Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Video: NASCAR Riverside In 1965 – Gurney Dominates, Foyt Breaks His Back, The Mopars Boycott
It’s something to see videos like this. I have been immersed in reading about the history of the Indy 500 and other 1960s racing series as of late and the familiar cannon of names that competed...
The Sound Of Money Disappearing: The Ferrari 250 GTO Crash At The 2017 Goodwood Revival
The value of a Ferrari 250 GTO currently lies between $48-$70 million. Each of the 36 production cars are different, each are beautiful, each are eye-wateringly expensive, and any time any owner...
Letting Off Steam: Car Wars From Beech Ridge, Where Nothing Seems To Be Safe
In a perfect world, free from litigation, free from the urgent need to sue the holy hell out of someone because something may have happened, there would be easier ways to enjoy some rowdy,...
Bad Kitty: This Hellcat’s Dyno Day Ended In A Spectacular Fashion…And Burning Brakes
The dyno room is not a play place, and the moment you see it treated as such is the moment you and your car just need to leave. You’re strapping up a few tons of metal to a roller drum and...
Kicking The Rods Out During A Burnout Contest Makes This Guy Way Harder Core Than Anyone Else!
It’s hard to argue with the carnage that goes on at a Cleetus and Cars event. If you aren’t entertained by it then you are probably at the wrong event, because all of the people attending...
Carnage-Fest St Louis Edition: Rick Hord Wrecks, Luigi Novelli Grenades At Night, Tim Wilkerson Annihilates Body
When the NHRA season comes down the stretch everyone kind of finds another gear of intensity and competitiveness. Last weekend’s event at World Wide Technology Raceway outside of St Louis was...
The Ultimate Vise Torture Test: Old VS New, Import VS Domestic, Which Bench Vise Does It All And Lives?
There is nothing cooler than a big old vintage vise for the bench in your garage or shop. Brands like Wilton bring big money at swap meets and garage sales, because people know they are ultra bad...
Head Games: When You Are Making 2,000hp Out Of A Mechanically Injected Cummins Diesel, You Break All The Stuff
The guys at Power Driven Diesel have a cool YouTube channel and they have been documenting the build of their radical, mechanically injected Cummins drag truck and all of the associated problems...
Ride Along With Scott Lagasse Jr As His Trans-Am Camaro Flies And Smashes At 160mph!
Now this is a wild one. Scott Lagasse Jr who is a long time stock car racer and road racer was competing at Virginia International Raceway last weekend when he suffered the worst crash of his long...
Relive Robert Hight’s Massive Explosion From The NHRA St Louis Race Last Year – Body Hit The Jumbotron!
This weekend the NHRA tour rolls back into St Louis for a weekend of intense playoff-series drag racing as the Mello Yello series continues to hammer on to its ultimate finish in Pomona, California....
Gravity Always Wins: Motocross Plinko At The Andler Hillclimb!
Over the years, we’ve shown you videos of both rockbouncers and Formula Offroad racers doing their thing. We’ll happily admit that both disciplines are about as mental as it...
Gas Leak: What Happens If A Leaking LPG Tank Blows Up In Your Car?
In 2004, I tried to buy an propane-powered Dodge Diplomat. The price was right, the car was complete, and the seller claimed that I was able to pick the car up when I returned from Iraq. Care to...
OUCH Video: Watch This Cummins Powered Dodge Blow A Tire On The Dyno and Bust A Guy’s Arm
We have talked a lot over the years about how dyno pulls are inherently dangerous. We have thrown driveshafts out at 100+ mph, we have seen cars slide off the rollers, seen connecting rods bounce off...
