Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
The Mitsubishi GTO – Remember When Mitsubishi Knew How To Make A Wicked Corner-Carver?
Ah, Mitsubishi…where did they go so wrong? In the 1990s they had a great lineup of sports cars if you were looking. If you lived overseas, you got access to the earliest Lancer Evolutions, but...
A 500 Horsepower, V8 Prius Might be the Only Acceptable Prius
The Toyota Prius draws the derision of racing and auto enthusiasts everywhere and the hybrid certainly has its share of stereotypes. However, there are at least a couple of Priuses (Prii?) that...
Kiwis Race Muscle Cars, Too: New Zealand’s Classics-Racing Series is as Fantastic as Any
One of the great things about the muscle-car era Down Under is that it really carried on in the late 1970s while the United States suffered through the Malaise Era. As a result, the Australian Holden...
This Skip Barber Series Racer Goes Last to First in Just Two Laps at Road Atlanta
It’s been a while since we’ve pulled up a good last-to-first run in a road race, so here’s one of teenage driver Jackie Ding ripping through a Skip Barber Winter Series field at Road Atlanta in...
Push Or Pull? That’s The Question. Which One Is Right For Your Mig Welding Project?
We love the videos that Miller Welders puts up. Some are long, some short, but all of them teach you something that will make you do a better job on your welding project. I’ve been welding for...
Supercars Championship Rivals Go Hard Wheel-to-Wheel in New Zealand
Headed into the 2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship, many fans anticipated a year-long battle between Red Bull Racing Australia teammates Jamie Whincup and Shane Van Gisbergen. Supercars...
Russian Rally Driver Hits Wall on First Stage, Carries On to Podium Finish
Rally crews and, perhaps moreso, rally cars stand up to heavy beatings. Alexey Lukyanuk and his codriver Alexey Amautov demonstrated this earlier this year on the very first stage of the Azores...
When Worlds Collide: Magnus Walker And Sung Kang Trade Cars On Angeles Crest Highway!
Many, many personalities can be found if you learn to pierce through the throngs of people at SEMA. It’s not often who is at a booth, signing autographs and taking photos…it is the person...
Peace, Love And Track Days: This Porsche 993-Powered VW Bus Is Killer!
The Volkswagen bus…the vehicle of a generation, the shape that reminds many of good times, good music, and if you don’t have rose-colored glasses on, acceleration that can be measured in...
In New England, Sprint Cars Don’t All Get Parked for Winter; Some Go Ice Racing
As we turn the corner from summer toward winter, racing season begins drawing to a close. Cars are winterized or pulled into the shop for offseason overhaul while driving skills hibernate. Winter is...
SEMA 2016: This Toyota 86 Is Rocking The Engine From A Ferrari 458 Italia!
It’s strange to think that both Lohnes and I almost walked right by this little ball of violence without noticing the two big, red air intakes sticking high above where the hood should be on...
Ride Along With Matt Farah As He Takes The Detroit Speed Monte Carlo SS Shop Car Out For A Run!
There are plenty of GM G-body fans within the BangShift readership. Aw, who are we kidding…there are two major G-body fans writing: Nutting, who owns two Monte Carlos (that I can remember at...
The 908’s Flat-8 Engine Might Make a Porsche Believer Out of You
Classic Porsches: They’re like a weird cult that you either join or you don’t. I tend toward the “don’t” side of things more often than not, but some of the company’s early purpose-built...
The Trailer For 24 Hour War Has Us Dying To See This Killer Looking Documentary
It is one of the greatest American racing triumphs ever. It was a battle of huge budgets, huge egos, and huge personalities. It was a fight between Italy and the USA, it was a fight between...