Category Archive: Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX
Questionable Ownership, Poor Results, Seizures and Investigations: The Downward Spiral Of The Caterham F1 Team
Formula 1 racing is serious business. Dollar amounts that rival a small country’s GDP numbers are spent in testing, training and racing, and similarly large numbers come in due to advertising,...
Video Of Audi’s Driverless RS7 Running The Hockenheimring Track Here!
If you, as a company, expect the public to buy off on any sort of new and previously unknown technology, you have to perform a real-world test to prove feasibility, and that is exactly what Audi has...
Audi Is Going To Let An RS7 Lap The Hockenheimring…Without A Driver, At Speed
In another move that signals the oncoming driverless car, Audi is preparing to let a fully autonomous RS7 take a lap of the Hockenheimring race course at full speed on October 19, 2014, in...
RideTech Race Report: From Texas To Pittsburgh, It Was A Busy Weekend For RideTech Equipped Competitors
There’s busy and then there’s what the guys and girls who work and race for RideTech have been this summer and that is B U S Y. They have been traversing the country, competing at USCA...
Video: Volvo Has Developed A 450hp Four Cylinder Drive-E Engine With Turbos And An Electric Blower?!
I get my chops busted for saying nice things about Volvo every now and again but I get it. The company has not had the biggest performance image here in the USA and while their new crop of cars have...
Dodge Viper Death Watch? With No Racing Program, Less Horsepower Than The Hellcat, And Slow Sales How Long Can It Last?
There have been no announcements made, no claims made, no insider information released, but a cursory glance at the Dodge Viper’s current situation is not looking good, especially with the...
Breaking News: Chrysler Kills Factory Backed Road Racing Program Effective Immediately
In a move we’re not sure anyone saw coming, Chrysler announced just minutes ago that they were killing, effective immediately, all of their factory backed road racing efforts. This seems to...
Friday Excuse To Go Home Early And Drink, Part 2: The “Soul Of The EVO” Will Become An SUV
It’s been a given that the Mistubishi EVO’s days are dwindling fast, which is a damn shame for the psychotic rally rocket crowd, as it made a great competitor to Subarus. It always sucks...
Ford Rumors: A New GT and LeMans 2016? Read The Tea Leaves and See For Yourself
It’s been ten years since the Ford GT super car went on sale. And it’s been just about the same amount of time since they stopped selling them, since production was cut in 2005 after just...
Local Motors Showcases Second New Car This Year: The SF-01 Street Fighter
The last time I was at Local Motors’ Chandler factory, the only car they were producing was the so-insane-it’s-awesome Rally Fighter. Except for one little tube-frame design that was...
The Results Are In! See Who Won The Myriad Of Events At The 2014 Holley LS Fest – Drags, Autocross, Dyno, Car Show, More!
One of the events I look forward to working each year now is the Holley LS Fest at Beech Bend Raceway in Bowling Green, Kentucky. Having attended this shindig for a few years now, it has been really...
Tanner Foust’s New Global RallyCross VW Beetle Makes A Teaser Appearance, Demands To Be Taken Seriously
Tanner Foust, the lovable little imp from Top Gear USA and professional rallycross driver, has ditched his Ford Festiva WRC ride for a Volkswagen Beetle. But don’t be too quick to like up the...
Ferrari CEO di Montezemelo Steps Down! What Is The Future Of The Prancing Horse?
It’s official: Luca di Montezemelo stepped down as CEO of Ferrari. After years fighting with Fiat owner Sergio Marchionne over Ferrari’s production direction coupled with a disastrous...
We Get The Inside Scoop On What It Was Like At The Inaugural Speedway Motors CAM Invitational Challenge
(Photos and words by Lance Hamilton) [Nutting: By now most Bangshift readers should be familiar with my daily driver 1987 Monte Carlo LS that I autocross on a regular basis in the Classic American...