Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, Videos
The Birth Of A new Car: How Things Were Done In 1939 As War Loomed On The Horizon
This is a fascinating video for so many reasons. For starters we get an in-depth and inside look at the conception, engineering, and construction of a new car from the ground up circa 1939. We also...
Shuttling The Boss: This 1989 Look Back At Presidential Limos Is Cool
Long before there was “The Beast” there were some pretty stock factory luxury cars hauling the President of the United States around. Really until the 1963 assassination of John F...
Classic YouTube: Rod Millen And Nobuhiro Tajima Running Pikes Peak In 1996
If you are sitting at the starting line for your chance to tear up Pikes Peak, have no doubt in your mind that you are either exceptionally talented or exceptionally brave. Or both. Without question,...
This Hayabusa-swapped Peugeot 106 Is A Little Go-Kart With An Attitude!
By and large, tiny little city cars tend to be depressing. They are useful, yes. And they can be necessary. But that doesn’t mean that they are loved. They are appliances first…they fit...
Classic YouTube: The 2015 Touring Car Masters Race At Winton – Trans-Am Meets Aussie V8 Supercar!
The first thing we thought of when we saw the footage of the Touring Car Masters race at Winton Motor Raceway in Australia is, “This is the kind of racing we’d watch on...
Watch This Guy Crash His Honda S2000 At A Weird Autocross And Then Get Really, Really Mad About It In The Car
The Honda S2000 is a mean little car. In stock form they have small naturally aspirated engines that are capable of making incredible power for their size at motorcycle levels of RPM. We’re not...
The Craziest Car Commercial Of The 1980s Involved Launching A Car Off An Aircraft Carrier And Strapping It To A Submarine
Pretty much everyone (including us) has been blown away by the last couple of Ken Block Gymkhana videos that featured him doing crazy stunt driving stuff in urban areas that were obviously closed off...
So How Many Hub Caps Did The Bullit Charger Lose During The Chase? We’ve Got The Answer
(Infographic credit: BestRide.com) – The Bullit Charger, one of the most iconic movie cars of the 20th century shed hubcaps like our own McTaggart sheds dandruff. The near 11-minute chase...
Project Bargain Racement Episode 7: Race Number 2 In Silverstone Will Show Whether The Questionably Legal Changes Worked!
I’m in love with pretty much anything that Bad Obsession Motorsports does. Nik and Richard are hilarious, seem like they would be a riot to race with, and they are two smart guys that know way...
This 23,000 Mile 1985 IROC-Z Z28 Camaro Is A True Survivor. Too Bad We Can’t Get Any Other Info From The Seller!
I hate it when people do a horrible job of putting up a listing on Craigslist or Facebook Marketplace. This is especially bothersome when it is for something super cool that I’d really like...
If The Only Rule Was It Had To Have A V8, What Would You Race? Here’s What Showed Up For The V8 Run What You Brung Race at Hudson Speedway
A winged asphalt sprint might be good. Or a dirt late model with all kinds of weird aero. Or just a hobby stock car with not one f given as to what happens to it. The answer you give is not...
Check Out This Footage From Mettet RX, Belgium’s FIA World RallyCross Championship!
RallyCross, rally racing’s closed-circuit format, is just as awesome as the over-the-hills-and-through-the-woods version, but with the added benefit of everything being visible from start to...
Here’s Why You Never Stand At The Fence When Attending Your Local Circle Track
We always cringe a little when we see people hanging on the straightaway fence at a short track mainly because that’s a spot where things can go bad in a flash and collect up unwitting victims...
Awesome Video: Screaming Vintage Racers at Australia’s Bathurst Raceway
Vintage racing is one of our favorite things. Normally we highlight videos from the good ol’ USA but we were tipped off to a great one by Bangshifter Chris Crowley that shows some totally...