About

The Apex analyzes on-track action and discusses the impact of news to provide perspective on the entertainment and business angles of North American motor sports.

Aaron Durant and Ben Hinc write the articles that appear on The Apex from trackside at NTT IndyCar Series events or from their Metro Detroit and Chicago bases. The two have covered motor sports since 2014 and operate all aspects of The Apex independently.

Aaron Durant

Following a curiosity first sparked at the Raceway at Belle Isle Park in 2007, Aaron co-created The Apex in 2015, kicking off five years of article writing, podcast hosting, and race attending. He hit pause on this motorsports journalism project and began to study web development in 2020, then briefly returned in 2023 as a software developer and motocross racer.

Ben Hinc

Ben was hooked after witnessing Dario Franchitti's victory at the 2009 Iowa Corn Indy 250 and began providing media coverage from IndyCar events in 2015. If IndyCar is on track, he can be found live-posting and updating The Apex's Race Reports from his iPad Pro.