Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
In the 1980s, Chuck Yeager Wanted You to Fasten Your Safety Belt and Drive a GM
You likely know Chuck Yeager from his aviation exploits, which are probably at or beyond those of just about any other human being. Not only was Yeager the first man to break the sound barrier in...
Aussie Budget Builds: Mighty Car Mods Pits Their Mitsubishi Lancer Against Their Re-Purchased Nissan 180SX
We can dig budget builds around here. Sometimes, you just have to play with the hand you are dealt and make the most out of what you’ve got. For Mighty Car Mods, that’s what this battle...
Watch As Matt Farah Scares The Hell Out Of Himself In A Mitsubishi 4G63-Powered Pontiac Fiero Track Rat!
I first watched this video this morning, and I’m still laughing…”Death Fiero”. Who in their right mind would be scared to death of a Pontiac Fiero? The little mid-engined car...
FOLLOWUP: Derrike Cope’s Explosion At Watkins Glen Was Simply A Tire Failure. Really!
When Derrike Cope’s Xfinity Series Chevrolet Camaro stock car exploded out of nowhere as the car was coasting on the straightaway near the “Bus Stop” kink at Watkins Glen on...
Watch Australian Legend John Bower Rip Through a Field of Vintage Muscle Cars
While he’s not a household name outside of Australia, John Bowe is one of the country’s living legends. Bowe won 15 V8 Supercar races, mostly in the 1990s, but his illustrious racing career also...
Watch This Road Racer Avoid a Tank-Slapping Supra By Inches
The Classic Sports Car Club (CSCC) in the United Kingdom hosts a whole ton of classes and their field for the “Future Classics” class includes a whole pile of sports cars from the 1970s and...
Driver’s OK, Car Sure Isn’t: Check Out Derrike Cope’s Unexplained Explosion From Watkins Glen!
If this doesn’t make it into a NASCAR Top 10 list somewhere this year, someone’s fired, because this is the strangest thing we’ve seen from roundy-round racing this year. During an...
This Is What It’s Like To Run Around Circuit Of The Americas In A New Z28 Camaro
I’m heading to COTA, aka Circuit of the Americas, this weekend for Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car. And there is literally no way that I’m not going to make a lap or two...
Get a Fantastic Beginner’s Lesson On Sprint Car Racing From World of Outlaws Driver Greg Wilson
I’m no connoisseur of dirt-oval racing, but from what I’ve seen, sprint cars are more or less the pinnacle of oval racing, at least in terms of speed and potential for things to get pear-shaped...
Trans Am Challenge: This Eight Minute Video Is A Stunning Look Into The 1971 Trans-Am Season
The duo of Roger Penske and Mark Donohue pretty much stands alone on a pedestal away from every other driver/owner tandem in the history of American racing. Never was a pair of people so suited to...
Watch The Saddest Camaro Burnout Ever End With An Even Sadder Impact – How Does This Happen?
While no one will be calling the Lohnes residence and offering me a ride in a Formula One car tomorow, I feel as though I am fully functional behind the wheel. I am not going to out duel Jimmy...
Battle Hymn of The Bro: Is This Tune About Wrecking Mustangs Great Or Does It Miss The Mark?
There have been hundreds and possibly thousands of car songs written and performed over the years. From ditties like “Little GTO” by Ronnie and the Daytonas to “Beep Beep” by...
Great Chase: A Pymouth Road Runner Jumps, Smashes, Rolls, and Weakly Explodes Chasing A Bad Guy!
We’d never heard of the 1977 B-movie called Bare Knuckles before watching this bitchin’ chase scene. The movie is a campy deal that follows the exploits of a bounty hunter as he tries...
This bike-powered, three-wheeled, drifting Italian scooter is peak insanity
Quaint Italian villages where everything looks old and weathered but not in poor shape. Narrow, wall-lined cobblestone streets that wind around steep hills. Sprawling coastal vistas that look like...