Category Archive: Apex Event Coverage, Apex Gallery, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift APEX, BangShift Galleries, Event Coverage
Laguna Seca Hosts The Ultimate Street Cars – We Get To The Points On OPTIMA’s Search For The Ultimate Street Car Series
(Words by Jim McIlvaine) There are seven events that make up OPTIMA’s Search for the Ultimate Street Car presented by Advance Auto Parts. Once those events are run, the top contenders are...
Featured Product: Give Your Ride The Iconic Hilborn Look With The Control Of Modern EFI Technology
Hilborn mechanical fuel injection was one of the iconic hot rod parts that shaped hot rodding and racing culture way back when. And it is still one of those parts that can support big power....
1320 Garages: Cleetus Mcfarland’s ENTIRE Collection.. Over 100 vehicles!
If you follow Cleetus McFarland then you know that he has a ton of cars, trucks, and boats, but also a bunch of planes and helicopters. Some are bigger than others, but still a lot of fun stuff. If...
Deboss Garage 1966 VW Squareback Pro Street Sleeper Build: LT4 In A ’66 VW Squareback!
This project is going to be awesome. I’m in love with the idea of throwing a full chassis underneath the Volkswagen Squareback and stuffing an LT4 and a Magnum in it. What could possibly go...
Frostbite Sale: Save Big On Parts To Keep Your Hot Rod, Trucks, Or Racecar Cool!
Holley’s Spring Clearance Sale features all kinds of great stuff from their Frostbite brand of cooling system components. I run Frostbite in our 1,000 plus horsepower drag and drive car, daily...
Did Anyone On The Planet Actually Think This WASN’T Going To Be Horrific? The Cleetus DANGER RANGER 9000 On Dirt Was INSANE!!!
While I’m a huge fan of taking crap cars and trucks out and racing them against each other in the name of fun, I don’t think anyone with more than two brain cells thought the Danger...
The Alfarrari Project: Battle Of The Bulge. The Hood Bulge That Is. Fitting All This Under The Hood
How many times have you seen a hot rod, custom, or race car and thought “man, they sure chose the wrong hood scoop”? I know, it happens all the time. Nowadays hood bulges are the same....
Car Show And Racing Photos: Take A Look At All The Shows And Races We Featured This Week!
We’ve had so many shows and races featured here on the site this week, so I figured that on this cold and lazy Sunday I’d share all the events right here in one place for you to see if...
Amelia Island Concourse d’Elegance: Classics, Customs, Exotics, And So Much More On Display!
(Words and Photos by Joe Grippo) Over the past few weeks, we have been showing galleries of my Florida vacation photos. Drag Racing thus far had been the focus of the first half of our trip, with the...
5 Things To Pay Attention To For Your Drag And Drive Suspension: Race Only Control Arms May Not Be Enough
When I started doing Drag and Drive events way back in 2005, the number of people who tried to complete them with cars that featured mostly race-only parts was staggering and that meant lots of them...
The Alfarrari Project: Making A Crank Position Sensor, And Figuring Out How To Mount The Injectors.
How hard can it be to make a crank position sensor work in an Alfa Romeo that has a Ferrari engine in it? Who the hell knows! Good thing Jeff has it figured out because that is what one of the two...
Leading Laps In A Nitrous Powered Crown Vic, Burnouts, Drone Show, And More!
I’m not going to lie, it looks like Derek, and everyone else that was there had a great time at the Freedom 500 racing their Crown Vics around and around and around. Of course, there were...
Flying Sparks Starts Working On The Rough C6 Corvette’s T56: Part 3 – Ooops, There Broken Parts In Here!
They got it apart, and there are broken parts inside for sure! When Emily and Aaron bought their “new” C6 Corvette a few months ago, it was rough and ready, to say the least. This thing is NOT...
