MikeE36 on hyperdrive show

[someguy2800]

I am watching the first episode of Hyperdrive on netflix and recognized the spotter of the 240sx, Micheal Van Shellenbeck. Thats MikeE36, our resident E36 drift maniac.

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...ld-)-E36-turbo

[milKt]

Here's Shredder, Mike and the guys watching the show.

[JuCo]

Sweet gonna have to check it out, apparently we have a local girl driving a mustang on the show as well.

[daze450]

whaat no way haha. It was actually a pretty entertaining show.

[Robocop]

looked super lame at first and the commentators seem very bored and reading off a teleprompter
but the editing is sweet and the cars are sweet. did you see that 90 year old black guy in the 1st episode he came out like he god of SCCA but fucked up hardcore. Backed up into the stage. dumb ass. ha

[bmw328m52]

looked super lame at first and the commentators seem very bored and reading off a teleprompter
but the editing is sweet and the cars are sweet. did you see that 90 year old black guy in the 1st episode he came out like he god of SCCA but fucked up hardcore. Backed up into the stage. dumb ass. ha

lol that was hilarious. A lot of people were fu*king up though. At least there was a good variety of cars that most people could relate to.

[someguy2800]

Yeah I feel like they should have been given some kind of practice session or something off camera before they filmed. At least maybe for the really technical skid portions. There were a few cars that I would have really liked to see perform at their best.

[someguy2800]

I do wonder though if the people had any kind of idea what kind of competition they were walking into. There were a few people that were just astonishingly unprepared, like showing up with a drag car and having never actually attempted to skid the car at all. I mean if you came into this and you haven't at least practiced a little bit of drifting you never had a chance.

[daze450]

I would have thought they did give them practice or at least a track walk. Maybe they did but the edit we see is a mix of practice and the real deal for entertainment purposes.. Who knows with TV. Mike should tell us

[MikeE36]

I would have thought they did give them practice or at least a track walk. Maybe they did but the edit we see is a mix of practice and the real deal for entertainment purposes.. Who knows with TV. Mike should tell us

There was no practice. We got a ride through with the stunt coordinator of the course in a van each night prior to the filming, but the runs you see are one and done, with no "at pace" practice at all. We just drove in a van from obstacle to obstacle while the rules were explained, and then on to the action. All of the timing and obstacles were 100% legit.

Also, I thought you guys might get a kick out of Axel Francois' S13, it has a stock M50 in it that makes about 400 wheel, with a ZF and 4.08 diff. The thing was on it's last leg from the get go, with tons of blow-by coming out of the valve cover. More and more progressively each night.

It was a super fun experience, although pretty grueling on filming. It took place last summer in Rochester, NY for about a month. We were on set from 5pm to 6am, for about 3 weeks straight. Hopefully there's a Season 2 and I get to wheel my car next time..

Mike

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looked super lame at first and the commentators seem very bored and reading off a teleprompter
but the editing is sweet and the cars are sweet. did you see that 90 year old black guy in the 1st episode he came out like he god of SCCA but fucked up hardcore. Backed up into the stage. dumb ass. ha

That guy was a joke, lol. He runs a driving school too.

[TheJuggernaut]

I would have hated it less if they were honest upfront and just called it American Dorifto Warrior.

[daze450]

Very cool Mike thanks for the info, would be dope to see you on there!

[Jab31169]

Yea neat concept for sure, glad you had fun mike, sounds like it was hard work. A little heavy on the drift aspect for sure but still enjoyable. Hated to see the little girls e30 die. Im guessing she bent some valves....

Yea, that SCCA guy came off as an ass. I laughed pretty good when he smacked the structure.

[Robocop]

that e30 chick was super cute. sucks she died on the shitty water trap
stock ass 130hp e30 isn't winning anything though.

[MikeE36]

I would have hated it less if they were honest upfront and just called it American Dorifto Warrior.

There was definitely SOME drifting, but I wouldn't really call pulling the ebrake and tagging a target, drifting. It was significantly slower to actually throw big angle and enter with a "real" drift than to just quickly move from obstacle to obstacle and complete them.

Yea neat concept for sure, glad you had fun mike, sounds like it was hard work. A little heavy on the drift aspect for sure but still enjoyable. Hated to see the little girls e30 die. Im guessing she bent some valves....

Yea, that SCCA guy came off as an ass. I laughed pretty good when he smacked the structure.

Hard to say on the E30. Stacey actually has an E30 in South Africa, and it was cheaper for Netflix to buy and build her one that looked similar, than to ship hers, so it may have had a crap engine from the get go.

that e30 chick was super cute. sucks she died on the shitty water trap
stock ass 130hp e30 isn't winning anything though.

Not sure if it was water ingestion or what, but majorly a bummer for sure. She was really sweet and her dad was super cool too.

Mike

[TheJuggernaut]

There was definitely SOME drifting, but I wouldn't really call pulling the ebrake and tagging a target, drifting. It was significantly slower to actually throw big angle and enter with a "real" drift than to just quickly move from obstacle to obstacle and complete them.

Hence American Dorifto Warrior. Some drifting and other fuckery. Kind of like comparing olympics to the circus. The latter is hard, sure, but it's still fuckery and requires a narrow ability. Nothing but a drifter in a drift car has any chance. I get that it's their best attempt bring a car show to the masses. Same way no one watches the world track or weightlifting championships but Ninja Warrior is a hit. But I don't find it interesting either. I appreciate Netflix trying but all the true enthusiast outlets like Grassroots promoting this show as the ultimate car enthusiast show pissed me off when I tried watching an episode (it probably made it worse only watching one since I got to see road course and drag racecars embarrassing themselves on a goofy dorifto course). I guess I gotta live with the fact that there are so few people in sync with my interests in motorsport that my kind of content can only exist on youtube.

Edit: not that anyone cares but since I hate people who bitch about things and offer no alternative, my ultimate car show would be something similar to how the Grassroots 200x challenge is run. I'd let you bring whatever you want as long as you knew what you're getting into. And the event would consist of a drag race, drifting competition and road course time attack. For the fuckery I would be ok then adding a gymkhana course with silly challenges. And then we drop your lowest and highest score (or maybe just lowest). That way no one would be too dominant, and people would choose which of the practices to emphasize.

[Hofmeister]

im surprised the caliber of people willing to destroy their cars for absolutely no real gain. sure notoriety is one thing but most of them already have it

and yea i noticed that 240 having an m50 manifold in one of the background shots

[Robocop]

so what did that guy win other than a crappy trophy?

[5mall5nail5]

Saw him too - I was like dafuqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq I texted him immediately. Unfortunately it took colleagues like 4 weeks to convince me to watch it.

[Hova]

Saw him too - I was like dafuqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqqq I texted him immediately. Unfortunately it took colleagues like 4 weeks to convince me to watch it.

Still can't believe Jon is back...

Plz don't leave.

[JimsR]

I really liked the show, a good diviation fun/funny alternative, wouldn't hesitate to participate. Also like ninja warrior, not American ninja but the original.