Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Richard Petty’s Crash Relived By The People That Were There – Linda Petty, Ned Jarrett, Dale Inman, More
Mar 26, 2017Brian Lohnes1
Richard Petty is an American icon. We can debate until the cows come home as to his rank in the all-time list of NASCAR racers but what cannot be debated is his dominance during NASCAR’s most...
Watch AJ Foyt Tear His Team To Shreds On National TV And Then Have The TV Crew Defend The Team
Mar 25, 2017Brian Lohnes3
If there was one thing hotter than AJ Foyt’s exhaust headers during this race at Michigan International Raceway, it was the man’s temper. At the time this was filmed, Foyt was on the...
Never Quit: In 1997 Dale Earnhardt Rolled At Daytona, Had His Car Taped Back Together And Finished!
Mar 25, 2017Brian Lohnes1
This is one of those videos that I ran across and immediately had a smile come across my face. Why? Because I remember watching this as it happened on a couch in Florida during a family vacation. I...
Watch Dax Shepard, Star Of The New CHiPs Movie Make Some Lot Laps In The Big Red Camaro
Mar 22, 2017Brian Lohnes10
Now this is pretty cool! Word has leaked out over the last week or so that the iconic Big Red Camaro was about to hit the big screen. As it turns out, the car will be seen in the CHiPs move being...
Silent Predator: Watch As The NIO EP9 EV Rips Around The Nurburgring
Mar 22, 2017Bryan McTaggart2
The NIO EP9 EV might be a bit of a strange beast to us, mainly because of it’s ability to run tracks fully autonomously, but one thing is for certain: it is fast. How fast is it? It’s...
The Gentleman’s Slugfest: Racing From The Goodwood 75th Members’ Meeting!
Mar 21, 2017Bryan McTaggartComments Off on The Gentleman’s Slugfest: Racing From The Goodwood 75th Members’ Meeting!
The Goodwood 75th Members Meeting offers up some of the best racing in the U.K. that isn’t on the Isle of Man. There are a multitude of races that take place during the weekend, including a new...
Watch How The Tires Deflect During An Autocross Run Under This Car
Mar 20, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on Watch How The Tires Deflect During An Autocross Run Under This Car
The guys from Oversteer Garage posted this video of their C-Prepared Camaro attacking the autocross course at Texas A&M back in April. There are several cool aspects to the video. The first is...
The Starting Shift: Ride Along In A Gear Jamming, Hard Pulling, Group B Audi On A Hillclimb
Mar 20, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on The Starting Shift: Ride Along In A Gear Jamming, Hard Pulling, Group B Audi On A Hillclimb
I wanted to bend some corners for this week’s Parting Shift so that’s why I went hunting in the world of hillclimb racing. These courses are challenging and fast with lots of corners,...
Airplane Engine, Chain Drive, And Tire Smoke – This Is What Racing Looked Like 100+ Years Ago
Mar 19, 2017Brian Lohnes2
In our award winning (ok, it has not won any awards…yet) series Before Bonneville we have been showing you in still photos what the world of high performance cars looked like 100-110 years...
This In-Car Video Of A Muscled Up Porsche 911 Hauling Tail Around Spa Is Totally Awesome – TONS Of Sideways Action
Mar 19, 2017Brian LohnesComments Off on This In-Car Video Of A Muscled Up Porsche 911 Hauling Tail Around Spa Is Totally Awesome – TONS Of Sideways Action
There are in-car road racing videos and then there are in-car videos of dudes who are true masters behind the wheel and this is one of the latter. Through virtually the entire lap of the famous Spa...
Challenge Accepted: Watch Mark Higgins Pilot A Subaru Rally Car Down A Bobsled Course!
Mar 19, 2017Bryan McTaggart1
Mark Higgins has done many great things in a Subaru WRX STI, most notably his monstrous 17:49.75 lap at the Snaefell Mountain Course…you know, the Isle of Man TT loop that is considered one...
Dirt Power Wheelie: Watch Lachie Abbott Put An Aussie Sprint Car Near Vertical
Mar 18, 2017Brian Lohnes1
Of all the feats that various race cars perform, few are more spectacular than a sprint car pulling a massive power wheelie. Why? Mostly because these things are happening on dirt, they have a...
Wild Video: Watch A Guy Attempt The First Motorcycle Parachute Jump In 1926 – Fails and Lives
Mar 16, 2017Brian Lohnes2
That amazing moment captured in time above requires some explanation. The rider is a guy named Fred Osborne and what he’s doing is hurtling himself off the cliff atop a motorcycle with a...
This Commercial Featuring Legendary Driver Sir Jackie Stewart Cements His Place As One Of The Coolest Guys Ever
Mar 15, 2017Brian Lohnes5
Sir Jackie Stewart was one of the best race drivers of his era, he was a tireless advocate for improvements in safety for racers, fans, and tracks, he’s a freaking knight, and he was also a...