There’s a lot that goes into any racing or drifting endeavor, but the heart of it all is horsepower. This year could be another title as the team fields the Rockstar Energy Drink/ Hankook Tire Scion tC driven by lantern-jawed Norwegian Fredric Aasbo. Papadakis Racing has won two Formula Drift season championships (2007, 2008) and was runner-up in the 20 seasons. When the import scene evolved from drag racing to drifting, Papadakis evolved with it. Eventually he switched to rear-drive and became only the fifth car to join the NHRA's Sport Compact 200 MPH club. That took a lot of steering, yes, but also a lot of horsepower. ![]() ![]() He used various Honda Civics then, most notably the yellow AEM Drag Civic that launched front-wheel drive dragsters into the nines. Steph Papadakis started making horsepower back in the import drag days of the 1990s.
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