There's so much to say about this weekend, but here goes.
First off I have to thank all of the staff that worked their butts off in the rain, heat, and long days and nights to make this event such a success. There is no way I could have done as many laps as I did without them.
Thanks
@gridlifeofficial and
@carclub.chicago for hosting our pre-meet festivities, having that venue was amazing, felt like our own little mini show after the cruise.
Thanks to
@erics_auto_lab and
@redtints for doing an emergency clutch installation the day before the cruise, my ORC finally gave out but luckily had an HKS laying around, these guys really came in clutch........... Lol
Thank you to
@something_offensive @anothermotorcycleguy and Kai for working on my car at the event. My alternator seized up just before the competition, i had to go help with running the event, but they stayed back and swapped out my alternator and I was able to just pull up in time to do my team runs.
Thank you to
@death2baseball and
@thrashracing for making it possible for Bai to come to the US by taking me to meet him and sort out the details of getting the car here.
Thank you to
@b_westco for paving the way for drifting and influencing my vision of drifting and coming back to the US after a long hiatus and putting on a show for us. He even helped solve some issues with my car despite the language barrier and teach me a few tricks to become a better driver.
Thank you judges
@hertlife @_prendergram @cerebralnebula for all your hard work and tough decisions. I've judged before. It's all fun and games until you get really close calls like we have them in those one more times.
A huge thank you to
@frontstreetdriftclub for making the finals ridiculously exciting. It's an honor to go back and forth with you guys for the final battle under the sunset. Usually I'm terrible under pressure when drifting but just hanging and laughing with you all on the hill after every run made it worth it regardless of which one of us won.
Last but not least, my team. we've been trying at this win year after year. We got no practice in, but being the 4th car I just put all my trust in you and it paid off.
🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹
