After-Hours with Faction! Motorsports

Bailey has been a good friend of mine for over a decade. Join us in the conversation about how we grew our friendship and much more! @baileybirr Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our AG1 affiliate link: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://shop.drinkag1.com/FACTION⁠⁠⁠⁠ You will receive a FREE AG1 Flavor Sampler, plus a bottle of Vitamin D3+K2 with your AG1 Welcome Kit, when you first subscribe (a $72 value!). ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁨@d...

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Fresh off a day at the track, Anthony Rizzo joins the podcast to talk drifting, competition goals, car setups, and the realities of balancing the sport with life as a tow truck driver. The conversation dives into suspension tuning, Formula Drift, grassroots events, and the lessons learned from chasing speed both on and off the track. @speed_and_stanced Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our AG...

Zach Esteve of ES Fabrications returns to the podcast for another great conversation. The crew catches up on fabrication, cars, business growth, future plans, and the challenges of building a successful operation from the ground up. As always, the discussion goes in all kinds of unexpected directions before circling back to the passion that drives it all. @es_fabrications Check out our Sponsors! A...

This is a sneak peak of our Patreon exclusive content! Patreon: ⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/factionmotorsports In this Patreon-exclusive bonus episode, Karl, Frankie and Jesus respond to the comments from our viral reel on Instagram.

Jesus Santos, a drifter, family man, and integral part of the Faction team. The conversation dives into his background, how he got started in cars and drifting, memorable life experiences, and the path that led him to where he is today. A laid-back episode filled with car culture, personal stories, and plenty of laughs. @platano13b Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our AG1 affiliate link: ⁠⁠h...

This week, the guys catch up on their eventful weekends—including Frankie’s latest session drifting the 350Z. Also, Frankie and Karl lay out their short-term goals for the season and the work required to hit them. Grab a drink, kick back, and join the conversation. Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our AG1 affiliate link: ⁠⁠https://shop.drinkag1.com/FACTION⁠⁠ You will receive a FREE AG1 Flavo...

For the final episode of the Texas Series, we sit down with Mike and Zach of Fat Cats at EMG, European Motor Gruppe, in the heart of Houston. What started as pixel cars and forum days in the mid-2000s turned into one of the most recognizable grassroots drift crews in the country. We talk about the early Fat Cats era, the shift to bright team colors, Final Bout memories, surviving Hurricane Harvey...

Johnny Monaco joins us for a conversation about returning to Japan, unexpected moments that ended up becoming the highlights of the trip, car culture, random encounters, and the question of whether Japan is worth going back to. Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our AG1 affiliate link: ⁠⁠https://shop.drinkag1.com/FACTION⁠⁠ You will receive a FREE AG1 Flavor Sampler, plus a bottle of Vitamin D3...

We have a conversation about forgotten cars, weird automotive history, and the machines that somehow still live rent-free in enthusiast culture. From Saab turbos and Nissan Laurels to minivans, Supras, and drift cars, the episode bounces between stories, strong opinions, and the random tangents that come with talking cars for too long. Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our AG1 affiliate link:...

Javi and Karl recap their weekend at Trip to the Pond in Alabama at Mid Pond. The episode gets into the atmosphere of the event, how the cars held up, close calls on track, late-night grilling sessions, meeting internet friends in real life, and why this year felt different from every Pond before it. They also answer listener questions about driving, media, car setup, painting helmets, drifting cu...

Collin Bernard joins us for Episode 4 of the Texas Series, recorded inside The Shop Houston. At just 24 years old, Collin has already lived multiple chapters in drifting—starting in Louisiana, competing in Pro-Am at 16 in a built BMW, and eventually walking away from a potential Formula Drift path to build something on his own terms. We get into his early sim days, Lone Star Drift, Gas Monkey spon...

Episode 200 marks a milestone and brings things back around to conspiracy theories, 100 episodes after the last time the topic came up. The room is full, the conversation is loose, and the table runs through a mix of ideas with everyone throwing in their take as it goes. Some get shut down quickly, others turn into longer debates, and a few just stay open. It’s unfiltered and goes wherever it lead...

Frankie recaps his cross-country motorcycle trip, from finally securing a long-sought bike to riding it thousands of miles home. The episode covers the realities of the trip, including weather, route decisions, unexpected problems, and standout moments, along with honest reflections on what made the experience challenging and worth doing. ⁠@frankiebovino Check out our Sponsors! AG1: Check out our...

Jimmy Yates joins us for Episode 3 of the Texas Series, recorded at his garage in Houston. We get into the full origin story—from getting arrested street racing in high school, to discovering drifting, to becoming one of the driving forces behind Houston’s stylized drift culture. Jimmy breaks down the early Final Bout days, the Essence Garage era, and how Knuckle Up was built to protect and elevat...

Palmer Sanderson is a member of Drift Team Animal Style and the host of the Goodest Cast Podcast, known for combining technical insight with a strong connection to drifting culture. He’s grown with the team over the years, contributing to its style, driving approach, and progression. The conversation covers team dynamics, recent experiences like Drift Appalachia, and the realities of keeping a car...

Logan is 12 years old and already building a drift car, learning fabrication, and getting hands-on with everything that comes with it. Alongside his dad Anthony, they talk about where that passion started and how quickly it’s grown. They get into Logan’s first project, sourcing parts, and the moment things shifted from just liking cars to actually wanting to drive. There’s also a look into Long La...

Ricardo Ruiz joins us to talk about his path through car culture, from early Corolla builds to his current S-chassis and everything in between. We get into drifting, the reality of building cars, and the kind of bad luck and lessons that come with it. Along the way, we touch on community, time spent at the track, and how those experiences shape the way you approach cars and the people around them....

Kevin Martinez of Team Essence/Essence Garage joins us for another one of the Texas Series episodes, recorded in Houston on a freezing cold morning. We dive into his 10-year journey with his 240SX, the ups and downs of blowing three SRs, rebuilding after setbacks, and how Team Essence shaped his approach to drifting. Kevin talks about balancing school, work, and car life, the evolution of his styl...

Tom Nazzaro from Front Street Drift Club joins us in the shop for this episode. We get into everything from rebuilding drift cars on impossible timelines to traveling for drifting and how quickly those trips start to blur together when you're constantly on the move. Tom shares stories from Drift Appalachia, building cars with friends, the early days of Front Street, and what it’s like balancin...

This week’s episode is a laid-back Q&A that somehow turned into a debate about criticism, car standards, and why people get so pressed online. We recap the Knuckle Up voting situation and the backlash from last week, talk about what it actually means to build a car for a specific event, and whether calling something out for what it is should really be that controversial. Somewhere along the wa...

Josh Deliz from Front Street Drift Club came through and we got into everything — the junkyard Nismo wing story, building giveaway cars the right way, and why some people just flat out don’t get it. We talk about his new Evolve TCM project, what actually goes into a five-month build, and why he’s not just throwing parts at cars to flip them. There’s some roasting, some drifting culture talk, and a...

Logan Davenport joins us during our Texas trip for a deep conversation that goes way beyond cars. We talk about his meticulously built 180SX, how that car pushed him into a career in paint and body, and why doing things the hard way often leads to the best results. Logan opens up about the Texas drifting community, balancing family life with passion projects, and the mindset shift that comes from...

We’re back from Texas and recapping a trip that was carefully planned but still full of moments we didn’t see coming. From travel hiccups and rental car chaos to walking into some seriously impressive garages, this run was packed with real conversations, thoughtful builds, and people who went out of their way to make the time. We talk about the long drives just to sit down and record, the car stor...

Daikoku NYC joins us in the shop to talk about building real car culture in New York, from grassroots meets to becoming a nonprofit organization. We get into how car meets have changed over the years, why community matters more than cars, and what it takes to keep events alive in a city that doesn’t make it easy. The conversation drifts through old-school meet vibes, drifting, Honda vs Nissan deba...