Category Archive: Apex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries
Gallery: Speedfest at the Classic Motorsports Mitty Provides Awesome Vintage Road Racing Action
(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) – Vintage road racing is beyond cool. The racers are typically guys with deep enough pockets to take priceless historic racecars and beat them mercilessly...
Mike Artman’s 1964 Catalina Station Wagon Is A Former Cop Car Turned Tire Shredding Cruiser (Video)
Mike Artman may not be a name you recognize but believe it or not he is one of the people that is 100% instrumental in the success of BangShift. That’s right, Artman was in on the absolute...
The Parting Shift: Screaming Wife Edition
We cannot usually find videos that combine hilarity and gear bangin’ awesomeness in one six minute package, but thanks to a reader tip, we have found just that. This is what happened when road...
Take A Tour Of The Wood Brothers Museum – Legendary NASCAR Team’s Accumulated History
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – The Wood Brothers team is one on that even the most casual NASCAR fans (like us) know and respect. From their success on the track with drivers like David Pearson to...
Dwayne Klippert’s 1967 Camaro Is More Than Meets The Eye As Custom Meets Pro-Touring
Dwayne Klippert is yet another crazy Canadian that we have the pleasure of seeing at events all over the country. Along with pal Grant Reierson, who’s bitchin little Chevy II we featured last...
2015 Subaru WRX STi – We Drive The Best Dollars To Fun Ratio Car Known To Man
(Photos by Dave Nutting) – When I learned that there was a Subaru WRX floating around in the New England press fleet a couple weeks back, I made some calls and threats, and weepy begging type...
ChumpCar Race Report: Thunder Rolls and Lightning Strikes At Thunderhill Raceway’s Twin Seven Hour Races
(Words and Photos by Charlene Felton, ChumpStaffer) – The Optima Batteries ChumpCar World Series (www.chumpcar.com), stormed their way into Thunderhill Raceway Park located in Willows, CA just...
A Look Behind The Scenes At Roush-Yates Performance: Engines, Cars, Parts For Days
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – This week is kind of turning into “what Joe Grippo did on his Spring Vacation 2014” and that is OK with us because Joe did some sweet stuff during his time...
RacingJunk Find: Buy This Perfect Recreation Of The Six Wheeled Pat Clancey Special Indy Car
Restored and recreated funny cars and dragsters are some of our most favorite things to look at. Seeing things put back the way they were or scratch built in the style of the era of the car really...
Cool Video: Check Out This R/C Car Remake Of A Scene From The Fast And The Furious!
I’ve never been much of a R/C car enthusiast, with my only hands-on experience being those ultra-cheap ones that you get as a kid from Toys ‘R Us for $20. That said, R/C is a real...
Modern Super Cars At The Lingenfelter Collection – Mechanical Art Work That’s Blindingly Fast
One of the things we have always prided ourselves here at BangShift on is the fact that we’ve never pigeonholed ourselves into one thing. We’ve always been very honest in the fact that...
Take A BangShifty Photo Tour Of The Richard Petty Museum – Incredible History Here
(Photos by Joe Grippo) – We all know and love Joe Grippo as a dyed in the wool Mustang guy here at BangShift and that means there was one of two places he was going to be last weekend, Vegas or...
Ken Block’s New Gymkhana Video Is…FootKhana?
Last week we were tipped off that Ken Block would be releasing a new Gymkhana video on Tuesday, April 22nd. We were so hot and bothered by this news (Well, I was at least) that we binge-watched the...
Project Violent Valiant Update: The Front Suspension Starts To Come Together With Fabrication And RideTech Parts
So we’ve been off our normal schedule with Project Violent Valiant updates and consider this our effort to get back on the horse and keep you apprised of the developments of this awesome build....