I’m pleased give you the 5th episode in this video podcast series where I take my converted adventure school bus (Pepper) around the country documenting the rise and proliferation of the sport compact car and the people behind it.
Having been there from the very beginning, I Greg Leone will be your host on this journey. These stories come from a time before everyone was walking around with a digital camera in their pocket to document events by todays standards. It was the late 80’s early 90’s. Front wheel drive small displacement 4 and 6 cylinder economy cars that were never meant to be race cars begin lining up at the street races. With the help of power adders such as turbo, nitrous (NOS) superchargers, and a lot of innovation these vehicles and the pioneers who built and piloted them paved the way to creating what is now a $53 billion dollar racing parts and aftermarket industry, a $6 billion dollar the Fast and the Furious movie franchise, and an many international drift(Formula Drift, D1 Grand Prix, Hot Pit Auto Fest) and racing series(Global Time Attack GTA , Grid Life, Import Face Off, World Cup Finals Import Drag Racing Circuit IDRC, Battle of the Imports, NHRA import, Nopi Drag Racing Association NDRA, National Import Drag Racing Association NIRA). These are the heroes, champions, innovators, die hards, street racers, car builders, tuners, film makers, photographers, magazine editors, event / race organizers, and industry professionals who’s stories are the cornerstone of the sport compact culture.
This episode I sit down and catch up with Lisa Kubo, sport compact drag racing royalty to talk about everything from growing up in a street racing family in Los Angeles to being a record breaking and championship winning sport compact drag racer and a glimpse into the world of underground street racing.
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Import Face-off in Topeka Kansas needs a host this weekend…. you in??
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this is that real shit unfiltered! love it! EVERYONE in this game/industry needs to listen to these war stories of the golden era
shout out to this generation who did all their own R&D with their own money, blowing up motors and various other parts to push the limit. unsung heros for sure. ppl take everything for granted these days. we don't have to go thru that whole painful process thanks to them. the industry should give them more credit cause they saved them a lot of time and money. all for the love of the game! couldve been done without all the guns but whatever, thug life!
Moroso Motorsports park, first FWD 7 sec pass, I have the pic to prove it. Awesome podcast.
Girl power! This was awesome! ❤
Next person to put on Nalani Whatley
Bro me and buddies was a BOTI. We where at Motel 6 for both riots and we also seen dude fighting at the pool good times man I'll will never forget. Thanks for a trip down memory lane. Lisa Kubo is awesome man! Great interview.