Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Video
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Helmet Cam Footage Riding Shotgun With Danny Popp
Danny Popp is a certifiable bad ass on the autocross and road course, whether behind the wheel of one of his Corvettes or the Lingenfelter L28 that he’s driving in this video. The helmet cam...
New Video Build Series: In The Shop With Emily Transforms A 1964 Impala SS – Part 1
With all of the cool internet video that is popping up for gear heads we thought we would share the start (and the ensuing episodes) of a build series that will see the resurrection, modification,...
Classic YouTube: Drifting A Bubblebacked Mercury Capri Like A Boss
The Mercury Capri started life as a sporty European import in the early 1970s, but by 1979 it had devolved into a rebadged Ford Mustang, albeit one with a unique look once you were at the back end of...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Ryan Finch In A New Alfa Romeo 4C Launch Edition!
(Photo courtesy of Alfa Romeo) Ryan Finch is the dude that showed up at the USCA race in Michigan this year and handed a bunch of dudes their asses in a car that quite frankly isn’t impressive...
He Stuck The Landing! Watch This Tiny Car Lose Grip On The Highway And End Up High and Dry
Sometimes luck is just on your side. Take for instance the driver of the car we’re riding in for the duration of this short video. He’s just cruising along, minding his business on a...
Mason Mingus Misses The Pit Road – Launches A NASCAR Truck Into Flight
NASCAR truck series driver Mason Mingus learned a hard lesson last weekend in Chicago when he came in too hot for the pit road, ended up missing it and actually launching his truck airborne before...
Two Of The Most Unlikely Rally Cars We’ve Ever Seen In Action: An Early C3 Corvette And A Ferrari 308!
A Ferrari 308 and an early C3-era Chevrolet Corvette racing isn’t that big of a deal, even against each other in the same race. Both nameplates are pretty much synonymous with multiple forms...
Crash And Burn: Pedro Piquet’s Barrel-Rolling Brazilian Porsche GT3 Cup Wreck
Seventeen-year-old Pedro Piquet is a bit bruised and battered, but isn’t much worse for the wear after this extremely violent airborne crash during the first lap of the second race of the...
This Sixth-Gen Camaro Tears Up The ‘Ring During Testing, But What Is It, ZL1 or Z/28?
We are still a ways from seeing the sixth-generation Chevrolet Camaro up close and personally, but thanks to the world of the smartphone and YouTube, we are able to see what manufacturers are up to...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! 1971 Corvette Tears Up Autocross At LS Fest 2015
LS Fest was awesome! And the autocross course was really run, well for some people anyway. This video shows one person who was most certainly having a great time throwing this beautiful 1971 Corvette...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Brad Yonkers C5 Corvette On The USCA Speed Stop And AutoCross
Brad Yonkers had quite the challenging few days leading up to the USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street at Road America a couple weeks ago. A broken engine, new one on the way, get it and thrash...
ACED: AutoCross Every Day! The International Edition
We aren’t sure where this is, or even what the hell the little car is, although it has an H for Honda on the steering wheel. Wherever it is, it may be one of the longest autocross courses ever...
The Driver Of This Porsche Cayman GT4 Race Car Proves That Sometimes Saving Your Own Hide Requires Max Throttle
As a general rule of thumb, when everything starts going wrong for you behind the wheel, the last thing you ever want to do is drill either the brake or the throttle. You want to shave off speed...
Mike Maier Explains How A Panhard Bar Works VS A Watts Link, Roll Center, Gravity, And More.
Mike Maier is a certifiable badd ass. Everyone in the Pro Touring world knows that, as do most of the people involved in SCCA Autocross. After all, he’s a hell of a driver and car builder, and...