Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, BangShift News, HISTORIC, MISC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Speed and Sound: Watch A Late 1970s F1 Car with a Cosworth DFV V8 Engine Attack Goodwood!
It’s a pretty familiar story in the world of racing, right? Son of operator/owner of large successful company is a talented race car driver and wants to compete at highest levels, company...
The Drag Saw Rescue Is Done: Check Out The Big Finish Of Final Assembly And Running This 120 Year Old Man Eater
This right here is some good stuff. A couple of weeks ago we posted the first part of the restoration of this 120 year old gas powered drag saw that was used by loggers to hack up trees into chunks....
Classic YouTube: Chrysler Wasn’t The Only One Messing With Turbines – Check Out This Coal-Powered Oldsmobile!
General Motors walked into the Eighties in a kind of bi-polar state of mind. On the positive side, the downsized B and A/G body cars were a solid strike, the truck line was going well, the Camaro and...
In Memoriam: Maurice Petty, The Chief Of The Petty Dynasty
In the world of stock car racing, it’s pretty much par for the course that the driver is the one that will be remembered. They were the one that was in the car, they are the one seen when they...
Double Duty Video: Chad Green Raced Nitro Funny Car and Pro Mod At Indy – Live The Weekend From The Inside Out!
When we first got the news that Chad Green was going to run both nitro funny car and pro modified at the NHRA Lucas Oil Summernationals at Lucas Oil Raceway Indianapolis we were pumped up. It had...
Flight Of The Shadow: Jim Pace Suffers Incredible Crash At Wheel Of Shadow DN4 At Road America – Walks Away
We have shown you many videos over the years with Jim Pace at the wheel of any number of killer historic racing machines. Pace kind of became our “house driver” when it came to showing...
Czechmate: Jay Leno Shows Off His 1938 Tatra T87
If you go to the Lane Motor Museum in Nashville, you will find one of, if not the largest cache of Tatra automobiles in the United States. Name it, they’ve got it: a T-815 rollback truck, a...
Historical Footage: 1983 NHRA World Finals At OCIR Courtesy Of Diamond P!
What better way to kick your week off than with the voices of Dave McClelland and Steve Evans announcing some excellent drag racing action for you? Let’s go back to 1983, the year that the Ford...
Sure Is Pretty Out There: Gamblin’ Two Thrashed BMWs In Oregon
Two BMW E36s…one converted into a ute, the other a chopped-up open-roof car. The Gambler 500, the original version in Oregon. A bunch of friends bent on having a good time in the woods rallying...
Preparing For The Final Goodbye: Giving A Destroyed Dart Sport A Final Cleaning
When you are a kid, chances are good that you wanted to be a cop , or a firefighter, or a well-paid athlete. Maybe you wanted to go to space, or to see the world. When you are young, the...
Junkyard Like A Pro! Here’s How To Pick The Right Junkyard Engine For Your Next Project
Getting an engine from the right vehicle at the wrecking yard matters! There are lots of things that can result in a vehicle finding the end of its usable life and moving onto a wrecking yard to be...
BangShift Question Of The Day: Who Is Your Partner In Crime In Your Misadventures?
I’ve only been writing about the stuff I do within my capabilities since 2014 in an official manner. Prior to that, you had to follow me around on the Internet, on about forty different forums,...
Cleetus McFarland Almost Poops Himself Riding In Finnegan’s Game Over Jet Boat!
You’ve seen Mike Finnegan’s killer 700 plus cubic inch, 1,700 + horsepower, twin-turbo jet boat named Game Over on here before and we love the thing. It is sick, fast, and sexy as hell....
Four Digit Stomper: Check Out The Parts And Pieces Freiburger Is Going To Turn Into 1,000+ Naturally Aspirated Horsepower
Everyone has goals, right? Somedays our goal is to make it a full day without covering our shirt in mustard, somedays it is to get some work on a project knocked out, and somedays it is to find cool...