Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, CRASH & BURN, HISTORIC, Videos
Classic YouTube: Will Hoy’s 1993 British Touring Car Wreck – Punted By His Own Teammate!
Touring car racing in the 1990s ruled. The drivers were unhinged, the cars were just modified street cars, and the racing was mental on a basic race day. When competition, stress and emotions flowed...
This Poor Alfa: From A Track Machine, To A Safari-Style Build, To Jumping In A Parking Lot…
If you are an Alfa Romeo fan…a classic Alfa Romeo fan…you might want to just go ahead and hit that back button. This 1974 2000 GTV has had a pretty rough life. This is Illiya and Nikita...
Funny Racing Fails! Check Out This Collection Of Some Of The More Laugh-Worthy Moments From 2017!
Sometimes, all you can do is find the humor in a situation, no matter how messed up it may be. Did I slip and fall on some ice? The pratfall is one of the oldest and easiest laughs in the book. Did...
The Farmtruck Burnout Machine? The Guys Built (And Wrecked) The Burnout Farmtruck At Summernats!
Farmtruck and AZN had a ball last year enjoying the sights and sounds of Summernats, the crazy Australian gearhead get-together that is currently underway. They loved it, but when approached to make...
No Dixie Horn? Watch As This Kia SUV Jumps Over Traffic After Hitting The ATM!
Elsewhere today you will read about the Kia Stinger GT, a five-passenger sedan with rather shocking acceleration. Apparently, that entire review was for nothing, because the way this Kia Sportage SUV...
The Cold, Hard No: Watch As This Rockbouncer Rolls Back To The Bottom Of The Hill
Being told “no” sucks. It’s one of the first things you learn as a child and it sticks with you as you grow up and grow old. No, you can’t have another piece of candy. No, you...
Best of BS 2017: Look Before You Leap: This Dune Rider Went From A Hundred-Foot Jump Onto The Hood Of A Jeep!
In most sand dune off-road parks, you need to have a ten-foot orange flag attached to whatever you are riding or driving for safety. This way, accidental incursions between vehicles can be minimized,...
Best of BS 2017: The Howl Of The Angry Demolition Derby Car
Around 1997, there was a demolition derby build car in our yard. It was a late 1970s Pontiac Catalina two-door, which was just another cheap GM B-body that somehow had the misfortune to end up at the...
That’s…Concerning: Rollover Testing A 1998 Ford Expedition With Nobody Buckled In!
As we make progress on turning the rolled-over Explorer we drug home into a pile of parts, we couldn’t help but wonder just what the rollover crash test footage looked like. Ford’s...
Oddly Satisfying: This Ford Aerostar Romps Through The Tough Truck Course!
Eight years ago, in the guise of helping out a friend (and doing something with the most questionable gift I’ve ever been given), I started to work on a theft-recovery 1990 Ford Aerostar that I...
Tesla vs. Land Cruiser Tug Of War: Who Wins, Toyota’s Tank Or Elon’s Wonder Wagon?
The battle of the SUV heavyweights goes on and on, it seems, but here in Norway, a battle between the old way of thinking and the newest available option is about to meet up head-to-head to see who...
That Didn’t Sound Good: This Rotary-Powered Mazda Familia Had A Flywheel Explode!
Motor failure, that’s a theme for me this week after dumping the guts of a Gen II Chevrolet small-block out of a 1994 Camaro. To be fair, the LT-1 in the car was running on known bad main and...
Holy Crap!!! This Engine Explosion On The Dyno Leaves Only The Crankshaft Spinnin0
We’ve seen some pretty impressive engine failures over the years, but this one, taken from two angles, is one of the most amazing things we’ve ever seen in our life. And it happens so...
Burnout Fail: Kicking The Rods Out Of The Block Before You Reach The Skidpad!
Picture it: the car is idling, waiting. You’re at the wheel, just dying for the moment the track marshall flags you onto the skidpad. The moment you get the sign, you get to let all hell break...