Category Archive: Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX, BangShift News

A Proper Reincarnation: 25 New Stratos Builds Are Going To Become Available!

The Lancia Stratos of old should require no introduction to you. It was a Ferrari-engined, rally-crushing doorstop with all the calm and collected serenity of a pissed off Tasmanian devil. It is one...

Genuinely Shocking: World Rallycross Will Go All Electric Starting In 2020!

Watching World Rallycross racing in person is excitement with a soundtrack: little violent turbocharged, four-wheel-drive monsters on a course filled with tight corners, a joker lap layout and at...

IMSA and LeMans Alum Andy Pilgrim Is Now A Part Of The NCM Motorsports Park Staff!

Big news is coming out of Bowling Green, Kentucky as the National Corvette Museum has welcomed an honest-to-goodness wheelman in the house. Andy Pilgrim has a history with Corvettes and racing in...

Welcome To The New Normal: Motorcyclist Sues GM After Being Injured in Accident With Self Driving Car

Welp, here we go. While this is not the first lawsuit involving a self driving car, this is one that seems a little more interesting than those that have come before. A guy in California is suing GM...

The 2018 Holley LS Fest West Registration Is Open! Do You Want To Be Part Of The Fun In Las Vegas?

Enough moping about the cold weather, it’s time to start gearing up for the fun that is to be had in 2018, and one of the events that many should be looking forward to is Holley’s LS Fest...

In Memoriam: Dan Gurney, The All-American Racer

Of all of the things that Dan Gurney can and should be remembered for, a magnum of Moët & Chandon just might be at the top of the list. The 24 Hours of LeMans had just finished, and Gurney and...

Make 2018 The Year You Get Out And Autocross! With Events Across The Country, It’s Easier Than Ever To Run The Cones!

(Words and Photo: Suzy Bauter)  There are two types of autocrossers in this life; the ones who want to race and the ones who want to read and debate the rules, classes, event management and overall...

Landon Simon To Field Two Cars At 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals

Landon Simon Racing will field two cars this year at the 32nd annual running of the Chili Bowl Nationals presented by General Tire, Jan. 9-13 in Tulsa, Okla. Team owner and Sprint Car driver Landon...

It Lives Again! Irwindale Speedway Gets A Reprieve From Becoming Yet Another Mall

Eff you, shopping mall, Irwindale will live on. The track, which was supposed to run it’s last ever event at the end of January before being leveled down and turned into yet another shrine to...

Best of BS 2017: Thieves Literally Drive Off From Plant With Millions Of Dollars In Jaguar Engines

In a crime that is pretty impressive for its completely brazen nature, British thieves rolled up to a Jaguar plant, hooked up to a trailer full of engines and disappeared with them. Apparently...

Wow! Former Senior VW Executives Oliver Schmidt Gets 7-Years In The Slammer For Diesel Scandal

After pleading guilty to charges that he was instrumental in the VW “dieselgate” scandal, Oliver Schmidt the man who  ran VW’s environmental and engineering office has been handed...

Unveiled: 2019 Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 – 755 Horsepower, 715 Ft/Lbs of Torque, And Tuned To Kill

(Photos: General Motors) The Corvette seems to always be working an uphill battle. It’s too plain. Too common. Not powerful enough. Not refined enough. Not threatening enough. 8/10ths of what...

Chris “Smitty” Smith Captures Goodguys National Autocross Championship In RideTech 48 Hour Corvette

National championships in any form or motorsport are very tough to come by. They are never accidental either. These are feats accomplished by motivated and driven individuals who have not only great...

One Man Too Many: Championship Hopes For Matt Kenseth Dashed At Kansas During Pit Stop

When you look at a racing season like NASCAR’s 30+ race monster or the NHRA 24+ race campaign it is really easy to think that there’s some room for error, even when chasing a...