Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Airplane Engine, Chain Drive, And Tire Smoke – This Is What Racing Looked Like 100+ Years Ago
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
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!
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
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
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
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...
Awesome Video: Watch A Rarely Seen McLaren M6GT Roar Around The Mt. Tremblant Course In Canada Circa 1970
The McLaren M6GT is an interesting study in how racing can be a fickle mistress to creative people like Bruce McLaren. The basic premise behind the M6GT was to build a run of 50 road going versions...
Watch Jim Rockford And His Trusty Firebird Out Fox The Gnarly Hot Rodded Corvette Of The Bad Guys
James Garner may no longer be with us but his legacy lives on. He was always a gearhead and a racer like Steve McQueen and he performed the majority of the driving stunts and action stuff during his...
To Be Honest, This Trip To The Local Quick Lube Place Could Have Gone Better – Video
This video is pretty hilarious mainly because no one got hurt, the car has since been repaired, and the music bed laid down under the footage of this innocent Chevy bursting into flames after an oil...
This Short Video About 1980s Trans Am Racing Is Awesome – Great Action!
When it wasn’t drag racing, swamp buggies, or stock car racing of some type on TV it was usually SCCA Trans Am and GTP style road racing. These classes were hugely popular in the 1980s, largely...
The American Powertrain Parting Shift: The Fancy Footwork of Ricky Rudd At Sears Point 1994
One of the elements of racing a manual transmission car that we don’t spend near enough time talking about is the footwork that must happen in order to make the best shifts up and down through...
Video: Northern Bel – David Meyer’s Turbocharged Hemi Belvedere Is Featured On House of Muscle
By now you have likely heard of David Meyer’s incredible Northern Bel. This is the car that was built at Rad Ride by Troy, employs a 1,600hp twin turbocharged 526ci Chrysler Hemi, has run Drag...
Watch A 1908 Darracq Identical To Those On Ormond Beach Get Raced Sideways At Goodwood
If you have been following our “Before Bonneville” series you have undoubtedly seen some photos of a 1908 Darracq as there have been several in those images collections we have shown you....
Halloween Video Bonanza: People Getting The Life Scared Out Of Them In Fast Cars Of All Types
There’s a special kind of fear that comes along with being the passenger in an aggressively driven fast car, right? Even steely nerved hot rodders can get a little tight in the backside when...