Category Archive: Apex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
This Film Celebrating The 1958 NASCAR Southern 500 Is Amazing – Pre-Race, History, and Racing Action
I’ve been on a bit of an obsessive kick recently and that obsessive kick has been about 1950s racing. From drag racing to Grand Prix competition and NASCAR events, racing in the 1950s was big...
Morning Symphony: Rally Finland 2019 – Where The Air Is Big And The Roads Are Waiting
Finland has, per capita, more successful drivers in different disciplines of motorsport compared to most countries. A land that is roughly as wide as West Virginia and about as long as the distance...
Classic YouTube: The Many Faces Of The Significant Other On A Ride-Along!
Árón Smith is one of those guys who can drive whatever he’s put into. From his karting days when he was a teenager to his Renault Clio Cup time, his British Touring Car Championship years,...
Horsepower For Peanuts: This Dude Takes A Forlorn Chevy 307 And For Nearly No Money, Makes A Fun Little Engine
The 307ci Chevy small block was never intended to be a performance engine. This was a piece designed as a prime mover for any number of cars and trucks in the Chevrolet and GMC families over the...
Real Micro Machines: The Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Hit The Dirt Track!
There’s something kind of sad about hearing a Power Wheels in action. We’re not sure if it’s the fact that they always sound like an electric drill that’s about ten seconds...
Hearing Is Overrated Anyways: Enjoy This Hayabusa-Swapped Toyota Starlet’s Run Up A Hillclimb!
172 horsepower seems pretty paltry, doesn’t it? We live in the age of 797 horsepower cars with payments if you can swing the bill and where 300 horsepower V6s could embarrass the ponycars of...
Problem, Fixed: The Coyote-Swapped, RWD Converted Fusion Is Alive And Kicking Ass!
Australians got the Falcon all the way up until Australian production got cosigned to history. You could get one meek and mild with a turbocharged four. You could choose one wicked six that could...
Flyin Blind: Watch Jim Pace Haul Around Spa In Driving Rain Looking Through A Broken Opaque Windshield
Jim Pace has been our adopted road racing boss here at BangShift for years. This video may be his crowning one here on these electronic pages. Why? You are about to watch the man take one of the most...
Morning Symphony: Bugatti EB110 SS LeMans and IMSA Racers – Stretching The Legs Of Giants
From the moment you first hear the engine and see the livery adorning the body, a race car is all about getting your attention and holding onto it. That’s the truth…most race cars are...
Morning Symphony: The Ford GT40 Roadster – One Of Five Ever Made
You know the story of the Ford GT40. Ford and Ferrari were about to merge, but at the last moment a note about Ferrari cars no longer racing at the Indianapolis 500 because Ford didn’t want...
Five Doors and A Five Speed: How The Chevy Corsica Was Actually A Better Car Than You Remember
When it comes to those forgettable, disposable, not super grand cars of the 1990s, the Chevy Corsica is one that always pulls rank on the list. The thing is, they made those cars for a decade and for...
Morning Symphony: Tom Coronel’s Chevrolet Cruze WTCC Race Car Lapping Monza
Summer at BangShift Mid-West means a few things: sweat out of every pore, the occasional thrown car part from the garage, the later evenings ending in a fire in the pit on my back porch and a cold...
Fun Watch: Behind The Scenes Long Form Buick Nailhead Assembly Video From Hagerty – The Work Behind The Time Lapse
We run every single installment of the Hagerty Redline Rebuild videos because they are so cool. We love how they are put together with a level of playfulness and fun while also celebrating awesome...
