After-Hours with Faction! Motorsports

Head Club Loose tech inspector himself, Hector Correa stopped by this week to bullshit with us about drifting, tech inspection, the good old days and of course ALIENS. Had a blast hanging out with Hector, we are stoked he came on and hung out with us all night. Let us know if you enjoyed! Make sure to leave us a review if you are liking this podcast! Thank you! @hecdws Check out our Sponsors! EAST...

For our first podcast milestone, our 50th episode! We called the Front Street boys to come on and give us some updates on how their season is going. We also got to hear how the Adam LZ event at raceway park was and how Josh managed to bring home 2nd place! Make sure to check them out on youtube and Instagram. Make sure to leave us a review if you are liking this podcast! Thank you! @frontstreetdri...

Karl and I recap East Coast Bash 2023! We also answer some questions sent via Instagram. Make sure to leave us a review if you are liking this podcast! Thank you! @clubloose Check out our Sponsors! EAST COAST DRIFT SCHOOL: @eastcoastdriftschool AUTOMOTIVE SPECIALTY WRAPS: @automotivespecialtywraps https://www.automotivespecialtywraps.com/ Check us out on other platforms: Youtube: /FactionMotorspor...

Reese Marin made it out to the shop the other night to sit down with us. I was super stoked for this one since I've known Reese for almost 10 years at this point and he has watched FACTION become whatever the hell it is since its inception. His main profession these days is teaching the youth how to drift over at Evergreen Raceway in Pennsylvania. Make sure to check out his IG accounts below and h...

Damien has been in the USA drift scene since its inception! No...seriously, this dude has been involved in drifting on the east coast since the early days of Drift Alliance and Club Loose! We absolutely LOVED talking to him and catching up. Got to hear his origin story and his first drifting experience. We also got caught up to current day with details about his brand Smile X Death and his drift t...

JP is a well known engine machinist in the JDM scene. He has been building engines for awhile now and has done work for some big names in the industry such as Adam LZ and Jimmy Oakes. JP has a very informative Instagram account as well where he shares all sorts of behind the scenes video, so make sure to give him a follow! Make sure to leave us a review if you are liking this podcast! Thank you! @...

Alex Avilla is on the pod tonight! Alex is a founding member of Front Street Drift Club of NYC, and a long time friend. I've personally known Alex for over 10 years so there's some great stories in this one. We also take a dive off the deep end into UFO talk. Enjoy!! Make sure to leave us a review if you are liking this podcast! Thank you! @ frontstreet__alex Check out our Sponsor - EAST COAST DRI...

On this episode we have two young bloods from Club Loose, Gabe & Jake. These guys are 19 and 21 years old and are deeply involved with drifting here in New Jersey. We wanted to bring them both on at the same time to ask some questions about how they both got into drifting, hoping some of our listeners can relate and gain some insight on how to go about getting started! Make sure to leave us a...

Brian Hop is in the building! Brian is a Club Loose regular, a member of the Bloodmasters drift team, and most importantly "Mulch Daddy"! On this episode we take a look at how Brian got started drifting, taking it all the way back to his high school days sliding in parking lots. We also speak about getting burnt out in the sport and how he deals with keeping it interesting. This was one of my favo...

Today we answer some questions! Every Month we throw up a questionnaire on our Instagram and answer user submitted questions. Make sure you follow our social media to keep up to date and send questions next time! Make sure to leave us a review if you are liking this podcast! Thank you! Check out our Sponsor - EAST COAST DRIFT SCHOOL @eastcoastdriftschool Check us out on other platforms: Youtube: /...

On this episode of "Drifting on a Budget", we set the budget for $10,000! Karl tries to buy a drift car, a TRUCK and rent a trailer for all 5 events of his season. Kris just sticks with driving his car to events, and our friend Luis decides to actually BUY a trailer as well with his budget. These guys were spending money like it grew on trees. I think next time we are going to add some dice to thi...

On this episode we have Chris Napoliello of East Coast Drift School/Raceway Park!!! Chris came by to chat with us about his Drift School and the early days of his drifting career. We got to hear about how drifting took over his life and also got a few great stories about Raceway Park/Club Loose. This episode was a fun time as Chris is a long time friend of the shop. Make sure to check out his Inst...

On today's podcast, we have the owner of Subimods in the building! Nick Nazzaro. Nick drove down from Connecticut to hang out with us and share with us the story of how he started his own business selling performance products for Subarus. Nick started right out of highschool and since then was able to turn Subimods into one of the more prominent online retailers for WRX and STI owners! I first hea...

On today's episode, Darrel Vixamar came to help us recap our trip to California and go through the days that led up to the #BLACKDUDESDRIFT event held at Apple Valley Speedway. We also go into some behind the scene detail of the podcasts that we recorded out there. Thanks for listening and make sure to leave us a review on your listening platform of choice! @zone97901 Check us out on other platfor...

"Black dudes drift"?? YES THEY DO! On this episode of the podcast we get to sit down and chat with founders of the #BLACKDUDESDRIFT events, Jamar Alexander & Lexis King. This was the event we went to check out in California and the reason for our trip in the first place. After attending the event at Apple Valley Speedway we went back to Jamar's Airbnb to chat about their event and movement wit...

For this week's episode we have a conversation with Kyle Ranauro of Pro Shop Noble. His shop is located in Riverside, California. We made this one of our stops before heading to Apple Valley for some drifting. Kyle's new shop is BEAUTIFUL! Located on a quiet side street in Riverside, the view from his office of the snow capped mountains is something I’m still thinking about weeks later. He was sti...

On this week’s episode we stopped by Rival Auto Works. They are located in Orange County California in the same building as Apex Integration. We spoke with the owner Jason Kim on a wide variety of topics ranging from his early days as a car enthusiast to opening up his own shop. He even spoke on how The Fast and The Furious affected the SoCal car culture! It was very interesting to speak to someon...

On this week's episode of After-Hours we had drifting locals Ron & John of Daring Ones drift team stop by to hangout. This was a chill episode since we were just looking to hangout with these dudes and realized we might as well record it. We got into their history a bit and how they both ended up in the ZN6 chassis and how they are for drifting. Check them out on social media! @daring.ones Che...

If you know anything about custom body work in the JDM scene, then you've probably already heard of SUPRLIFE. Kemal is a creative, an ARTIST if you will (he hates that term). He has worked on and created some of the most unique builds on the east coast. In this episode we get to hear his story, where he started and how he got to where he is today. Make sure to check out his instagram to see what h...

Our February Q&A episode is here! Other than answering user submitted questions, we also talk about our January challenges of giving certain things up and how it all went for us. We get to see who goes right back to their old ways after giving something up for a 30 days. This was a fun one and we hope you enjoy it! Thanks for listening! Please leave a review if you enjoyed this podcast and sha...

On this episode of After-Hours, we are joined by James Carper of Car Shop Karoshi. Karoshi is a drift team from Pennsylvania that has been blowing up over the last couple of years. They came out this past year with sick matching paint jobs and liveries. These cars really grabbed my attention at Final Bout East! James is the first member we had on but we expect to have the rest of the team on the p...

Well we have finally reached max capacity for the office/podcast studio. Road Stars came out in full force with all 5 members for this episode. Road Stars is a drift team from Northern Virginia. We met these dudes at Final Bout Special Stage East last year and were amazed to see a team of ONLY Mazda Miatas! Appreciate how far these dudes drove just to sit down with us for a couple of hours to chat...

On this episode we find ourselves at Jimmy Oakes shop in Connecticut! Jimmy is an automotive content creator, a parts retailer, and a drifter! If you are not aware of him, make sure to go check out his Youtube in the link below and follow him on social media. Jimmy was nice enough to let us stop by while we were running errands picking up parts nearby. He is a true automotive enthusiast and I beli...

New year, same us. For the first episode of 2023, we go over our yearly goals and even our own individual resolutions. We also talk about future guests and what to expect from the podcast in 2023. And of course, we talk about the recent horrible news of Ken Block's passing and what he meant to us. RIP Ken Block! Thanks for listening! Please leave a review if you enjoyed this podcast. Check us out...

On the final episode of the year we had Anthony Purcell stop in during his christmas vacation to share with us his origin story. Ant has been involved in the car community, specifically on the east coast for the last 10 years. He has shot video for not only car shows but car commercials as well. He even shot our Seasons Greetings 3 video! Ant has traveled the world during his career and shares wit...