
You have to love the sound of engines, right? That’s part of the reason you’re a hot rodder. Sights, sounds, and smells are what hot rodding is all about. This is the kind of hobby that...
Wolf In Rabbit’s Clothing: Watch This Turbocharged VW Make 1,000hp To The Tires
Feb 26, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Wolf In Rabbit’s Clothing: Watch This Turbocharged VW Make 1,000hp To The Tires
For about 20 years now I have had a quiet love affair with round headlight equipped VW Rabbits. We road raced them in college and I gained a big appreciation for the tough, fun, and ultimately...
Watch This Classic Turbocharged Offy Indy Car Spend Time On The Chassis Dyno – Horsepower!
Feb 24, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch This Classic Turbocharged Offy Indy Car Spend Time On The Chassis Dyno – Horsepower!
We’re always looking for ways to celebrate racing history and those keeping it alive and well. As such we were looking for something cool and found it in the form of this video that features a...
Perhaps Their Craziest Experience Yet. 1320Video Goes Street Drifting On Japanese Mountain Roads! Street Racing At A Whole New Level.
Feb 21, 2024Chad ReynoldsComments Off on Perhaps Their Craziest Experience Yet. 1320Video Goes Street Drifting On Japanese Mountain Roads! Street Racing At A Whole New Level.
If you are a casual drifting fan, or not a fan at all, you might not know that this motorsport started on the streets. We’re not talking about sideshows and hooning, we’re talking about...
This Vintage Lola Formula 5000 Car Crashes At Goodwood In The Snow!
Feb 16, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on This Vintage Lola Formula 5000 Car Crashes At Goodwood In The Snow!
A couple of weeks ago we showed a video of guys drag racing into very, very thick fog. There was a general furor about the safety of the racers and how they were allowing cars to be on the track in...
Crazy Video: Watch The Rear Suspension Of A Dirt Track Car Work – Wild Stuff
Feb 16, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Crazy Video: Watch The Rear Suspension Of A Dirt Track Car Work – Wild Stuff
Race cars are awesome things and there are many reasons but one of our favorite reasons is the fact that they are all specialized tools. The theories and construction practices that make a great drag...
Total Insanity: Watch These Motorcycle Racers Get Air Running Flat Out In the Rain
Feb 16, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Total Insanity: Watch These Motorcycle Racers Get Air Running Flat Out In the Rain
There’s a class of human being known as “racer” and these people are cut from cloth that most of us aren’t. At least I know I’m not because to be a “racer”...
New In ’92: Check Out This Review Of The 1992 Audi S4 – A Performance Sedan A Cool Sleeper
Feb 14, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on New In ’92: Check Out This Review Of The 1992 Audi S4 – A Performance Sedan A Cool Sleeper
To this day, I really like the Audi S4. Not this one in particular, but the model. I think it’s a more subtle, cool, and interesting German sport sedan than any of the other guys make. Back in...
Vintage Road Test Video: Watch A 1971 Mercury Cyclone Get Tooled On And Evaluated!
Feb 14, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Road Test Video: Watch A 1971 Mercury Cyclone Get Tooled On And Evaluated!
We love the old Car and Track road test videos here at BangShift and every once in a blue moon we are happy to run across one that we have not seen yet. In this case we get the opportunity to watch a...
Vintage Las Vegas Racing Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas
Feb 12, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on Vintage Las Vegas Racing Video: 1966 Can-Am Action From Stardust Raceway in Las Vegas
It can be said that the Can-Am was the wildest, most wide-open road racing series that North America has ever known. About the only thing wilder we can think of are the old Group B rally cars, but...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping Along In A Road Course Tuned Late Model Stock Car
Feb 11, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The American Powertrain Parting Shift: Ripping Along In A Road Course Tuned Late Model Stock Car
So this is easily the best ride you are going to take from your desk today. Why? You are about to strap into a late model stock car that has been converted and altered to kick ass on the road course....
The Bodybuilders: This Early 1970s Film About Fisher Body And Their Plants Is Amazing
Feb 11, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on The Bodybuilders: This Early 1970s Film About Fisher Body And Their Plants Is Amazing
Boy, oh boy is this awesome! You are about to see this early 1970s film about Fisher Body and their plants called The Bodybuilders. Fisher Body was its own enterprise before being full enveloped by...
In 1984 The Mustang SVO Provided A Glimpse In The Turbocharged Future
Feb 10, 2024Brian LohnesComments Off on In 1984 The Mustang SVO Provided A Glimpse In The Turbocharged Future
Every now and again there are cars that really do appear ahead of their time and in 1984, the Mustang SVO was that car. Most everyone knows the story of the turbocharged four cylinder car that took...






