Category Archive: Apex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Morning Symphony: Retired Rally Cars On Snow! Watch As A Ford Focus RS, Ford Fiesta WRC And Peugeot 206 Go Play!
Feb 19, 2018Bryan McTaggart3
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!
Feb 03, 2018Bryan McTaggart1
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...
Pro Drifting Meets Ice Racing In Norway! Beat Cabin Fever By Drifting The Winter Blues Away!
Jan 20, 2018Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Pro Drifting Meets Ice Racing In Norway! Beat Cabin Fever By Drifting The Winter Blues Away!
If you live in the northern U.S. (or anywhere else that lives in snow during the winter months solidly) then at some point you have come to the conclusion in your life that staying indoors and...
Refueling While Tandem Drifting – This Is How You Keep A BMW Sideways For Over Eight Hours!
Jan 11, 2018Bryan McTaggart4
Eight hours sideways without stopping…that’s the record that BMW wanted to claim with their new variation of the M5 sport sedan. That’s a lofty goal, when you look at the logistics...
Landon Simon To Field Two Cars At 2018 Chili Bowl Nationals
Jan 03, 2018Darr HawthorneComments Off on 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...
Best of BS 2017: The Superformance Drift Cobra: A Supercharged Coyote Equals All Anger, All The Time!
Jan 01, 2018Bryan McTaggart2
Prior to BangShift, the loudest and most brash section of my life was the military. Every day started pretty much the same way: I drug my tired (and probably hung over) ass out of bed, I somehow...
Party Hard: Shoving Andrew W.K. And His Friends In A Drift Infiniti Is A Great Idea!
Apr 02, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Party Hard: Shoving Andrew W.K. And His Friends In A Drift Infiniti Is A Great Idea!
Andrew W.K. always wants to have a good time. The self-proclaimed “king of partying”, he’s part motivational speaker, part honorary Jackass team member, a couple parts completely...
Morning Symphony: Thoroughbred Italians Playing In The Snow
Feb 12, 2017Bryan McTaggart2
The Lamborghini Aventador S’s base price is an eye-watering $402,995. Don’t sweat what you can or can’t buy with that kind of cash…just think about this for a second: if...
Morning Symphony: Ryan Tuerck’s Ferrari-Powered “GT4586” Toyota On It’s First Drift Run!
Jan 06, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Enzo Ferrari’s legacy is of a racing leader who gave all of the credit to the car. Not the driver, not the team so much, but the car that, along with the engine, bore his name. A...
Best of 2016: Onboard Ice Racing From Garfield Lake In Minnesota – Where A 1990s Buick Can Be Competitive!
Dec 30, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
There has to be some kind of unnerving feeling inside of a driver when pulling a car the size of a 1990s Buick Roadmaster onto a frozen lake. Questions emerge…for most people, those questions...
Watching A BMW E30 Drift Through A Lovely Autumn Scene Is The Perfect Farewell To Warm Autumn Weather
Nov 19, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Watching A BMW E30 Drift Through A Lovely Autumn Scene Is The Perfect Farewell To Warm Autumn Weather
Yes, I know that winter, technically, is five weeks away. But I’m not bothered about that. As I’m writing this, the awesome Indian summer that BangShift Mid-West has experienced this year...
SEMA 2016: The Tri-Ace Drift Holden Ute – Specially Shipped Over From Australia With Love (And Some Hate!)
Nov 07, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
If you thought getting a car ready for SEMA was normally a pain in the ass, you can only begin to imagine the headaches that Josh Robinson and the Tri-Ace Tires Drift Ute team had to face: a car that...
SEMA 2016: This Toyota 86 Is Rocking The Engine From A Ferrari 458 Italia!
Nov 02, 2016Bryan McTaggart1
It’s strange to think that both Lohnes and I almost walked right by this little ball of violence without noticing the two big, red air intakes sticking high above where the hood should be on...
Morning Symphony: Hanging The Tail Out On A RWD-Converted Ford Escort RS Cosworth!
Oct 26, 2016Bryan McTaggartComments Off on Morning Symphony: Hanging The Tail Out On A RWD-Converted Ford Escort RS Cosworth!
All hail the mighty Cosworth 2.0L four-cylinder turbocharged wonder mill. Paired off with one of the most praised suspension setups in the automotive world and a four-wheel-drive system that just...