Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Morning Symphony: A Snowy, Sloppy Classic Car Rally In Belgium
Do you hate seeing old racing cars retired to pretty lawn shows? I do. I get that part of what I am seeing accounts to a form of hero worship…the car ran it’s races, earned it’s...
Video: In 1936 Chevrolet Heard About A Guy Who Was Still Daily Driving A 1914 Royal Mail Roadster So They Gave Him A New Car
While 250,000 miles on a car is not really that uncommon today it is still a pretty major accomplishment when it comes to longevity. That’s 10 trips around the world and chances are, the...
Project Binky Unplugged 2 Is Here! The Guys Answer Lots Of Questions About Binky And More
We love Project Binky. I’ve been following it for the last couple of years, and I get giddy when a new episode is up showing more fabrication greatness and more progress on this cool little...
Soviet Scrambler: These Ladas Get After It At Rally Legend! Who Knew A Repurposed Fiat Could Be This Wicked?
The design traces back to the 1966 Fiat 124, and somehow the shape was in production until 2012. The group of vehicles best collectively known as the Lada Riva were a staple of Russian auto...
Classic YouTube: Autocrossing A Corvair With A Screaming Flat-Six In Florida
I’m not in love with the first-generation of Corvairs…they look upright and plain, like the typical Aunt Bessie car. The second-gen cars, though…they are sexy. And when they are...
Classic YouTube: Celebrating Seventy Years Of NASCAR With The 1983 Busch Clash!
Seventy years ago today, NASCAR formed in the Ebony Bar at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida. Having drawn from it’s roots in liquor bootlegging in the south, and being led by a...
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,...
Bathurst Ride-Along Greatness: Murray Walker’s Ride-Along Lap With Brad Jones In 1997
One of the most well-known pieces of footage from the Bathurst race in Australia is when Darrell Waltrip got to ride along in the passenger seat for a lap of Mount Panorama in Jason Bright’s...
Classic YouTube: Will Hoy’s 1993 British Touring Car Wreck – Punted By His Own Teammate!
Touring car racing in the 1990s ruled. The drivers were unhinged, the cars were just modified street cars, and the racing was mental on a basic race day. When competition, stress and emotions flowed...
Rallycrossing A Corvette…Blasphemy Or Beautiful? Watch This C5 Z06 Rallycross On Some Frozen Dirt!
If the first images you think of for the word “rallycross” involves highly strung four-wheel-drive cars powered by turbocharged engines…well, you’re right. You’re also...
Classic YouTube: TVR Tuscan Challenge At Snetterton In 1997
TVR has always been a strangely unhinged company. They eschewed safety gear like airbags and anti-lock brakes because they don’t add to the vehicle’s performance. They built a supercar so...
Morning Symphony: DTW Touring Cars From The 1990s-2000s On Hillclimbs
Touring cars are primarily a European phenomenon. The Aussie Supercars were too far removed from the road car they represented and the one time there was a touring car series in the States, the only...
Celebrating 207 on 2/7 – Watch These 207ci Engines Make Power and There Are Some Weird Ones!
Normally we do the whole “displacement celebration” stuff during the months of March and April. Makes sense as many of the engines we love around here range from 300-400 cubic inches,...
