Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX
Watch This Subaru WRX STi Driver Make An Epic Save On The Nurburgring To Save His Bacon (And His Car)
Having spent a week with a WRX STi earlier this summer (you can read the BS road test of it here) I can image the dude in this video’s level of excitement when he pulled onto the Nurburgring...
Fender Banging Video: Full Contact Road Racing From the British Touring Car Championship Series – 1992
While there is no denying that we love our drag racing here at BangShift, we have road racing in our past and still carry an affinity for that type of racing. We were tipped off to this five minutes...
All Hail The Greatest Go Kart Parker Who Has Ever Lived – This Guy Is AWESOME
At every job we have ever worked at, we have developed certain “skill sets” and by that, we mean ways to keep ourselves entertained while the boss was not around. Whether it was...
Professional-Level Sleeper: Alfa Romeo 164 ProCar V10-All The Fun Of An F1 Engine In A Sedan!
We dig sleepers here at BangShift. But what constitutes a great sleeper? The ability to blend in and the ability to pull off the ruse with little to no hint of what is actually going on. Depending on...
Wild Video: A Formula Ford Racer Gets Run Over By Another Formula Ford Racer….WHILE RACING
Back during my days as an SCCA racing announcer, I always enjoyed watching Formula Ford because it was one of those glasses that was chock full of interesting cars and talented drivers. There are...
Dyno Video: This Twin Turbo Viper V10 Makes 1200hp And Sounds Really, Really Good
The engine dyno at Nelson Racing Engines out in California has been assaulted by more powerful stuff than this twin turbo V10 that started life in a Dodge Viper but it is surely one of the most...
Watch BMW Turn An Aircraft Carrier Into The Ultimate Racetrack… Or Did They?
We’ve seen a lot of cars race fighter jets on aircraft carriers, including Top Fuel Dragsters, but this video from BMW is using A LOT more of the aircraft carrier than we’ve ever seen...
Watch A NASCAR Crew Guy Change A Tire While The Rotor Literally Bursts Into Flames – Helmet Cam View
Ever since the Wood Brothers figured out decades ago that a drilled and organized crew could help them win races, NASCAR pit crews have become more and more specialized and athletic. These days, pro...
Video Game Vs. Real Life: Watch A Real Focus ST Battle With A Virtual Focus ST-Plus The (former) Stig
Ford unveiled the new, slightly tweaked version of the Focus ST at the Goodwood Festival of Speed recently. In what we can only assume was a bunch of advertising genius, Polyphony Digital, the...
Watch Two Stock Car Racers In A Blind Rage Turn Bowman Gray Stadium Into A Two Man Demo Derby Ring During A Race!
We often find ourselves saying stuff like, “this is the craziest thing you will see today” or “you really won’t believe this,” and the majority of the time we’re...
Richard Petty Brings 1967 Plymouth Stock Car To Goodwood To Make Beautiful Noise With
Richard Petty brought out his 1967 Plymouth Belvedere GTX to the Goodwood Festival of Speed this weekend. Out of all of the cars in the Petty Museum to bring to the track, King Richard picked the...
Video Collection: Odd (Yet Strangely Awesome) Pikes Peak Race Cars
This week is the practice week for the 2014 Race to the Clouds at Pikes Peak, Colorado. I have always been fascinated with the mountain…I grew up in it’s shadow as a kid in the Springs,...
Watch This 1300 Horsepower Rotary Powered Jet Sprint Boat Fly Around The Track
Jet Sprint Boat racing rules. It’s like Autocross on water, but with the added danger of actual land to run up on right next to the course. It’s been a growing sport for the past several...
Roadkill: How The Hemi 1955 Chevy Was Built – In All Of Its Sleep Deprived, Stop And Go Glory
Unless you live under a rock, surely you have heard of the 1955 Chevy build that Finnegan dreamed up decades ago and had begun to actually construct on Roadkill about a year and a half ago. The guy...