Category Archive: Apex Racing News, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News
Power Down: Aussie Supercar Series May Look To Lighten Financial Burden on Teams With Less Horsepower
Well, cost cutting in racing is apparently not just a North American thing these days as teams in the Australian Supercar series are looking to do the same thing and the organization that operates...
Forgotten Mighty Mite: This 1964 Video Shows The New Lotus Cortina At Sebring – Mustang What?
The other day was “Mustang Day” and somehow we forgot about that or did not get the invitation or maybe we just didn’t care. Either way, it passed us by. It was a celebration of the...
Cinge-fest: Here’s Three Minutes Of Doing It Wrong On The Chassis Dyno From Various Countries and Places
From stuck throttles to shredded tires, this look into the dark side of the chassis dyno experiences will certainly provide an eye widening look at what can happen when you are running your stuff at...
Retro Review: The 1986 Jeep Commanche Was A Far Cry From The Gladiator of Today
As the world has been losing their mind over the new Jeep truck that’s on the way, we figured it was a good time to look into the past to see one of the brand’s most iconic pickups....
Historic Video: Watch The Wildest Dirt Track Crash We Have Ever Seen From 1951 – Everyone Lived
So on Saturday I spent the day at Perris Auto Speedway in Perris, California shooting the next episode of the Motor Trend On Demand show that I do called Put Up or Shut Up. We ran a killer grudge...
Take A Closer Look At The DSE-Z Camaro, One Of The Baddest Third-Gens We Know!
If you don’t notice the customized logo that apes the IROC-Z lower door emblem, you’d just think that you are looking at a properly restored and slightly built third-generation Camaro. In...
David Coulthard Racing A Mercedes Gullwing Like A Boss Is Our Favorite Internet Thing Today
The neat thing about professional drivers stepping onto the track with guys who are either rank or serious amateurs is that they often get chased and chased hard, especially if there is a disparity...
Morning Symphony: Mega Bertha – A Vauxhall Cavalier That Only Knows Rage!
Cavalier. How many of you immediately shuddered at that name? Don’t feel bad, I do too…I have some horrifying memories involving a white 1985 station wagon that perpetually smelled like...
Wild Wreckage Video: A Cobra Replica Road Racer Literally Flips Out
If we had a “this dude is incredibly lucky to be alive” category of videos on BangShift, this one would be in it. Long story short, the driver of this Shelby Cobra replica experienced a...
Vintage Road Test: The 1971 AMC Javelin on Car and Track
We love the old footage from Bud Lindemann’s Car and Track television show back in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The sweetest clips are from the road test thrashings they gave all the hot...
Ride Along During An Unlimited Hydroplane Race – 3,000hp Boats Racing Hull to Hull!
We’ve shown you H1 Unlimited Hydroplanes before, but the whole concept of 200 mph boats racing hull-to-hull is good enough to bring up from time to time, we think. It takes some serious gumption to...
The American Powertrain Monday Shift: Ride In Gene Felton’s Stock Car As He Rips Around Sebring!
When people think about “vintage racing” they often envision guys in leather helmets and goggles burbling around tracks at the speed of an ice cream truck. Sure, that is part of the whole...
Saving Weight In Your Car Might Be Easier Than You Think! Here Are 5 Tips For Shedding Pounds.
Every race class has got some minimum weight for the car, or car and driver, and since the dawn of time racers have been working to shed pounds from their cars in search of better performance. In...
