The SileightyMania Podcast
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Benson Hsu and Nadine Hsu interview guests who changed USA drifting culture. Listen as we attempt to document their stories in American drifting history.
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Mar 2, 2023
Benson Hsu - The 1st Falken Drift Showoff in 2003 | Storytime
Benson Hsu won 1st place at Falken Drift Showoff in Irwindale Speedway on March 02, 2003. It was the first time we'd ever seen a pro drifter on US soil doing drifting demos. Yoshinori Koguchi, Seigo Yamamoto, Fumiaki Komatsu and Kazuya Bai, very famous and influential drivers from Japan, flew in with their cars for demos and judging. It was a day that introduced so many to drifting and inspired a generation of future drifters.
Host Nadine Hsu interviews Benson about the day, asking questions he didn't remember answers to (and some that he did.) He talks about his first time seeing Rhys Millen drift, some drama he had with JIC, being in awe of Koguchi's skill, and how it changed his life.
For some behind the scenes content related to this event, please take a listen to the S1E3 interview featuring Nick Fousekis, the founder of Falken Tire's drifting program and one of the masterminds behind Falken Drift Showoff.
Thank you Falken, Import Showoff, Drift Association and everybody who made this such an amazing event!
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The SileightyMania Podcast
May 1, 2023
Nikolay Konstantinov - My Tribute 180sx and Trip to Meet Yoshinori Koguchi | Storytime
Nikolay Konstantinov started drifting in the early 2000s and even competed in Formula D.
He built a tribute car paying homage to his hero Yoshinori Koguchi. He explains the challenges of building a green s13 hatch inspired by a car that no longer exists in that form. He also recounts a recent magical trip to Japan where he got to hang out with Drift Zamurai and The Emperor Koguchi. He even got to see and sit in 189sx that inspired his build.
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The SileightyMania Podcast
Apr 3, 2023
Lindsay Ross - Pink Godzira, my Fake Drift Team | Storytime
Lindsay Ross is an OG US drifter, starting in the early 2000s. He has always been big on Japanese drifting style and Japanese drift car styling.
One day he met up with Aaron Suarez aka Dousan and the two of them decided to form a drift team called Pink Godzira. The two were one of the earliest US drift teams to properly color coordinate the way drift teams do in Japan and they did it with style.
Take a listen as Lindsay tells us about the origins of Pink Godzira drift team, his experiences as a young drift guy in the 2000s and what he's been up to more recently, including his time at Hoonigan and now RTR with Vaughn Gittin Jr.
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The Goodest Cast
May 3, 2020
EP.6 Return of the Benson Hsu - Drifting OG and host of the Sileightymania Podcast
Benson is a legend, what more can be said?Guest: @bensonhsuHost: @palmer_sndrsn@goodestcastIntro track "Talk to me" by my friend @critikaal_Goodest Co: goodestco.com (check us out for social media links and merch!) IG: @palmer_sndrsn, @goodestcastTiktok: @goodestco The grassroots drifting podcast!
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