The Auto Otaku
World renowned automotive editor Mike Garrett chats with special guests in the industry about topics that absolute gear heads will go nuts over.
The Auto Otaku
Auto Otaku Episode 17: Benson Hsu
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Episode 17
On this episode of the Auto Otaku Podcast Mike Garrett welcomes pioneering Southern California drifter, Nissan S-chassis expert and host of the SilEightyMania Podcast, Benson Hsu.
Benson takes us all the way back to 1999 when he purchased his Nissan 240SX and became a pivotal member of Southern California and America’s founding drift scene.
Benson tells stories of competing in Formula Drift’s first season with his daily driver, how him and his wife Nadine share an interest in drifting and the Nissan S-Chassis and how he started the SilEightyMania Podcast as a way to tell stories from the founding era of American drifting.