Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, CAR FEATURES, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
What Would Happen If You Put Two Of The Best Formula One Cars Up Against Each Other, But They Are 20 Years Apart?
There has been a ton of development in every class of racing over the last few decades, but the changes that have happened to Formula One have arguably been some of the most dramatic. With that said,...
Race Day at Australia’s CRAZIEST Tinny Race – Riverland Dinghy Derby 2024. If You Haven’t Seen This Insane Racing Before, You Are In For A Treat!
If you have never seen these dinghy races, then you are missing out on a level of crazy that really only makes sense to Australians. It should come as no surprise that the people who brought us Jet...
Soaked History: This Footage From The 1965 Swamp Buggy Races In Naples Is Totally Wild
This is the most awesome old swamp buggy racing footage we have ever see. Taken at the OG “Mile O’ Mud” in Naples, Florida you are going to see the ancestors of today’s...
Proof Test: This 1964 Film Made At Sebring Highlights The Lotus Cortina In Action!
During the famed “Total Performance” era of the Ford Motor Company in the 1960s, nothing was safe from the quest of speed. Sure, we know about the GT40s, we know about the Cobra Jet...
Will This 1955 Chevy Belair RUN AND DRIVE After 37 YEARS Parked In A Garage? A Day With Derek Just Might Do The Trick!
This one isn’t Derek’s! No really, this isn’t his car but he’s going to do everything he can to make it run and drive again after sitting for 37 years on the garage....
Outlaw Truck Pull Video: Run What Ya Brung 4×4 Trucks Pulling at the 2024 Diesel Days in Butler, PA – Dirt Flying Action!
Truck and Tractor pulling has always been something we cover here on BANGshift, and I’m especially fond of the truck pullers. So when I saw this video that is nothing but legit outlaw truck...
FINALLY… An Alex Taylor Shop Tour AND an 80’s Skate Night Party…? 😂 Oh… and a Bug Update. ALL the Randomness!
Alex is finally back home in Arkansas and finally ready to share the inside and outside of her new shop! I say new, because we haven’t all gotten a tour yet, but the truth is that this place...
Tech Tip: Here’s How A CO2 Or Electric Shifter Can Improve Your Racing Program. There’s More To It Than You Think!
Lots of folks think that a CO2 or electric shift solenoid is something that only bracket racers want or need, but that just isn’t the case. In this video from the gang at Motion Raceworks...
Peak 80s Goodness: This United States Hot Rod Association Promotional Video Is A Gearhead Highlight Reel That We Love
The United States Hot Rod Association was at its peak in the 1980s. Putting on the indoor monster truck shows, pulling events, mud bogs, and more they were drawing massive crowds in cities big and...
24 Years Gone: This Video From 2000 Showing Off The Then New Suburban Shows How Little Has Changed
They are the big bruisers that have donated their engines to many, many hot rod projects over the years. They are the rigs that you may have been driven to school in or you drove others to school in....
12 Angry Cylinders: This Video Tells The Story, The History, and the Legend Of The Ferrari 250 Series From End to End
The Ferrari 250 GTO is the most expensive car on Earth. Most recently, one sold for some $70,000,000 at auction and the prices will undoubtedly not be dropping any time soon. What a lot of people...
Awesomely Weird Video: Watch This Swedish TV Coverage Of Funny Car At The 1980 Cajun Nationals With Jon Lundberg On The English Speaking Call!
We know that Swedes love their hot rods, love their racing, and certainly love anything that goes fast. This isn’t anything new, for sure. In fact we have this 40 year old footage from the 1980...
This Drag-N-Drive 1969 Chevy Chevelle SS 396 Was Stolen & Stripped! This Original Paint & Interior Car Has Been Recovered!
It seems like we hear about cars and trucks being stolen at more and more events nowadays. Whether it is from the hotel parking lot or a local restaurant, thieves target hot rods, customs, classics,...
Jay Leno Explores The Beast: Inside the Presidential Limousine with Real Life Secret Service Agents And Everything!
The presidential limo has always been a relatively well known government vehicle, with some being way more famous than others. But never before has a presidential limo gotten more attention than The...