Category Archive: Apex Car Feature, Apex Video, BangShift APEX
The Bullitt Is Back – Ford Introduces 2019 Bullitt Mustang – 475hp, 163mph, and Ford Unveiled It With The Original Car On Stage!
Ford has revived the special edition Bullitt Mustang as a tribute to the car from the famed movie that starred Steve McQueen and more importantly one of the most iconic car chases in movie history....
AWD and Angry: This 1986 Ford RS200 Makes 600hp and Has A Load Of Race History
There are cars that transcend the ages. I have two young sons. They are 9 and 11 years old. They are wild about cars. Figure that, right? Anyway, they (like loads of kids) are into video games and...
Petrolicious Video: A Shelby Powered Sunbeam Tiger, A Warmed Up Volvo Amazon, And An MG Make Up A Trifecta Of Coolness
The talented people at Petrolicious are back with another awesome video, this time taking a look at the three car collection of a guy named Mr. Hans Abrahams who has fallen in love with cars done in...
Panther Bodies Built To Run Rock! Check Out This Autocross-Built Ford Police Interceptor!
It’s been seven years since Ford finally shut down the Panther platform. The last body-on-frame sedans out there, the Crown Victoria, Grand Marquis and Town Car proved themselves to be solid...
Refueling While Tandem Drifting – This Is How You Keep A BMW Sideways For Over Eight Hours!
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...
1970s Formula 1 Through The Eyes Of Antonio Tomaini, Scuderia Ferrari’s Manager
You know the names Niki Lauda and Mario Andretti for sure, even if you don’t normally follow Formula 1 racing. You might know the names Clay Regazzoni, or Gilles Villeneuve if you do follow...
Winter Weather Have You Stuck? Sit Back And Watch Some SLMRA Lawnmower Ice Racing!
As I type this, I’m looking out the window of the office and I’m watching Mother Nature coat everything around BangShift Mid-West in a fine mist that is going to freeze up and make all...
Two LeMans Corvettes: C1 and C6.R, Two Different Animals Of The Same Nature
For the most part, we’re guilty of writing off the Chevrolet Corvette as a mid-life play thing, a car you buy when you want to feel youthful again. It’s not that the stereotype...
This Rally-Racing Plymouth Valiant Rules! Watch This Classic A-body Tear Through The Forests!
Just like the Ford Falcon and the Chevy II, the Valiant was only meant to be the compact car that buyers wanted, that Detroit really didn’t want to build. Just like the other two, the Valiant...
Best of BS 2017: The Superformance Drift Cobra: A Supercharged Coyote Equals All Anger, All The Time!
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...
What Happens When You Bolt A Magnuson Supercharger Onto A Lamborghini Huracan LP 580-2?
Tire Smoke is the answer. Lots of tire smoke. When we got the email from the gang at Kahn Media telling us about this Nitto Tires video about supercharging and testing a Lamborghini Huracon LP 580-2,...
Best of BS 2017: When Dick Johnson Hit The Rock At Bathurst In 1980
A rock defined the 1980 Bathurst race for Ford driver Dick Johnson. The day had been going so well…starting the race in second place and leading for most of the first seventeen laps,...
Best of BS 2017: Here’s Some Footage From A 1954 NASCAR Race At Peace Haven Speedway!
On February 21st, 1948, after a series of meetings held at the Streamline Hotel in Daytona Beach, Florida, NASCAR was incorporated on the heels of a successful 1947 season for William France’s...
Watch A Rally Driver’s Small Mistake Turn Instantly Into One Of The More Wild Wrecks We Have Seen This Year
To some level, all forms of racing are unforgiving. Bad light at the drag strip by a few hundredths and you are toast. Try to pass at the wrong time during a stock car race and the field will blow by...