Category Archive: Apex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Lead By Example: Ken Block Tears Up The Hoonigan Shop’s Lot With His Rally Fiesta!

Leading by example…one of the many lessons that years in the Army drilled into my head. The difference between a leader and a loudmouth barking orders and hoping nobody will tell him to pound...

Conduire Énervé: The Drifting Charger Is Back For A Full Video In An Old Factory!

It takes solid stones to take on an icon like a 1960s Dodge Charger and go your own way with it. This is a car that Hollywood movie makers fantasize about when they lay their heads down to sleep at...

The Rollercoaster From Hell: What Genius Put A Jump On A Drift Circuit?!

  Some of you readers don’t understand the fascination with drifting. In a short, sweet form, it’s chaos that has only the tiniest element of control. Drifting is right up there with...

Beginner’s Luck? This Is Only The Second Run For This Drifting Buick Regal Ever!

Drifting always seems to bring out the same kinds of cars…Nissan S-platforms held together with zip-ties, rivets and hope, a whole legion of LS-swapped BMWs, Mazda RX-7s with V8s, 2JZ Toyotas,...

Classic YouTube: Drifting The Mitsuoka Le-Seyde, Japan’s Answer To The Zimmer!

Are you familiar with the Zimmer brand? They are one of those companies that repurpose a new platform…in their case, Ford-sourced setups…and drape it in a body that looks like it came...

Just Send It: A Rainy Day At The Nurburgring And A Raptor…Why Not Drift The Green Hell?

There is no question that this is a full-on PR stunt, but c’mon…putting a Ford Raptor on the Nurburgring alone is a pretty solid move, putting Vaughn Gittin, Jr. behind the wheel promises...

Adrenaline Rush, Stat: 11/10ths Rally Action Footage That Doesn’t End In Crashes!

Rally racing is good for a couple of things. Like crashes! Sooner or later a highly powered psychotic bit of kit powered by a meat bag who is high on fear and adrenaline is going to find the rock, or...

Classic YouTube: It’s Midnight And The Streets Are Quiet…Time To Drift The Big Rig!

I can’t lie…I’ve done more dumb things after midnight that even those who really understand me would be capable of understanding. Name it…short of jumping a car, I’ve...

Hoonigan Is Visited By A Drift-Build S13 And The Most Violent Cobra We Know. Period.

I’m going to be one-sided on a video about two different cars today. Pablo Cabrera’s Nissan S13 is a monster in it’s own right, but it’s a built pro drift...

Flying Bricks: Enjoy Tons Of Volvo Rally Footage From Sweden!

The first car I ever did my own burnout in was a 1975 Volvo 242DL. Mustard yellow, dead-nuts stock automatic, in a grass field…I was taught how to do a power brake burnout and when the Volvo...

Morning Symphony: Now THIS Is How An Italian Is Supposed To Sing! Listen To This Twin-Supercharged Ferrari 599 Shriek!

What side of the coin are you on when it comes to Ferrari? Do you side with Enzo Ferrari’s vision of a race car that could do no wrong, that was brilliant when being raced, and that it was up...

Morning Symphony: Old-School Rally Cars In Sweden – Volvos, Escorts, Audis And Even A Falcon!

Sweden appears to be an absolutely stunning country to go and visit. I can only say that just from what I see on YouTube videos and Google image searches, but hear me out: rolling meadows filled with...

Morning Symphony: Retired Rally Cars On Snow! Watch As A Ford Focus RS, Ford Fiesta WRC And Peugeot 206 Go Play!

There are still a few weeks left of winter to deal with. That means that even though I’m looking at beautiful temperatures and sunny skies for the next couple of days around BangShift Mid-West,...

Classic YouTube: Dirt-Work Hillclimbing In Colorado! Check Out This Footage From The Temple Canyon Hill Climb!

When there is nothing but mountains and fire roads around you, and you have one of the most important automotive racing events in your backyard, it’s difficult to not strap on some all-terrains...