Savio Silva

In January of 2014, a broken collar bone pushed me away from motocross racing. So by April of that year, I was already looking for something else to give me the adrenaline that I used to get from triples and big doubles on my dirt bike.

Around the time Duarte just happened to buy his first E46 M3, I found an S14 SR20DET red top for a decent price, and little by little, started making modifications to make it more driftable. In 2014, I drifted for the first time at Three Palm Speedway.

The adrenaline rush was so intense, it caused me to push a little harder than I should have, lose control and crash. After that, I was bitten by the drifting bug. So when Duarte came up with the idea of opening a shop, I was immediately in. We called Drift HQ and it took off as we built cars, attended events, broke parts, crashed, learned and never gave up in our search for new tracks and crazy amount of fun (including 100 mph entries and the most intense drifting experiences I’ve ever had).

Drifting has changed my life and become one of the biggest motivators in my life. If you want a nice, fun car to drift and burn tires with, you’ve got to make money, and that always pushed me to work harder. My driver page, Trinity Drift, also comes from my business, Trinity Marble and Granite Inc., which keeps me drifting as I kill tires, make friends and travel to new tracks. Drift HQ has opened doors to me and so many others as it becomes a bigger part of the Florida (and worldwide) drifting community every year.