Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, BangShift APEX, Nut Driver
Nut Driver: My Monte Is Now A FORD (Found On Road Dead) Thanks To A Broken Transmission
Feb 12, 2015Dave Nutting29
[“Nut Driver” features updates on Dave Nutting’s daily driver 1987 Chevrolet Monte Carlo] Before continuing on, if you want to catch up on the other installments click HERE. It’s 1:59 AM...
Mountain Screamer: Watch Yves Faber Blast Up A Hillclimb In One Nasty Fox Mustang!
Feb 12, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
While I’m not in the same snow-induced landscape that Lohnes is currently stuck in (and I’m very, very grateful for that), the weather around BangShift Mid-West isn’t exactly...
Pro-Touring Tuesdays: This European Camaro Is A Tire Frying Drift Machine
Feb 10, 2015Dave Nutting1
Here at BangShift we put in the hard work of scouring the internet to bring you the coolest automotive news and content of the “Hey, you gotta see this” variety from around the world....
Rally Perfection Video: Watch An Amazing Driver And Co-Driver Dominate A Sloppy Stage In A Finnish Forest
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes2
Racer Juha Kankkunen is a legend in Finland and while watching the video below you will figure out why. The guy is manhandling his car though a rainy, muddy, and otherwise sloppy stage during the...
Good News: British Touring Car Racing Is Coming To U.S. Television!
Feb 10, 2015Bryan McTaggart3
This is happy news for anyone who used to watch Speedvision when it first came on: British Touring Car Championship racing (read: angry Europeans in violent race-prepared road cars) is coming back to...
This 1976 Pacer Was “Customized in the 1970s” and “Struggles With Highway Speeds” – Saddest Thing Ever
Feb 10, 2015Brian Lohnes8
Now before you gets your shorts all in a knot, we are not ripping on all AMC Pacers. We have highlighted far more cool Pacers here than we ever have ripped on horrid ones. With that being said, this...
Crash And Burn: Ivo Breukers Slides Back-End-First Into The Wall At Mount Panorama During The Bathurst 12-Hour
Feb 09, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
The 2015 Bathurst 12-hour race at Mount Panorama proved to be lively, even by the standards that Bathurst is well-known for. The race was very well contested and there was quite a bit more of the...
This AWD 1989 BMW Is An Ice Racing, Snow Plowing, Fun Machine That Could Be Yours
Feb 08, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on This AWD 1989 BMW Is An Ice Racing, Snow Plowing, Fun Machine That Could Be Yours
Most people look at things for what they are but a select few look at them for what they can be and that describes the owner and seller of this 1989 BMW to a T. This man saw a clean, cool, and...
Violent Valiant Video: See And Hear The Car Cruise, Corner, And Wail
Feb 08, 2015Brian Lohnes9
It was a thrash to the final minute but Kevin, Chad, and the crew from Hot Rod Chassis and Cycle got the job done before the 2014 SEMA show a couple months back. After SEMA, rather than loading up...
Cool! The Chassis To Dave Brackett’s Forward Thinking 1970s Motorcycle Powered Dragster Is For Sale
Feb 07, 2015Brian Lohnes6
As you are reading this, there’s a chance that right now at the NHRA Winternationals a Junior Comp dragster is screaming down the quarter mile in Pomona. The Junior Comp class is an interesting...
Nutjob: Why I Care About The Focus RS And Why You Should Too
Feb 06, 2015Dave Nutting18
Yesterday, Bryan ran a video of Ken Block hooning his way around the floor of a Ford factory with the brand-new Ford Focus RS. If you missed it you can check it out HERE. Sure, the new RS a mad wee...
The 48-Hour Corvette Is Happening LIVE Folks! March 10th Watch Us Build It From The Ground Up!
Feb 05, 2015Chad Reynolds1
That’s right folks, if you have seen the 48-Hour Camaro running around the country for the past few years, and watched us build it LIVE right here on BangShift.com, then you know just how bad...
Corvette Z06 or Nissan GT-R Nismo…Which Is Better? Motor Trend Gave Both Of Them A Run, And They Keep Using The Word “Controversial”…See For Yourself!
Feb 05, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
The Nissan GT-R has been around almost a decade. Other than upgrades, it’s the exact same car that Nissan debuted to the world in 2007…and brought to the United States a year later, once...
Ken Block Takes On The 2017 Ford Focus RS – THIS Is How You Introduce A New Vehicle!
Feb 05, 2015Bryan McTaggart1
Say you’re in a position of power within Ford Performance. You’re still riding high after the coup d’etat that you just pulled off at the North American International Auto Show,...