Team Silhouette

You’re boys from the lone star state decided to bring the heat to another state. The state of Louisiana was where we set out sights and invaded. Nacho, Justin, Luis, and Tony hit the road to swamp land followed by our friends over at Stance Autobody. The crew got out of Houston late and decided to make a pit stop on Baton Rouge for the night around 1 am to get some rest for the next day events where Justin, and a Nacho/Luis CO-Drive team would look to dominate.

The Event was held at No Problem Raceway on the famous “Peanut” section. The staff was very friendly, but the judging and overall system of the drifting portion event was somewhat odd, doing best 2 out of 3 instead of one more time battles; but in the end it was all in good fun.

Practice went well and for the most part. Justin’s motor was pouring out blow by from the valve cover but he continued on with a not quite “up to par” performing car. Qualifying took place but nobody was informed of where they placed; it seemed our friend Kim Tran from NOLA placed 1st in the qualifying session in the Nissan 350z from what we could tell.

The crew getting prepared and discussing details for the upcoming competition in the pits. Photo credit goes to APEXUS Blog

On to the event. Nacho faced off against John aka ill_sill in a borrowed car. Nacho stayed close in his following run and John spun in the next run while chasing.

Luis went against Lance in his built 30R KAT, Luis bobbled on his following entry and Lance advanced.

And in the end of the first round match ups, Justin took on Ian in his purple sr powered s13 coupe. Justin layed the pressure on in the first run following and Ian spun; and the the next run Ian went off course on entry when following giving Justin a bump to the next round.

Now unfortunately this placed Nacho against Justin in the semi finals where the winner would move onto the finals. The boys laid it down with some super close tandems and it was too hard for the judges to call. This caused the dynamic duo to run tandem 8 + times while having to take a break with engine temps reaching over 230 + degrees.

Finally in the final run with Justin leading, his car hit fuel cut and straightened after being abused for multiple laps and Nacho headed on to the finals to rep his team, city, and state in the battle for first place.

Nacho put on his game face against Lance in the built KAT and laid down a clean lead run. It was time to put him down and Nacho laid down some serious pressure in his follow run getting super close to Lance which seem to phase him and force a spin giving Nacho the win and overall victory.

Congrats to Nacho for taking home the grand prize, and Justin for reaching 3rd in the battle of the bayou and swamp land boys. See ya’ll round.