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i have known bill for years. we all use to go out and street drift/tandem together since 2000. He has always been one of the best around florida but yet never caught a break. not making that much money, he rocked the KA along side SRs making twice as much power and more. Then not even 2 years ago he got his first SR. Still then he never could afford bigger wheels and tires or much of a suspension. He then managed to make it out to the houston qualifier on pennies. After getting in invitation to the san diego event afterwards, he didnt think he could make the trip. He managed to get a ride out there with his sponsor/employer, XAT. He then managed to come in 2nd place over all and received a full season license.
He then caught a ride with enjuku to long beach for round one. His own personal car was his drift car, with his SR only producing about 290WHP. On one of his practice runs, he came into the 1st turn close, tried correcting and slid right into the wall behind turn one, totaling his daily driver that he has owned for the past 4-5 years.
Even in the bandit the car runs on 15" tires, mild suspension work, and making less then probably any other SR 240 out there. He came into round 2 as an un seeded driver. He managed to work all the way up to top 16, qualifying 8th overall.
During his first run against Casper he had a clear advantage on his 1st run, pulling away from Casper has he led in his first run in tandem. As his second run started, he ran into engine problems which plagued the car from completing his second tandem run. Bill's only goal was to get into Top 16, and in his second Formula D event ever, he achieved his goal. Bill was, and has been on cloud 9 sense. Even after I came into the pits after the race was over, he wouldnt leave me alone, requesting many wheelies out of my golf cart before he would leave me alone. I am just so proud of Bill, being that I have known him for so long. So for all you fans and racers, if you see him around the pits, go say hi to him. He is a really good/down-to-earth guy that is carishing every moment of his current fame.
Also, for all you sponsers out there, get with Bill, since he doesn't have any!
He then caught a ride with enjuku to long beach for round one. His own personal car was his drift car, with his SR only producing about 290WHP. On one of his practice runs, he came into the 1st turn close, tried correcting and slid right into the wall behind turn one, totaling his daily driver that he has owned for the past 4-5 years.
Even in the bandit the car runs on 15" tires, mild suspension work, and making less then probably any other SR 240 out there. He came into round 2 as an un seeded driver. He managed to work all the way up to top 16, qualifying 8th overall.
During his first run against Casper he had a clear advantage on his 1st run, pulling away from Casper has he led in his first run in tandem. As his second run started, he ran into engine problems which plagued the car from completing his second tandem run. Bill's only goal was to get into Top 16, and in his second Formula D event ever, he achieved his goal. Bill was, and has been on cloud 9 sense. Even after I came into the pits after the race was over, he wouldnt leave me alone, requesting many wheelies out of my golf cart before he would leave me alone. I am just so proud of Bill, being that I have known him for so long. So for all you fans and racers, if you see him around the pits, go say hi to him. He is a really good/down-to-earth guy that is carishing every moment of his current fame.
Also, for all you sponsers out there, get with Bill, since he doesn't have any!
. I wish I didn't have the flight to Cali today...I would have stayed after the event to see ya again, but I had to hit the road. 8 hour drive home to catch a 12 hr flight to Cali....go figure.
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