Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, HISTORIC, RACING & ACTION, Videos
Classic YouTube: The 1983 MG Maestro Challenge, Where 110 Horsepower Was Plenty
The IROC series was a neat way to pair off drivers from different automotive disciplines together onto a single combative race, wasn’t it? Well….no, not really. It was a short-run NASCAR...
Dyno Video: Watch This 383ci BluePrint Engine Go Through Its Dyno Paces!
We have long talked about the guys and girls at BluePrint Engines and the quality of their product line. One of the amazing things is the fact that the company dyno tests every single engine that...
Ibuprofen Won’t Help: Barbie Jeep Racing From The 2020 Rednecks With Paychecks Event In Texas
We all have our guilty pleasures…a song you wouldn’t admit to liking that you jam out to every time it comes in when you’re alone in the car, a food that you shouldn’t eat for...
Custom Intake Manifolds Tested! What Does The Ideal Intake Manifold Look Like? How Long Are The Runners? How Big Is The Plenum?
How many times have you found yourself in the shop, at the races, or on the dyno wondering if you have just thought of the world’s greatest speed part? It happens to me all the time, and...
Off Road Action To The Next Level! Watch The Qualifying Loop At King Of The Hammers From Inside Bryce Menzies Truck!
High Speed Off-Road Racing is something I’ve never done but want to do so bad. It’s awesome. I love the sport, love the trucks, love the events, and therefore running BAJA or King of the...
If You Missed Rocky Mountain Race Week, Here Are Replays Of All Five Race Days!
Rocky Mountain Race Week was once again and epic adventure, killer racing, and a display of commitment by both man and machine. Former Champions fell, new Champions were crowned, and memories were...
Mopar In A Suit: 1970 Monteverdi High Speed 375S – Worldly Gran Tourer!
While out on a lunch at Conway’s Red Top with my grandfather one Sunday afternoon, the subject of cars came up. I was hunting for what was going to be my first licensed, street legal vehicle...
Classic YouTube: Selling Mopar’s Pocket Rocket With The Help Of Junior – The 1984 Dodge Omni GLH
“Dodge Omni has always been a good old buddy…a nice little guy.” Yeah, sure, believe what you will. Dodge’s Omni had a few things going for it…small, front-wheel-drive,...
Big Money Footbrake Only Drag Racing From The BTE World Footbrake Challenge In Bristol!
That’s right folks, if you are a fan of swapping feet instead of letting go of a transbrake button, then the BTE World Footbrake Challenge at Bristol is your jam! And thankfully the...
Hunt For Grunt! LS Torque Cams: Do You Know What Really Works?
In this video from Richard Holdener, he lets you in on yet another round of dyno testing Speed Secrets in the never ending Hunt for Grunt. LS Engines aren’t particularly known for being torque...
It’s Dyno Time For The Skid Factory’s MR2! How Does The Fresh Four-Banger Do On The Hub Dyno?
It’s not the most powerful, or the fastest, or even the most comfortable Toyota ever produced. But the first-gen MR2 was a neat little pocket-rocket that has a cult following. I remember the...
The Garage Find Dream: Dusting Off A 1969 Chevelle That’s Been Squirreled Away
We had one as a family car. We traded a 1950 Chevy truck that had been hot-rodded up for it. The truck was a ripper, a four-speed screamer, but it had issues…the least of which were the plywood...
What Depreciation? This BMW 6-Series Is One Evil-Sounding Rally Monster!
I actually had to go research when the “new” BMW 6-series coupes were first produced: 2004. That means that at the oldest, this particular mud-flinging example is sixteen years old. Which...
Classic YouTube: Cannonballs Off A Sunken Dodge, A Freightliner, And A Severely Abused Crown Vic!
My brain is still trying to process what, exactly, was going on in Moncton, New Brunswick last year. Was there something in the water? No, not the pond…that’s where the red, white and...