Category Archive: Apex Racing News, BangShift APEX
UPDATE: Fox Reports Jimmy Johnson Wins 2014 Daytona 500 After Running 2013 Daytona 500 Replay On Own Network — ESPN Botches It As Well!
Feb 23, 2014Brian Lohnes14
We have made some boneheaded mistakes here at BangShift over the years but this literally beats all. Fox is the network carrying the 2014 Daytona 500 and due to the fact that it rained all day, they...
Feature Video From Petrolicious: This 1927 Oakland Racer is Old-School Cool
Feb 21, 2014Dave Nutting3
“And now for something completely different”. Here for your Friday morning viewing pleasure is another great video from Petrolicious. If you’re not yet subscribed to their youTube channel, do...
Video Of Clint Bowyer’s Barrel Roll And Drive Away Is Coolest NASCAR Thing In Forever
Feb 21, 2014Brian Lohnes9
I was watching the drag race on my computer and the NASCAR qualifying races on my living room television last night and I couldn’t have predicted that the NASCAR race would produce one of the...
Tune In: Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational On This Saturday 5pm Eastern on MAVTV
Feb 20, 2014Brian Lohnes1
Set your DVRs to stun! This Saturday at 5pm eastern time the 2013 Optima Ultimate Street Car Invitational will air on MAVTV and you’ll be able to see the slugfest that was OUSCI 2013. BangShift...
All Acceleration All The Time Video: Jim Pace Hammers A Camaro, A Couple Old Can-Am Cars, And Porsches In This Hammer Down Video
Feb 20, 2014Brian Lohnes3
Everyone that drives a car digs the feeling of being pressed back into the seat when you hit the gas. From your grandmother to the dink in the Prius next to you in traffic, even non-car people...
Skip The Coffee, This Footage Of 90’s Subaru Rally Action Will Wake You Up!
Feb 20, 2014Dave Nutting5
I was never really into Subarus as a kid during the 90s, if only because the majority of Subarus you saw in New England in the 90s were beat up old Leones and Legacies. Once in a while an Impreza was...
This Incredible Ed Hinton Piece Explains Why NASCAR Fans Complaining About Austin Dillon In The #3 Are Very, Very Wrong
Feb 19, 2014Brian Lohnes13
I try to read every single word that Ed Hinton writes because he’s the last bastion of the old school racing reporter left in the USA. This guy has been following NASCAR and open wheel racing...
First Footage Of Ken Block’s Violent And Championship Ending 2013 Rally Wreck – In Car Footage And Full Story
Feb 18, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Lat year Ken Block shook off a crappy start to the Rally America season and came on like a ball of fire during the middle and late parts of the season. Things were looking good that Block would be...
Video: Watch A Horrifying High Speed Wreck From Brazil’s Formula Truck Big Rig Racing Series
Feb 16, 2014Brian Lohnes9
The wreck is so crazy, so over the top, and appears so violent as to be fatal we need to let you know that the driver lived. Sure, he was pretty busted up and is sure to be recovering for a long...
This Little Kid’s Reaction To Drifting Around In A Car With His Dad Is Flipping Awesome
Feb 15, 2014Brian Lohnes13
What you see in the lead photos is the face of unbridled joy and happiness. What you see in the lead photo is the birth of a gearhead. What you see in the lead photo is a moment lots of us...
THE PARTING SHIFT: IN CAR FOOTAGE OF A 1963 LIGHTWEIGHT 427 GALAXIE ROAD RACER FROM DOWN UNDER!
Feb 14, 2014Brian Lohnes1
This is one of the coolest videos we have found in a while. Normally when one thinks of lightweight 1963 Ford Galaxies powered by 600hp 427 engines the drag strip is involved. That is not the case...
In Torque We Trust: Petrolicious Spends Some Quality Time With A 1967 Plymouth Barracuda Formula S
Feb 14, 2014Dave Nutting11
If there’s one thing that I love watching on youTube, it’s spring break videos automotive videos with high production value: Car reviews from Top Gear UK, the Ken Block Gymkhana series,...
ChumpCar Race Report With Gallery: Frozen Peaches And Ice Cream At Road Atlanta
Feb 14, 2014Brian Lohnes11
(Words by Charlene Felton – Photos by John Babinski) – The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com) is the home of “Real Racing, Real Tracks®.” It’s competitive,...
The Battle For The Grand Championship – A Cool Look At The Cars And Competition At Holley LS Fest 2013
Feb 14, 2014Brian Lohnes2
Before last summer I had never been to the Holley LS Fest at Beech Bend. I had heard about the event and seen photos and video but for whatever reason, I had never attended. The weekend was a unique...