Category Archive: Apex Racing News

USCA Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car: Michigan This Weekend!

That’s right folks, two weekends ago we were in Bowling Green, Kentucky at the awesome National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park for Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car and this...

Is the Great Race Coming to Your Town? The Ultimate Route 66 Adventure Involves 2,400 Miles in pre-’72 Cars

(Words and photos by Tommy Lee Byrd) –  We cover many types of racing, but what you may not often see is “time, speed, endurance rallying”. It’s a rare form of racing, but there are a...

Niki Lauda And Kimi Raikkonen Agree: F1 Cars Should Scare The Hell Out Of The Driver

With all of the political entrapments, failing teams and the usual Bernie Ecclestone headlines surrounding the world of F1, it is easy to miss the biggest problem of all: the racing sucks! F1 has...

Alex Rullo Just Became The Youngest Person To Ever Score A Win In A V8 Supercar – He’s Fourteen!

Ok, so he was one day shy of turning fifteen years old when he piloted his V8 Supercar Ford Falcon to a win at Winton Motor Raceway, but in the grand scheme of things, it still makes Alex Rullo the...

24 Hours Of LeMans: #63 Corvette C7.R Is Out Of Competition After This Huge Wreck In Qualifying

When the flag drops on the 24 Hours of LeMans today, one car that will not be in the running is the #63 Chevrolet Corvette C7.R, which was slated to be driven by Jan Magnussen, Antonio Garcia and...

Unveiled: The Ford GT LM-GTE Pro Race Car – They Will Be At LeMans For 2016!

(Photos: Ford) We knew it was coming, and it is everything we hoped it would be and then some. At a press conference this morning at LeMans, Ford unveiled the racing variation of the upcoming GT...

Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Bowling Green Results

This weekend Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car invaded the National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park in Bowling Green Kentucky, and oh what a weekend it was! The track is still in the...

Three West Coast Driving Events You Shouldn’t Miss: Speed Ventures Takes On California

This weekend Speed Ventures is holding an event in Sonoma at the famed Sears Point, okay they don’t call it that anymore but it will always be The Point to us so shutup. And next weekend you...

Race With Us At The National Corvette Museum Track This Weekend

Optima’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car is coming to the National Corvette Museum track this weekend and it’s not too late to join us! There are a few spots left for entries, and you...

Listen To Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Podcast Right Here!

The Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car Podcast happens twice per month, and feature the illustrious duo of Rob Kibbe and “Hollywood” Jimi Day. Here is the latest for you to enjoy....

Coming To Australia: 24 Hours of LeMons! See What Happens When Crapbox Endurance Racing Goes Down Under!

A few years ago, PowerCruise was exported to the United States from Australia in goodwill. The Aussies knew that we love roasting tires as much as they do, but wanted us to try it their way: louder,...

NCM Motorsports Park And Holley Break Ground On The Upcoming Holley Control Tower

The National Corvette Museum Motorsports Park, in conjunction with Holley Performance Products and the Bowling Green Chamber of Commerce, broke ground on the new $1.8 million Holley Control Tower on...

Take A 6:59 Lap Of The Nurburgring Nordschliefe On Board The Lamborghini Aventador SuperVeloce

So far, officially four production cars can claim a lap time of the Nurburgring Nordschliefe that falls into the six-second range: the Porsche 918, two different Radical SR8s and now, the Lamborghini...

Victory Motorcycles Will Be Bringing An Electric Bike To Race At The Isle Of Man TT This Year!

Victory Motorcycles’ racing division will be bringing an electric motorcycle to the 2015 Isle Of Man Tourist Trophy race on June 10th. Marking the first time the brand will take place in any...