Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos

The Grasshopper: This Petrolicious Look At A 1962 AC Bristol And Its interesting Owner Is Cool

If there is one thing that I have learned over the years here at BangShift and everywhere else in the automotive world it’s that every car and every person has their own story. In this case we...

Lights Out 10 Coverage: The x275 Class Provided One Heck Of A Show As Well, Here’s Every Elimination Run!

While the Radial vs The World category dominates headlines during the Lights Out 10 weekend, the x275 category is not too far behind it with drama and action on the track. The cars are running on a...

Vintage Arizona Drag Racing Video From Bee Line Dragway Circa 1963/64 – Neat Cars and Names!

As I pack my stuff up and get ready to wing westwards tomorrow for the 2019 Magic Dry NHRA Arizona Nationals, I am also excited to check out some racing history in the area when I touch down. There...

Classic YouTube: Car Commercials From The Height Of The Musclecar Era!

Selling a car on television should be an easy thing. Show the car in motion, give enough information to entice the customer to come in a check out the showroom, and hope your product is attractive...

Someone’s Got To Build It: Some Of The Stranger Flying Machine Attempts Of Early Aviation

An interesting thought that always elicits a bit of a laugh: who was the first human that ___ and why did they do that? For example, which one of early man’s forefathers took one look at what...

This 1950s Video About Engines is Awesome, Complete With Dangerous In Home Experiments!

There’s nothing better than finding old timey videos like this one. Made in the 1950 as part of an educational series for kids, this thing is all about how engines work. We dig it because the...

Watch The 1989 NHRA Phoenix Nationals: Muldowney’s Triumphant Weekend!

It was 1983 in Montreal when Shirley Muldowney had the most horrendous wreck of her career. It was a crash that nearly killed her, mangled her legs, and virtually snuffed the career of one of drag...

Lights out 10 Action Video: This Video Recap Shows You Every Pounding Eliminations Run In Succession

Lights Out was insane. They all are. Every flipping time a DuckX production is executed at South Georgia Motorsports Park, the drag racing world pays very close attention and for good reason. The...

Classic YouTube: Putting Earnhardt’s Monte Carlo Back Together Again At The 1997 Daytona 500

You aren’t just handed the term “legend”. You bust your ass for years on end and do extraordinary things to earn that title. Richard Petty is a legend for his win streak and overall...

Classic YouTube: Selling The AMC Gremlin Against The Volkswagen Beetle

By 1970, the competition for small, economical and cheap cars had finally become a pain in the ass of American automakers, one that was big enough to cause some discomfort. Japanese companies had...

Classic YouTube: A VAM Rally AMX Commercial – The Mexicans Sold AMCs Better Than AMC Did!

It was kind of bold for AMC to bring the AMX name to the Concord coupe for 1978. It was a “decal GT” car in most senses of the word…a lot of the transition from Concord to AMX was...

Road Racing Video: Watch This 3.0L Ford Capri Carve Up Goodwood, Camaros And All!

Here in the USA when we think of Motorcraft sponsored race cars we have visions of Bob Glidden, Wood Brothers NASCAR stock cars, and Mark Oswald in a nitro funny car, right? These days it is Bob...

Universally Cool: This Quick Look At The Vintage Hot Rodding Scene In England Is Perfect

There’s an interesting element to the automotive world that we love to talk about around here. Something that is almost primal and universal about the appeal of cars and trucks to enthusiasts...

25 Years Later: Here’s The Final Rounds Of The 1993 NHRA Winternationals LIVE

It was youngsters vs older guys at the 1993 NHRA Winternationals. It was Warren Johnson vs Scott Geoffrion, John Force vs Del Worsham, and Joe Amato vs Kenny Bernstein. It was wreckage, it was green...