Category Archive: Apex Racing News, Apex Sideways, BangShift APEX, BangShift News

More Horsepower, More Speed, More Effs Given? Do You Care About The Increased Boost At The 2020 Indy 500?

The 2020 Indy 500 is going to be unlike any other ever held. With no fans in the stands at Indianapolis Motor Speedway the environment will be both eerie and striking as compared to the masses that...

In 1971 This Public Service Announcement From The Auto Manufacturers Taught You How To Drive On Snow And Ice

Having grown up in New England my entire life, driving on snow and ice every winter is just something you do. I, like everyone with a function cerebellum has been able to get a little better at it...

Morning Symphony: This Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti International Touring Car Is Anything But Peaceful!

480 horsepower at a staggering 11,500 RPM. That kind of figure should belong on a race-spec Superbike, but instead it belongs to the 2.5L V6 inside of this Alfa Romeo 155 V6 Ti race car. Alfa might...

All Hail The SUV King: The 2021 Bentley Bentayga Speed Is A 626hp W12 Powered Monster

(By Tom Lohnes) – The Bentley Bentayga is pretty well known for being one of the most expensive and luxurious SUV’s on the planet. Well, if you don’t want a “base” model with its puny...

The Happy Rebel: This 1970 AMC Rebel Station Wagon Is A Perfect Cruiser Or Starting Point For Your Wild Build

We hav long loved station wagons around here and every now and again we see one pop up that really strikes out fancy. That’s the case with this 1970 AMC Rebe wagon, which may be the first one...

A Quick, Happy Little Car: This 1995 Profile Of The New Dodge Neon Is Awesome – These Things Were Fun!

Yesterday we showed you a cool video that profiled the development and launch of the Dodge Viper. Today we go to the opposite end of the price and performance spectrum with this look at the 1995...

Hurst Announces Master Rebuild Kits For Competition/Plus Shifters – Units From 1966 To Present Covered!

Learning to rebuild a Holley carb, servicing a Hurst shifter, these are things that gear heads have been using as rites of passage for a half century now and that’s pretty awesome when you...

The Mazda MX-30 Combines A Wankel Rotary Engine, Hybrid Technology, and Isn’t Trying To Be Normal

(By Tom Lohnes) – Mazda has another crossover thing on the way and it’s quite strange. Carrying the MX nameplate, the MX-30 has RX-8 style styling and MX-5 style performance all wrapped in a...

Pro-Touring Truck Shootout 2020: More Corner-Carving Race Trucks From Kentucky!

A day filled with pickup trucks that can run rings around a lot of performance cars, out in the beautiful sunshine, with a track day going on in the background just for good measure…the...

Pro-Touring Truck Shootout 2020: Corner Gripping And Ripping

Texas might be the pickup truck haven, but that status was earned decades ago when owning a truck in the wide-open spaces of the Lone Star State made perfect sense. It’s 2020…the pickup...

We Hit The Starting Line At Bonneville Speed Week 2020! Action Starts Right Here!

It’s that time folks! Racing has finally started at Bonneville Speed Week and we are so excited about the racing action that we couldn’t help but snag some photos to share all the...

Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Continue! Bitchin Hot Rods On The Salt!

One of the ultra cool things about Bonneville are the number of cool old hot rods and customs that show up on the salt on Saturday and Sunday of the first weekend of racing action. It makes us cringe...

Classic YouTube: Watch As Theirry Neuville’s Rally Practice Gets Interrupted By A Tractor

When you’re running a WRC car at 10/10ths, the absolute last thing you want as a driver is a surprise. Your co-driver should be streaming out the pace notes and you need to concentrate 100% in...

Our Bonneville Speed Week 2020 Photos Start Right Here! Pit Photos Of Cars Getting Ready For Tomorrow’s Racing!

It’s Bonneville Speed Week 2020 people!!! As usual, there are folks saying the salt sucks, folks saying the salt is great, and somewhere in the middle is probably the truth, but we’ll...