Apex Resource Center Partners

Invest in the next IndyCar stars.

https://wefunder.com/apex.resource.center

Total raised on Wefunder: 67886

Total investors: 20

Quick facts

  • Rare opportunity to become a team owner and share in the exciting climb of future pro race drivers
  • ENVE Motorsports, race team based at prestigious Thermal Club, signed Apex driver Wesley Gundler
  • Apex founder, Trish Johnson, brings 40+ years of motorsports experience and trusted relationships
  • Multiple racing families have approached Apex to guide and support their aspiring young driver
  • A rising prodigy, Wesley reached USF Pro Championship in 1/2 time & 1/3rd of cost of typical racers
  • Goal is to invite 1m+ fans to be a part of the exciting motorsports journey of future champions

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Highlights

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Rare opportunity to become a team owner and share in the exciting climb of future pro race drivers
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ENVE Motorsports, race team based at prestigious Thermal Club, signed Apex driver Wesley Gundler
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Apex founder, Trish Johnson, brings 40+ years of motorsports experience and trusted relationships
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Multiple racing families have approached Apex to guide and support their aspiring young driver

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A NOTE FROM TRISH

I started Apex Resource Center because I’ve spent decades watching the same thing happen over and over in motorsports:

Talented drivers stall out early, not because they aren’t good enough, but because they don’t have the right guidance, access, or financial structure when it matters most.

By the time traditional managers or teams get involved, the window for efficient career development has often already closed. Families have overspent, drivers have taken the wrong paths, and opportunity has narrowed.

Apex exists to intervene earlier and more intentionally.

At Apex, we operate as a team built around the driver.

Our role is to bring structure, experience, and access together early - at the stage where decisions matter most and mistakes are difficult to undo.

We work alongside drivers and their families to:

  1. Guide critical career decisions early, before momentum or capital is wasted
  2. Connect drivers to elite coaching, engineering, and race teams through long-standing industry relationships
  3. Help families allocate time and capital with discipline and intention
  4. Help young racers develop the professional skills needed to work with sponsors, teams, and commercial partners
  5. Manage sponsorship, endorsement, and commercial opportunities as drivers advance

Apex exists to bring order, access, and professionalism to a system that too often relies on money and guesswork.



Wesley Gundler is Apex’s flagship driver - the first racer to move through our model from early guidance to elite placement.

Wesley is:

  1. A public school student from North Carolina
  2. Exceptionally coachable, disciplined, and driven
  3. Competing against top pre-professional drivers from around the world

Through Apex’s guidance, Wesley:

  1. Advanced through intentional coaching, team placement, deliberate testing, and race selection, not volume spending
  2. Click here to read about Wesley signing with ENVE Motorsports, a premier race team based at the ultra-exclusive Thermal Club in Southern California

This outcome matters because it validates the core Apex thesis.

When talent and dedication are paired with structure, access, and discipline, career acceleration is possible without excessive capital burn.

Managers traditionally enter the picture once a driver is already professional. By then, the family has often absorbed years of risk with limited leverage.

Apex’s work starts upstream.

We help drivers:

  1. Avoid costly missteps
  2. Preserve capital
  3. Build real credibility with teams and sponsors
  4. Enter the professional ecosystem prepared, not scrambling

That early structure benefits drivers and families, and it matters to teams as well.

As drivers advance, Apex transitions from career development support into sponsorship and management participation, continuing to operate as part of the trusted team around the driver.

Apex is growing in deliberate phases, first validating the model, then expanding capacity, and finally scaling into a multi-driver platform.

I’m prioritizing durability over speed so Apex can support drivers long after any single season or outcome.

Forward-looking statements are not guaranteed.

Apex earns revenue at the company level, not tied to a single driver.

Revenue comes from:

  1. Sponsorship commissions
  2. Endorsements
  3. Driver management fees
  4. Participation in the Apex Career Development Program

Standard economics:

  1. 20% of sponsorships, endorsements, and driver earnings up to $2M
  2. 10% thereafter as drivers become established

This structure aligns Apex with long-term driver success and discourages short-term extraction.

This raise allows Apex to:

  1. Support Wesley's 2026 season through a blend of capital and sponsorship
  2. Build credibility and marketing value alongside on-track performance
  3. Establish a self-reinforcing loop:

Forward-looking statements are not guaranteed.

Motorsports is unpredictable by nature. Driver career paths are not linear, and outcomes can change. Apex is designed with that reality in mind.

Rather than relying on a single driver or season, Apex is built as a platform:

  1. Operating at the company level, not individual driver entities
  2. Supporting multiple drivers across different stages of development
  3. Separating early development guidance from long-term management profit

If a driver’s path changes, Apex continues. If one outcome stalls, the system does not.

This structure is intentional and central to how Apex manages risk while building long-term value.

Investors participate in Apex Resource Center, not in individual drivers.

Returns depend on Apex’s performance and are not guaranteed, but the model is designed to scale as more drivers advance.

Apex Resource Center is building an ecosystem that helps talented, dedicated racers climb the pro motorsports ladder - supported by trusted experience and access.

The mission is personal to me.

The model is structured.

The intent is durable.

The journey is exciting, and I hope you consider investing in Apex.

Trish Johnson ~ Founder, Apex Resource Center

Wesley Gundler is Apex’s flagship driver, and one of the most exciting young talents rising through the open-wheel ladder.

Nicknamed Top Gun after standout karting performances, Wesley has been chasing the IndyCar dream from a young age. He is now taking a significant step forward with ENVE Motorsports in the USF2000 Championships.


Along the way, Wesley has:

  1. Represented Team USA at the Rotax World Finals
  2. Recorded 14 podiums and 5 wins in his rookie F1600 season
  3. Set a track record at Road America
  4. Competed across disciplines with a versatility inspired by his racing hero, Valentino Rossi

His rise shows what happens when talent meets the right structure. And his climb is just getting started!


📲 Click here to follow Wesley on Instagram

🏁 Follow him during the 2026 USF2000 season




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