Category Archive: Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX
Thieves Break Into Red Bull’s Racing Factory, Steal Trophies
Red Bull’s racing factory in Britain was broken into by thieves, who escaped with sixty of the team’s trophies, most of which were replicas of the actual trophies. The attack took place...
HTP Motorsport Switches From Mercedes SLS AMGs to Bentley Continental GT3s For Next Season
HTP Motorsports had agreed to a multi-year partnership with Bentley, which will see the Continental GT3 replace the Mercedes SLS AMG at the four racing series that HTP attends: Blancpain Sprint,...
What’s In The Future For Australia’s V8 Supercar Series Now That Ford Is Ending Official Involvement Next Year?
We’ve known for the better part of a year now that the Australian auto manufacturing front was about to undergo radical changes. Holden and Ford of Australia are closing shop, Ford has...
Random Car Review: The Peugeot 205 T16, The Winningest Group B Rally Car
Lots of love has been shared on BangShift for the Group B cars, a rally class so absolutely mental that it ended up banned in the matter of a couple of years. We all know and love the better-known...
Can-Am Lives: The Unlimited Racing Championship Has The Right Look, Injected Big Blocks, And The Right Venues To Make A Huge Splash
Excuse us as we freak out. CAN AM LIVES! We’re not kidding, the open cockpit, insanely fast, injected big block era of Can Am racing that we so loving remember here at BangShift is back and it...
2015 Mustang GT350 Has 5.2L Flat Plane Crank V8 And Attitude For Days – Video Of It Screaming On Track Here!
Yesterday, Ford announced the 2015 GT350 and released a cool video and some information about the car. What’s really neat about this thing is that it isn’t just some sticker package car...
Cadillac Introduces The ATS-V.R Race Car – 600hp Twin Turbo Motor FIA Legal For GT3 And 30 Different Series Around World (W/VIDEO)
Well this looks about 20 different shades of awesome. Cadillac has debuted their brand new ATS-V.R road racing car that will compete on a global level in the FIA’s GT3 category. In addition to...
The Hellcats Are Shipping! The Hellcats Are Shipping! Chrysler Made A Cool Video To Commemorate the Moment
Hellcats are officially in route to dealers all across North America as Chrysler announced yesterday that the first run of the cars had been released and sent out into the field. This means that we...
Danny Popp Wins The 2014 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational
(Photos courtesy of Optima Batteries) – Danny Popp has won the 2014 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational. This is the second time that he has claimed the top spot, last turning the trick in...
Troubled Caterham F1 Team Turns To Crowdfunding In Order To Save Their Bacon
As we reported almost two weeks ago, Caterham F1’s financial books look like a chapter from a Brothers Grimm book: absolutely frightening…so bad, in fact, that Caterham went into...
The Nurburgring Has Been Sold For The Second Time This Year, To A Russian Billionaire
The Nurburgring has a new majority stake owner, in the form of a Russian billionaire who just so happens to be an automotive enthusiast. Viktor Kharitonin, a pharmaceutical mogul, purchased two...
The RideTech Brigade: A Look At Some Of The Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational Competitors Underpinned By RideTech Components
(Competitor descriptions by Rodney Prouty – Photo credit: Ridetech and Popular Hot Rodding) – In about one week, the Las Vegas Motor Speedway will be transformed into ground zero for the...
More Bad F1 News: The Marussia Team Has Filed For Bankruptcy
Fresh on the heels of Caterham Sports, Ltd.’s dive into administration four days ago, Marussia has declared bankruptcy, putting the cherry on top of a cake nobody wants to take a bite out of....
RideTech Featuring Tech Q&A With Ron Sutton At Their SEMA Booth – He’ll Answer YOUR Suspension Questions Face To Face!
SEMA has always been a place to see and be seen. Between the new parts, the flashy display cars, and the big stars walking around, it is all about making an impact. Leave it to RideTech to find a way...