Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! This Doesn’t Look Like An Autocross Course!?!
This 1967 Camaro is out for the first time on an autocross course, but this sure doesn’t look like one! It looks more like some miniature neighborhood as there are stop signs and street signs...
This Mert Lawwill Tribute Video Is Full Of Fantastic Footage Featuring The Legend Himself
Before 1970 Mert Lawwill was certainly well known in motorcycle racing circles as he had already established himself as one of the best guys in the country. Riding for the Harley-Davidson factory...
First Look: Ken Block’s First Rear-Wheel-Drive Gymkhana Car, A 1978 Ford Escort RS That Will Spin To 9,000 RPM!
When you say “Ford Escort”, two images come to mind: the front-wheel-drive bucket of unhappiness that North America got for twenty-three years, and the other one…the forbidden fruit...
Hotchkis Autocross Takes Over At NMCA West Finals In Fontana
We got there at exactly the wrong time, as the lunch break was just about to start, but the Hotchkis Autocross was on like Donkey Kong this weekend in Fontana! While we were over running on the...
Enjoy The Song That The Ferrari BB512 LM Belts Out As It Screams Around Monza
If there is one thing to count on when it comes to a Ferrari at a track, it’s that regardless of where it’s placed or how well it’s running, it will make a glorious noise the whole...
In Boat Footage From A V8 Superboat Crash – Hang Time, People Diving Out Of The Way, Crazy!
This is one of the few crash videos we’ve ever posted that made us actually curl up and brace for impact! V8 Superboat racing is no stranger to us here on BangShift. We’ve shown a ton of...
Randy Pobst Provides Another Lesson For The Racer: Passing – When To Do It, What It Takes, And What You As The Driver Need To Provide
Passing…the art of proving to someone else on a racecourse that you are better than them. There are right ways to pass someone, and there are wrong ways to pass someone. Anyone who has ever...
This 1971 AMC Gremlin Road Test Video Will Have You Chuckling For Sure
There are lots of cool old “Car and Track” videos out there that depict the 1960s-1970s automotive television show testing cars, going to the races, and generally being awesome but this...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch The Mike Maier Mustang At Fontana!
This is our final ACED: AutoCross Every Day video of the week, so we are sending you out with “Mad” Mike Maier behind the wheel of wife Brianne’s Mustang during last weekend’s...
In Car Video Greatness: Watch A Racer In His 1966 GT350 Mustang Carve Up A Vintage Road Racing Field In England
There are few things more fun to watch than a well tuned vintage race car in the hands of a talented driver. This video is an example of just that as racer Craig Davies handles a 1966 Mustang GT350...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! This Was The Quickest Lap Of All At Optima Fontana
Steve Abbott clearly knows how to wheel his 2004 Z06 Corvette, and it showed at Optima’s final regular season event in Fontana this weekend. Steve made the single quickest autocross lap on the...
Breaking News: Aussie Racing Cars Driver Damien Flack Involved In A Race-Stopping Accident At Mount Panorama – Second Big Accident This Week On The Circuit
Damien Flack was involved in an absolutely horrifying crash at Mount Panorama. While running in the Aussie Racing Cars league (a support racing series for V8 Supercars), Flack got tapped by teammate...
The Car And Technology That Changed Formula 1 Forever
At the Ferrari circuit in April 1986 a change was a brewing. The Ferrari 186 and it’s fanatical following, which surpassed that of most Formula 1 drivers of the time, was about to change the...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! The Wilwood Brakes TCI Equipped Mustang At Optima Las Vegas
Okay, so I have to be honest, I dig this little Mustang. And I also have to be honest that this video is not JUST autocross. It’s all aspects of the Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car in...