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Drew Cyrus

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Recreational mechanic and car crash enthusiast.
Some guy on @crashstyle_
@tirestreets for the goods!

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Here’s the deal, dad’s got dementia. It sucks. I could talk about how much it sucks till I’m sobbing. But I’m not. The good news is; when he was bright, young, goofy and chipper, he kept some photos, took a lot of notes and basically laid out the story of his short but somewhat sweet career as a NASCAR Coors beer late model stock car racer. All this history written down on a few pieces of paper, a hand written sponsor me pitch sent to KFOG after he fumbled the bag on the phone. The other as very short summaries scribbled onto a piece of paper in his own (and my favorite) handwriting.

He never won a feature, he led some laps, had a few top 5s, a bunch of top 10s, and an insane amount of starts during a 4 year tear with himself and his buddy Gordon Carlson at the wheel. SR-22 racing team was a grassroots mid pack menace of a program that operated out of a garage at the end of the street. They raced Watsonville Speedway on Fridays, San Jose Speedway on Saturday and Baylands Raceway Park on Sundays with the occasional Antioch Speedway on Sunday. At their peak attending over 30 races a year.

I’ve gone through his racing photo album with him many times over the years and a couple of his folders of various documents but finally took them home one day and sorted through them.

I’ve been reaching out to his old buddies, crew guys, friends, chassis builder, even his fellow competitors who are still racing 40 years later to put some of the puzzle together for dad’s racing story because he is no longer able to remember most details. Every pixel you see in this collage has been scanned from his photo album or documents he kept and has been arranged beautifully by @anglesey without me knowing. What a fantastic surprise.

Ive told myself I’m gonna buy hobby stock for next season, if you have an old leafer Camaro hobby stock car laying around, bang my line. We’re still trying to figure out who ended up with dad’s car, to my knowledge it was sold in its blue scheme to a man in Washington in 1989. That’s all we think we know. Anyways, see you at the track.
AA-WAAY! by @gearheaddrew

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Breakfast of champions by @gearheaddrew

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3 months ago

Went to @superd_usa and all I got was freeze dried “ready to eat” shrimp, heat stroke, and more laps than me or my car could handle.

@anglesey thanks for throwing clips together taken in Drift Evolution by @gearheaddrew

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3 months ago

Mudflap pov taken in Medford, Oregon by @gearheaddrew

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3 months ago

Trying to throw heaters at @superd_usa NYE some good, some bad, some ugly.

Bruh I gotta post more lol

@heat_maker
@tirestreets
@distinctive_tuning
@yellowspeedusa by @gearheaddrew

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4 months ago

Sidewinder Sunday 🛩

#crashstyle #sidewindersunday taken in Thunderhill Raceway by @gearheaddrew

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4 months ago

The dogs are barking 📣📣 taken in Apple Valley Speedway by @gearheaddrew

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5 months ago

Sometimes it’s nice to be passenger princess

Except when @anglesey won’t hold my f*cking hand

@partreapers @veronisaurousrex sugar rush thunderhill by @gearheaddrew

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6 months ago

hell yeah ❤️‍🔥 by @gearheaddrew

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6 months ago

someone tell @gearheaddrew to stay in frame

this is so cool @sht_n_fck thank you 🫶
@crashstyle_ sidewinder sunday taken in Thunderhill Raceway by @gearheaddrew

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7 months ago

deceiving drew @superd_usa day 2. happy tomcat tuesday 🫶 taken in Thunderhill Raceway by @gearheaddrew

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8 months ago

Closing out Issue 009 with the man himself: Drew Cyrus. After years of being on podium, the loop is finally closed. From dropping tire pressure in the chase to finally standing at the top of the Battle Comp bracket, Drew is proof that patience and persistence always outrun luck!

🏆 Send It Drift Magazine Issue 009
🛒 PRE ORDERS LIVE (link in bio)

#e36 #topgun #grassrootsdrifting #sendit #driftcar taken in Apple Valley Speedway by @gearheaddrew

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