Cipher Garage - Destination: Drift

Destination: Compton, CA
Straight Outta Compton
Shortly after I got back from Greece, I began work with a Seattle-based production company on a documentary film, which will air on cable networks later this year. We interviewed several top personalities in import drag and drifting, but for this segment, we brought it back to the old school, interviewing the godfather of the import scene we all know today-Ken Miyoshi from Import Showoff. For Ken's segment, we went back to the birthplace of illegal import drag racing: Compton's Maria Street.CPT: The place where legends are born.

Destination: Seattle WA and Vancouver BC
An AE86 is a terrible thing to waste
Next on the agenda was Formula D Seattle... but while everyone else was running around Evergreen Speedway preparing for the event, I noticed a wrecked AE86 sitting in the junkyard in the back section of the track. So sad, AE86s are getting so rare all over the worl;, it really makes me cherish my own AE86s even more.

Destination: San Francisco CA
Motoring J Style
Last stop on our little tour is the first inaugural Motoring J Style event in Northern California. While there was an amateur drifting competition at the event, MJS is primarily a carshow dedicated to classic 1970s and 1980s Japanese cars like Toyota Corollas, Datsun 240Zs and 510s, Mazda RX2s and so forth. I was busy all day working as the official announcer for the MJS event, but at the end of the show, I was so happy to see my old car-the 1974 TE27 Corolla SR5 that I sold to my good friend Patrick Ng. Only now it was completely restored and refurbished to better-than-new condition, and what was even crazier: all the previous owners of the car were in attendance. Here's a picture of the restored 1974 Corolla, with Patrick (owner of the car), Me, Tom and Loy. This beautiful orange TE27 all passed through our ownership at one point, but now it is in better than mint condition with Patrick as the owner. What a happy ending to an amazing trip.