Category Archive: Apex Spotlight, Apex Tech Stories, Apex Video, BangShift APEX

This Ford 100E Is Going To Be A Bad Ass On This Miata Chassis: Mongrel Parts 1-5

Matt Urch, the owner of Urchfab is known for building some pretty cool and weird things. He’s a welder, fabricator, and gearhead that sees things just a little askew from the norm and that makes us...

Trail Braking: The Guys From Team O’Neil Rally School Show Us How, And It’s Fun!

I like trail braking. It is my natural tendency, and has been since I first started running fast on mountain roads growing up. I never knew what trail braking was until I went to Bob...

Our Final Batch Of Action Photos From USCA’s Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car In Fontana Are Right Here

(Photos by Cole Reynolds) This is it, the last batch of photos from the Ultimate Street Car Association’s Optima Search For The Ultimate Street Car in Fontana. We’ve shown you all kinds...

American Powertrain Introduces G-Body Hydramax Hydraulic Clutch Kit Designed for 1978 –1988 GM G-Body Cars

As everyone knows, the GM G-body is one of the hottest platforms in hot rodding today. People are doing all manner of things with G-bodies and all of the cool projects have manual transmissions in...

The LS Fest Freakshow Parade: Here’s Ten Of The Most Interesting Swaps From Bowling Green!

This year, LS Fest had so much going on, so many things to see, that I didn’t get around to putting together my favorite collection of photos. You know, the one that I pretty much need to end...

2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: Our Last Blast Of Fresh Photos From The Show

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – The end is here, but don’t fret because it’s only the conclusion of our 2018 Hullabaloo coverage.  It was a long day for me, but I got to see a bunch...

Classic YouTube: Running Pikes Peak In An Oldsmobile Toronado In 1966

It rises west of Manitou Springs and climbs into the heavens. When you stand on the summit on a clear day, you can see five states’ worth of land and if you look carefully, some of the...

2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Burnout Contest Action Photos: Tire Smoking Fun in Kentucky!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Very few municipalities will allow this kind of tomfoolery to take place not only within city limits, but definitely not down town.  We know that if...

2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Coverage: The Clouds Cleared And The Cars Were Radical!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – This gallery is almost all old stuff which is traditionally the core of this event.  This is draw for a lot of folks who normally won’t attend a...

RacingJunk Find: This 1968 Corvette Is A 4-speed, 427ci, Tri-Power Equipped Blue Beast

Yeah, the L-88 1968 Corvette was the baddest of the whole bunch of the reality of the situation is that for anyone who was not a full on racer, THIS car was the one to have if you wanted to take on...

2018 Cynthiana Rod Run Photo Gallery Coverage: Big Mopars, Big Pontiacs, And Cool Cars Galore

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Several clubs caravan or at least gather at this event in significant numbers.  The Scroungers, Hilltoppers, Bourbon Street Cruisers, Bombers, and more...

2018 Hot Rod Hullabaloo Photo Gallery: More, Cars, Music, Trucks, and Fun!

(Words and photos by Doug Gregory) – Not everyone jumped right on the drying process and I am pretty glad for that.  I don’t really mind shooting cars with beads of water on them.  When...

2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure Photo Coverage: Our Last Shot Of SoCal Photos

(Photos by Wes Allison) – After a few hundred images we are finally at the end of our run of photos from the 2018 Cruisin’ For A Cure car show. This time it is hot rods, muscle cars,...

Timeless Angles: A Full Field Of Pre-1966 Race Machines At Imola’s Motor Legends Festival

Curves that let the air roll around the car instead of meeting it like a barn door at speed. Deep air intakes meant to emulate jet aircraft intakes, directing massive amounts of much-needed air to...