Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
QuarantinePiece Theater: This Documentary About Supercharged Grand Prix Cars From The 1920s and 30s Is Fascinating
You all know that we’re freaks for racing history around here, but how far back does it go? I have recently become obsessed with grand prix racing in the 1920s and 1930s leading up to WWII and...
Drag Racing Down South, Way Down South: Check Out This Action From Argentina! Slingshots, Crazy Four Bangers, and More!
Buenos Aires is the capitol city of Argentina and it is home to a quarter mile drag strip. We think the place is called Picadas Galvez and it’s where the video below was shot. This video...
Brutally Cool: This Classic Toyota Corolla Is Packing A Turbocharged Nissan RB Engine And It Is Awesome
There’s always something cool when you find out a car is built by a young guy. Such is the case with this beastly Toyota Corolla in Australia. The car was a four year project for its owner and...
Stealing The Show In Orlando: Watch The Quickest Side By Side Pro275 Pass Ever And Mark Micke’s Record Shattering 3.82 Run!
There are certain times in drag racing where you can actually pinpoint the moment where a class or category put itself onto the map for good. That moment for the Pro275 class happened last weekend at...
NHRA Shop Talk: Why Stuff Blows Up – We Talk Carnage In Pro Stock, Pro Mod, and The Nitro Classes
Why does stuff blow up? That’s the topic of this week’s NHRA Shop Talk Live where Alan Reinhart and I talk drag racing and engine tech for your viewing pleasure. Using footage from the...
Dusty But Trusty: Waking Up A 1971 Dodge Dart Swinger That’s Super-Original!
Last year, while we were working the Spring Fling Million in Las Vegas, Chad and I had a discussion on what was going to replace the Imperial. I was on my “eff that car, gotta go, next...
Dyno Video: Watch An Original Tucker Make Dyno Pulls – Horsepower and Torque Revealed
We don’t need to recount the story of Preston Tucker and his forward thinking car which was the talk of the late 1940s. The company produced a few dozen models before financially foundering and...
QuarantinePiece Theater: Watch The 1976 NHRA World Finals At Ontario Motor Speedway
While the drag racing world and frankly the rest of the world starts to stir these days, we know many of you are still homebound and that’s why we’re keeping the cool and historic...
632ci Of Anger: This Big Block Chevy Engine Is Destined For An Airboat, A Very Fast Airboat
Before my show “Put Up or Shut Up” was, ummm, put on ice we were working on planning an episode where we were going to drag race an airboat against a swamp buggy. It was going to be...
The Sweet Sound Of Success: Listen To This Tweaked, Titanium Exhaust Equipped Porsche 997 GT3 Make 420+ Horsepower At 8,100 RPM
This right here is some Friday vibes of the automotive type. The car shown in this video is a Porsche 997 GT3, it’s what we’d technically call a 997.1 because it’s the first...
Damned Yankees: Watch The Semis and Finals Of The 1982 NHRA Winternationals From The British Show World of Sport!
This right here is a good watch. Why? You are going to see some killer classic drag racing and you are going to see it with an intro from the BBC show “World of Sport”. This seems like...
How It’s Made Video: Follow A Cam From Core Selection To Finish Product At The COMP Cams Factory!
This is an awesome video that shows us some amazing stuff about one of the aftermarket industry’s truly important names. Yes, we are going inside the COMP Cams factory in Tennessee to see how a...
Pro Stock In The Living Room: How Is Bruno Massel Getting Ready For His 2020 NHRA Pro Stock Debut? On A Neat Simulator!
In drag racing, reputation is everything. Being able to do the job is one facet of being a professional level competitior but being able to do it consistently is what moves you from good to great....
When The Old Lion Roars: Watch This 1930s Alfa Romeo Grand Prix Car Bellow Up The Hill At Goodwood Sideways!
Old race cars are interesting things. Some of them we love for their bizarre attempts at innovation. Some of them we love because of their stylistic beauty. Some of them we love because of who drove...