{"id":1371,"date":"2026-04-09T08:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T07:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.apexracinghub.be\/about\/"},"modified":"2026-08-27T15:56:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T14:56:49","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.apexracinghub.be\/en\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>About<\/h1>\n<h1>About<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<h3><font color=\"#EA2722\">Our Story<\/font><\/h3>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><font color=\"#EA2722\">Our People<\/font><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexracinghub.be\/about-our-people\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<h3><font color=\"#EA2722\">Our Partners<\/font><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.apexracinghub.be\/about-our-partners\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/image-our-story.jpeg\" alt=\"APEX Racing Hub\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Sometimes, not making the starting grid is where the real journey begins.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of 2025, founder <strong style=\"color: #ea2722;\">Simon Quintens<\/strong> applied for a VRT programme searching for twelve candidates to take the step into motorsport. 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