Category Archive: Apex Racing News
USCA Optima’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car: Michigan This Weekend!
Jun 18, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Jun 18, 2015Brian LohnesComments Off on 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
Jun 16, 2015Bryan McTaggart5
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!
Jun 15, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on 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
Jun 13, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on 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!
Jun 12, 2015Bryan McTaggart12
(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
Jun 07, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Jun 05, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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
Jun 04, 2015Chad Reynolds1
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!
Jun 02, 2015Chad ReynoldsComments Off on 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!
Jun 02, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on 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
Jun 01, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on 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
May 19, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off 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!
May 18, 2015Bryan McTaggartComments Off on 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...