Category Archive: Apex Video, BangShift APEX, RACING & ACTION, Videos

Morning Symphony: Rally Finland 2019 – Where The Air Is Big And The Roads Are Waiting

Finland has, per capita, more successful drivers in different disciplines of motorsport compared to most countries. A land that is roughly as wide as West Virginia and about as long as the distance...

No Prep Means Big Power: Watch Alex Laughlin Run His Camaro On The Hub Dyno!

No Prep drag racing has evolved swiftly over the last few years. What was once a scene that appeared at small tracks across the country has crossed into the mainstream of the sport in a major way....

Real Micro Machines: The Hot-Rodded Power Wheels Hit The Dirt Track!

There’s something kind of sad about hearing a Power Wheels in action. We’re not sure if it’s the fact that they always sound like an electric drill that’s about ten seconds...

Salt Ghost: Check Out The Story Of This Triumph’s Return To The Salt After Nearly Forty Years!

As a whole mess of antsy racers wait for the salt flats at Bonneville to dry out for speed trials, we felt like this would be the perfect time to showcase the story of a Triumph motorcycle that has...

Bonneville Record Breaker: This 1963 Film Shows Andy Granatelli Hauling On The Salt

Here’s some fun Bonneville video but it ain’t from speed week! Nope this video was made in 1963 by Studebaker to promote the safety and performance of the beautiful Avanti model. The...

Flyin Blind: Watch Jim Pace Haul Around Spa In Driving Rain Looking Through A Broken Opaque Windshield

Jim Pace has been our adopted road racing boss here at BangShift for years. This video may be his crowning one here on these electronic pages. Why? You are about to watch the man take one of the most...

Disaster Video: Incredible Footage Of The Yellow River Drag Strip Calamity Has Surfaced – 50 Years Ago, 11 Killed

50 years ago the worst disaster in drag racing occurred at a little known, little spoken about track about 40 miles outside of Atlanta, Georgia. Yellow River Drag Strip was like so many places in...

American Success Story: Mike Salinas Talks Life, Struggle, and Work – From Poverty To Top Fuel

One of the neat things that we get to see each season as part of the NHRAonFox summer race broadcasts is the #MYJourney series. This series of in-depth interviews brings the backstories of the...

Bonneville Video: Mechanical Music Off Of The Push Truck And Into Infinity

While it is true that big speed is the main draw at Bonneville, gearheads the world over will agree that the sound of a hot rod at full tilt for miles on end is intoxicating. This video gives a great...

One For Life: A 10-Second Slant Six Duster One-Owner Special

You’d swear that the V8 has been replaced with the turbocharged inline-six, the way a lot of the Internet seems to see things. There is no reason to doubt the reasons why…between the...

Watch Austin Prock Grab His First Top Fuel Win On The Day His Boss John Force Got 150

It is easy to understand how Austin Prock would have been a little nervous on Sunday at Seattle. He was appearing in his first ever top fuel final round. He was doing it mere seconds after his team...

Rooting Around: Rockbouncers In The Slop And The Steep In Kentucky!

Summertime in the state of Kentucky doesn’t always equate to dry, dusty back roads lined with corn fields. I can promise you that summer storms are capable of dumping inches of rain at a time...

Watch Matt Hartford Steal A Western Swing Sweep From Greg Anderson In Seattle – Holeshot!

It was signed, sealed, and nearly delivered. In all of the craziness surrounding John Force’s historic win in Seattle, one of the big stories that may have gotten lost in the shuffle is the pro...

Morning Symphony: Horsepower Versus The Dirt – Off-Roading Mechanical Violence Lives Here

The dragstrip offers up the most horsepower per event than anywhere else on Earth short of space launches. A fully-loaded NASCAR starting grid typically has 30,000 horsepower on tap when you add in...