Category Archive: Apex Event Coverage, Apex Spotlight, Autocross / Pro Touring, BangShift Galleries

Plenty Of Action And Pit Photos From The USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car Road America!

Thanks to Bob Chiluk and Optima Jim, we’ve got great photos from last weekend’s USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car event at Road America. The track is spectacular, and Carson...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Shotgun Seat Perspective Of An SCCA Autocross In A 1968 Camaro

The Camaro you’ll be riding in for this adventure is a pretty good one. It is a ’68 Camaro SS with an LS3 with a cam and a T56, Ridetech coil-overs, Moser aluminum center section, C6...

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7.5 Minutes Of The BuckNackedRacing’s 1963 Chevy II At Road America From Two Angles

I consider myself very fortunate to say that I have been around the race track at Road America behind the wheel of a pretty cool hot rod and can tell you that the National Park of Speed is just that....

The RideTech Report: Tech, Race Results, Customer Cars, Upcoming Events, and More!

RideTech is dropping huge knowledge bombs these days with awesome updates the happenings in the Pro Touring competition world, cool tech videos, profiles of customer cars, and updates on the cool...

Corvair War: Sitting Pretty Is One Thing, But This Crown-Converted Monza Racer Stomping Corvettes And Porsches Is Another!

I can’t knock Lohnes for picking the Yenko Stinger…it’s a given that if you aren’t going for a V8-converted ‘Vair, that the Yenko is the way to go. Looking at for sale...

This Real Yenko Stinger Is The Finishing Blow To This Corvair Blog War – RIP McTaggart’s Hopes And Dreams

Wow, I did not think McTaggart would simply flop like a dying fish when it came to this Corvair war. I thought he was better than just panic searching for a Crown Corvair (which I featured the day...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! Watch This Miata Tearing Up The Course At South Jersey Regionals

The guys in South Jersey take their autocross seriously, we know because we’ve met some of those dudes. And while it’s still an open and friendly environment to go learn in, there are...

USCA Pike’s Peak Video From Showtime Motorsports Shows What Fun Is All About!

This video is awesome and shows just what you can expect at a USCA Optima Search for the Ultimate Street Car event. Come on, it’s all about Camaros, Mustangs, EVOs, Corvettes, and Fiats right?...

Corvair War! This 1965 Hardtop With A V8 Crown Conversion Is Impossible To Beat

The Corvair war continues and rather than make this some sort of protracted long fight, I am going to level the heavy guns at McTaggart here and pretty much vaporize him from the face of the planet....

Pure Destruction! It’s Demolition Derby Season In America!

Well, folks, it’s the end of summer here in the USA. That means kids are going back to school, the weather gets cooler, and crops are harvested. And with the yearly harvest comes many county fairs...

This Crazed 1970s Street Legal Boat-Rod Has Resurfaced And Is For Sale

Lots of weird hot rods have been built over the years but the boat-rod that you will see below is probably among the weirdest. We’e not saying the thing is of bad quality because from all of...

ACED: AutoCross Every Day! You Think Your Car Is Fast On The Autocross? Watch This!

The American Autocross Series at Crows Landing is awesome. And this little Cheetah is one of the reasons why. If you think your car is quick around an autocross, take a ride in this little bastard...

Check Out This Aerial Footage Of A Huge Roll At Rally Zlin…The Roll Cage Works!

The amount of engineering that goes into roll cages for racing vehicle is staggering, and it all boils down to the idea that no matter what happens, the human or humans that are inside of the...

This Aussie Falcon Isn’t Just Frying The Tires…It’s A Drifter, Taking On The Imports!

Drift cars are a motley mix of late model muscle cars, Nissans, RX-7s and anything else light, powerful, and normally rear-driven, but it takes something special to stand out from the crowd. Sam...