Category Archive: Apex Sideways, Apex Video, BangShift APEX, FUNNY STUFF, Videos
Hard To Starboard: The Project Neighbor Crown Vic/Shelby Mustang Mashup Goes Drifting!
The most fun vehicles I’ve ever thrashed, or have been around during the thrashing, haven’t been sports cars, or muscle cars, or any kind of purpose-built machine. No…they have been...
Morning Symphony: Got Cummins? This Monster Of A Challenger Sure Does!
Diesel power works, folks. The engines do everything from farmers with the power to get things done to giving ocean-going workers the ability to cross the seas with ease. They are beastly and you...
Please Secure Your Belongings Before Departure: This Malibu Got It’s Rear Window Knocked Out At Launch!
You’d think a drag race is a simple affair: point car at the finish line, don’t hit anything, and be sure to stop at the end and you’re fine. You’d think it’d be...
Welding Aluminum The Right Way: How To Make It Easy, Pretty, And Strong
Stacking dimes, laying down a bead, whatever you call it, a pretty weld is a weld to be proud of. As longs as it is at least as strong as it is good looking. The skills and techniques used to get...
Take A First-Person Walk Through CTC Auto Ranch, A Treasure Trove Of Machines!
I love going to North Star Dragway in Denton, Texas. It’s got a proper small-strip feel without feeling like you’re at a sketchy, fend-for-yourself kind of place. It’s got a great...
Watch The “Open Container” Boat/Truck Capsize At A Northwest Tuff Truck Competition – 100% BangShift Approved Action!
Dave Tucker of Oregon is a man we want to drink beer with. He owns and operates a welding and fabrication business that does lots of work with off road guys, he has built his own monster trucks, and...
Thursday BOOM: Funny Car Blower Explosions
As evidenced by the wild lead photo of the funny car belching fire from every possible place, blower explosions in drag race machinery can be spectacularly awful. With the modern advent of burst...
BangShift Question Of The Day: What’s Your Best “Yard Car” Memory?
We called it the “War Car”. It was a 1975-ish Dodge Coronet two-door that somehow had earned a target for elimination, a sentence of death by torture. The big brown barge of a Mopar...
One-Family Owned Masterpiece: This 1965 Chevrolet Corvair Monza Ignited A Passion!
Maybe Ralph Nader was genuinely trying to save humanity from a mechanical demon that was flawed. History has shown that the first generation Chevrolet Corvair did indeed have handling issues that...
Watch A Huge 48-Foot Power Boat Take Flight While Speeding Over The Wake Of A Yacht – This Is An E-Ticket Ride!
If there’s a group of motorsports enthusiasts crazier than the wheel driven contingent it is the boat guys. The machines are incredible but they are also astronomically expensive to buy,...
Science Time! Does Soaking Tires With Bleach Equal A Bigger, Smokier Burnout?
I’m not going to even pretend what the correlation is between vulcanized rubber and bleach is supposed to be. I’ve heard it from many sources over the years: if you want your burnout...
How Do You Say ‘Straya? How About A V8 Supercar In A Burnout Contest?
Motorports in Australia, and go…let’s see here, there’s drag racing, of course…Stadium Super Trucks have proven to be popular…Ok, hell with it: V8 Supercars and...
Prove You Want That Win Light: All Four Tires Off Vs. Blowing The Engine At The End!
Competition brings out the best in any situation. Nobody wants to be the loser. Nobody wants to make their way back to their friends and admit that they got their ass handed to them. Everybody wants...
On This Day, The Trans-Canada Highway Was Opened, So To Celebrate, Take A Trip Via Sped-Up Dash Cam!
There’s a long trip, then there is a proper road trip. What’s the difference? The long trip is where I pack gear in the car, hit the Interstates for a few hours’ worth of driving...