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Had to get the new Evo project out on gravel as soon as humanly possible… crazy to go from watching these cars on gritty VHS tapes to being behind the wheel. And there’s no better place to do it than my second home, @RallyReady. This thing is *ridiculously* good, straight out the box

📸: @trevorlydenphoto
🤳: @rally.kj

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12 years with this Evo RS - by far the longest I’ve ever owned a car. Crazy how many versions (rly tried not to use the evolution pun here) it’s seen in that time: daily driver, track beater, ice racer, crashed anxiety project, video game car, @leencustoms pin, dyno queen, and a ridiculously overbuilt Gymkhana Grid car. It’s been East, it’s been West, sometimes in between. Now it’s on its next quest - but that’s for a whole other post.

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When ‘fake it til you make it’ goes too far and you find yourself on a grid of pro racecar drivers 😂

Earlier this year I got the crazy opportunity to compete in a few rounds of a real pro race series - the TC America Championship - with @HyundaiUSA in their Elantra N1.   What an insane experience to wheel someone else’s $100k touring car door-to-door on racetracks I’ve never driven, let alone competed on. And in a car with our own livery / branding on it, no less.

These are a few shots straight out of my all-time life highlights folder, but no reel or gallery can really do justice for what it feels like to be part of a team like this… or to grab a podium finish at Indy, the very first track my dad brought me to as a kid when I was 6 years old.

Big, big thanks to everyone at Hyundai and the @ricca_autosport team for the amazing time, and taking the risk of throwing a couple jabronies like me and @vin_tra in your nice clean racecars.

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But wait there’s more… last day of @semashow Friday but @semafestofficial continues into Saturday! Had the pleasure of introducing some of the music acts @bush @starcrawler @thirdeyeblind & @wizkhalifa and got to enjoy watching @ludacris & @incubusofficial . All great shows. The 43 cars burning out for @kblock43 with @mrslucyjonesblock popping off in the Hoonicorn, @travispastrana ripping the Huckster, it was crazy loud! Some @formulad drivers tearing it up! @nitrocircus in the building, so yeah kinda wild! It goes down again today Saturday for my 5the day of #SEMA #⚡️ENDIT

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Long Beach Xtreme Racer #streetsharkin

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We finally visited the new Hoonigan location in Compton. Thank you @roncar & @ellebeesee for the tour & fun. #kiwywh #sketchybackyard #kb43ver #allthedonuts #pressonregardless

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Sunday rollers with a theme: turbo, AWD machines with a ton of rally heritage. @roncar / @vin_tra

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After 8 years and 60k miles of mountains/forests/desert throughout the Southwest and Mexico, the Disco is gone - sold last week to @carrs4x4 for a refresh and a new life.

Even though the Internet will try to convince you that Discoveries will explode and leave you stranded on the way to pretty much anywhere, this thing took everything we could throw at it. Maybe it was a unicorn. Or maybe they just need a little more care than other rigs do. Either way, lesson learned - don’t listen to the Internet. This thing ripped, and it’ll be missed.

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Random film scans from the road, 2013-2017

Thanks to @bensonk_media and @dangerdan3 for the inspo to dig out my old 35mm gear

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Social distance drive with @thehoonigans and friends. It's nice to see at least the top half of everyone's faces.

#hoonigan #hooniganautofocus #autofocuslarrychen #autofocus #lifeofchen #sirplease

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Confirmed: you can camp in a 2020 NSX. I mean, you can camp in pretty much anything... but you’ll probably get there way faster in one of these. Solid weekend drive up to Laguna Seca to watch some racing with @acura, but mostly eating snacks around a fire pit.

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The big three-oh. I couldn’t be more excited to see what unfolds in front of me these next ten years. My twenties were great, but I feel that my thirties will be even better. I’ll be more confident. I’ll find purpose behind my passion. I’ll travel more. I’ll continue my work/life balance to live as fully as I possibly can. In my early twenties I experienced a lot of insecurity. I put others wishes before my own. I had so much guilt for following my dreams and the sacrifices that followed with it. I didn’t feel truly confident till my late twenties. During these years, I discovered my passion in life, pursued it, and made it my career. I checked off goals that I would write down in my journal during my early college age.
I have so much gratitude for everything I’ve accomplished, and everything I’ve failed at. I’ve met so many incredible people along the way, and I am blessed to have family rooting for me. I may not be twenty-something anymore but honestly, who cares?! I’m going to keep flowing with life in whichever direction it takes me. If there’s one thing I learned, it’s that I can be anything that I direct my mind to be. I can do anything I invest my time into. I create the outcome. It may be hard to put yourself first once in awhile, but how else are you going to push your own boundaries and let your soul sing?
—Karissa

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