Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video
Going Through Cone Withdrawal? Here’s An Autocross Lap In A G8 To Warm You Up A Bit
It’s ugly or snowy or both for a lot of the country and that means that most people are NOT out racing their cars at the local autocross. Hell, it’s even raining here in sunny SoCal. But,...
Hands On Cars With Kevin Tetz: How To Choose A Project Car, And Then Thrash It Before Teardown!
Kevin Tetz and I met a few years ago, at the Goodguys Show in Nashville, when he was testing a certain television show project truck on the autocross. We’ve seen each other on the road and at...
$10,000 For A 3rd Gen With Suspension, Baer Brakes, And A 530 Horse Small Block? Sounds Good To Us
It’ not often you find a car for $10,000 that has this much good stuff in it. This 3rd Gen Camaro, which is becoming a hot car to build right now, has a Dart SHP small-block that makes 530...
You Can Own A Legit 200 mph 4th Gen Camaro Right Now!
There are a lot of people who make claims as to the performance numbers of their cars. And some big portion are all bullshit. This is not one of those cases. This car has been featured in multiple...
AMC Fans Rejoice! Use Your Christmas Money To Buy This Running, Driving, Rust Free Javelin!
Want to be a pro touring bad ass? Are you an AMC junky? Most people would say “Good luck! Ha ha ha”. But not me. I say buy this running, driving, straight, clean, rust free 1972 Javelin...
A Break In The Case? Fitzgerald Has Come Up With Some Cool Info In The Case Of The Junkyard Hot Rod
Ever been to a movie where two warring factions are suddenly faced with a common enemy so they stop fighting each other and join forces for victory? Neither have we. The point is that Craig...
Mystery: Help Us Find The History Of This Incredible Homebuilt Sports Car/Hot Rod At Gates Salvage (Video)
When BestRide.com’s Craig Fitzgerald and I were romping through Gates Salvage in Hardwick, Vermont looking for cool stuff we found lots but nothing prepared us for what you see above and in the...
Road Trip Cars And Cones Is On! Join Us In May 2016 For One Hell Of An On-Road Party!
Road Trip! We love road trips, and this one has been in the works for years. Literally! After talking this one to death, it is finally happening. Cars and Cones. That’s right, the road trip...
Why Don’t More People Race These Things? This Daytona Is Awesome And A Deal!
When Factory Five came out with their Cobras and then Daytona and then the GTM, and their latest the 818, we thought you would see gobs of them racing. And we know that there are a lot of the Cobras...
Can You Believe This Is The Clutch From A Formula 1 Car? F1 Stuff Is Tiny!
When we walked by the AP Racing booth here at PRI yesterday I was mesmerized by this little tiny carbon clutch displayed on a stand. When I looked at saw that this is in fact a clutch out of an F1...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! This 1979 Camaro Tears It Up And Has Great Telemetry
Cameras have come a long way and that means better and better in-car and on-car footage, but it’s not just the cameras that are making it fun to watch. The new telemetry systems allow you to...
This 1969 Camaro Is Pro Touring Perfection And Could Be Yours
If you put together a really bad ass pro touring machine it’s going to cost you some real money. Which is why most of the time buying one that is already done is the way to go. In this case...
The Shelby CSX: America’s Forgotten Shelby Performance Car
It seems like lately a lot of people are remembering that Carroll Shelby had a stint in the 1980’s making front wheel drive Dodge vehicles go way faster than they were ever supposed to. You always...
Project Binky Is Back! This All Wheel Drive Mini Will Give EVO’s And More A Run For Their Money
Project Binky Rules. I mean seriously rules. We have every video below so you can check it out if you have never seen one, and you really need to watch. This pair of blokes, they are in the U.K....