Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
This Mini vs. Alfa Romeo Last Lap Battle From Goodwood Is Road Racing Perfection All The Way To The Checkered Flag!
Every time I see a classic car “race”, I usually expect parade laps with passing done only by hand signal. “No, no, you have the power, you go ahead.” I understand that nobody...
This sliding, airborne, on-fire Holden Ute is the most Australian thing to ever happen in racing
(By Eric Rood) – There’s really very little that needs to be said here, but here’s a brief bit of setup: The V8 Ute Series raced in Adelaide this weekend in support of the V8 Supercars’...
Wild Video: Ride In The Cockpit Of An Indy Car As It Hauls Around Road America At 200+ – Yowza!
(By Eric Rood) – IndyCar has already tested at Sonoma Raceway and Phoenix International Raceway this year and while there were plenty of stories to go on about from both places, we think the...
Ken Block’s Gymkhana Eight: A Rally Fiesta In The Middle East
For the eighth Gymkhana film, Ken Block had to do something dramatically different. We’ve seen his repertoire of stunts, we have seen him in Subarus and Fords, and we are all very well versed...
Watch Jonathan Rea Summon His Inner Dirt Track Racer To Win A SuperBike Race On The Last Corner
(By Eric Rood) – The Australians sure know how to build road courses. While Bathurst and Adelaide get all the glory internationally, Phillip Island Circuit might produce as good as those...
Season From Bell: NASCAR Truck Competitor Chris Bell Suffers Another Big Wreck, This Time While Leading In Atlanta
(By Eric Rood) – Christopher Bell has had a rough start to his 2016 season. The NASCAR Camping World Truck Series driver tumbled across the front straight in spectacular fashion at Daytona in...
The Mighty Car Mods Guys Hot Rod An Old Electric Car! Funny And BangShift Approved
I want to be the Mighty Car Mods guys. They rule. Of course they have some strange Australian lingo that takes some getting used to, but overall these guys have the right attitude. Their choice is...
Carfection Is On A Roadtrip, Checking Out French Racetracks! First One Up: Circuit de Charade!
“…it’s said that God sculped the scenery, but the Devil laid down the tarmac.” Sounds like my kind of road. Flat tracks are great if you are a kid learning to drive a...
Morning Symphony: The Sounds Of Audi Quattros Driven In Anger!
Audi’s four-wheel-drive coupes took motorsports by story when they debuted in 1980. Rally racing and road courses alike echoed to the sound of pissed-off five-cylinders and all sorts of fun...
Go For A Ride With Formula Drift Drivers Through The Lens Of GoPros – Where Inches Of Space Is A Luxury!
I love watching drifters do what they do best. To some, it’s engines beating up on the rev limiter while another set of tires vaporize into nothing and potential body damage with a flick of the...
When Snow Falls On A Racetrack, The Answer Is A Nissan GT-R And A Fearless Snowboarder!
So the weather outside is hateful, dumping snow deep enough to cause the meteorologists to issue warnings and the weather reporters to start naming the storm that is rolling through while playing up...
Watch The TCI Equipped 1968 Camaro Of Chad Ryker Tear Up The Autocross
Chad Ryker is cool. Not only because he has a great 1968 Camaro that hauls ass on the autocross, but also because his name is Chad. Come on, you knew that was coming. His car is TCI, Ridetech, and...
Caution: Watching These Videos Of Brazilian Formula Truck Crashes Will Likely Leave YOU Sore
(By Eric Rood) – In the U.S., we’re accustomed to big wrecks on super speedways with 3,500-pound, 200 mph stock cars. That’s a lot of energy to dissipate and, by and large, most stock cars...
On Any Given Tuesday: A Great Short Film On Buddies, Hot Rods, Autocrossing, And Competition
If you love your pro touring trucks, chances are that you’ve laid eyes on Marcel Venable’s cool C10 called Foxy Cleopatra. The truck has been covered on the web, in magazines, it has been...