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drift cars work, you’ll see the car on three wheels for example. It lifts the front corner, and we
manage to extract a lot of grip out of our Nitto
tyres. We have a very well developed chassis
and we’ve just done a ton of work developing
it. And you know, it’s just absolutely badass,
it’s got 900 horsepower, absolutely screams.”
YOU’VE BEEN WORKING HARD AWAY
FROM THE TRACK TOO. WHAT IS THE
“ULTIMATE FUN HAVER”, AND WHAT
DOES IT MEAN TO YOU?
“Everyone knows me as a drift racer, and
while that’s my passion and, what I’ve come
up from, to my core I just enjoy driving and
having a good time. If you cut through it all
that’s all I think about, and that’s really the
main thing I want to do. I’m a car guy, and
when you look at the bigger picture, I can
be more than just a drifter. I’ve done King of
the Hammers off-road racing, I’ve done some
grip racing, and I’ve played in the dirt with
side-by-side buggies. I have a ton of fun with
the racing professionally, and just wanted to
own it. I think fun having is very universal, and
it’s something everyone can relate to. So it
seemed crazy not to share it.
Let’s just put the obvious aside, I love
drifting, but in the other endeavors I’ve really
been having an amazingly good time in sideby-side’s; GTV’s. I have one with a Yamaha
YXZ1000 motor and a sequential shifter on
it. That’s been a blast. I also did King of the
Hammers last year, which is a mixture of rock
climbing, desert racing, short course stuff. It’s
Ultra-4 category, and an epic challenge. The
races are six hours long. I’m actually building
something pretty special to do more of that for
next season. That’s a bit of an exclusive – as I
haven’t publicly mentioned that to anyone up
until now! So watch out for that in 2017! I’ve
enjoyed some time back circuit racing, I did
some Trans-Am and did the NASCAR comps,
but for me off road is where it’s at.”
IT’S ALL GOOD FOR CAR
CONTROL SURELY?
“In a lot of ways playing in the dirt lends
itself to drifting. Drift has really taught me
such good car control to be able to adapt
to anything. Anything I get behind the wheel
of now, I can feel what the surface is like,
what the grip levels are doing and I can be
up to speed very quickly. The “Ass-Dyno” is
very refined from driving sideways for a long
time and havi ng to feel for grip!... I’m having
a blast, and I’m really excited that all my supporters are into it”
SO MAYBE IT’S TIME YOU CAME AND
HAD A PLAY IN RALLYCROSS TOO?
“Being here, and getting wrapped up in the
atmosphere, it’s hard not to be jonesed for it.
I’ve been obviously talking to Ken Block and
Andreas Bakkerud about how it all works, and
again – these things are all wheel drive drift
cars. The way they work, the way they move.
The technology and set up is awesome here.
I definitely have my eyes on it. I have to be
smart though, because my passion for driving
and motorsport will make me spend every dollar I own. Who knows though, I’d definitely
be interested, I just want to see where things
line up.”