Spirit of Build

We catch up with Rob Riter, former Formula D Pro-Am champion (true) and Earthworm Jim stuntman (false). We discuss what it was like being around during the dark days of drifting, the early days at Touge Factory, and how he ended up in Japan for a few years, before ultimately landing in Hawaii. Then, we talk about what he's been up to the last decade since he's returned to America. At some point, we cover how he went from a Miata in Chicago to a S15 Silvia in Japan, only to get a LHD 240SX because he couldn't use a RHD e-brake. Ridiculous.

Young Simbarashe hails all the way from Zimbabwe via London. He's the smartest African I know by far (1/3). I met the young cub (you see what I did there) back when he had a purple hatch. It was cursed. We share a love for Nando's chicken but only in England. We go way back so we talk a lot of nonsense in this one, like how him being an ex-Grip Gambler ruined Proceed's perfect Four Roses marketing opportunity. Since we suck at podcasting we forgot to record the whiskies letter grades, so here they are (surprisingly, Hoeun came up with identical scores independently: Willett Family Estate 5 Year Bourbon B+ Matsui The Peated: C- (D- from Earl) Four Roses: B- (C+ from Earl) You can say I'm a bitter Asian dad. #

We start episode one with Phillip Lee aka ClubFR Phill aka 2L because for some reason, he spells Phil with two L's. (You'll eventually learn everyone in Chicago drifting is named Phillip, Rob, Dave, or Eric, so they all have their own nicknames