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Full Name: Michael Christopher Peters
Nick name: Mikespeed
Age: 21
Residence: College Station, TX
Website: http://www.bubbadrift.com
# of Years in motor sports: 3
Automobile: 1986 GMC Cabellero , car/truck/thing , 2 dr + bed, LS1

Modifications
Suspension: Bubba Drift steering mods, and some junkyard swaybars and aftermarket springs/shocks
Engine: Stock All-Aluminum LS1 Engine with Magnusen Supercharger (Manga-Charger) sitting on top @ 5psi, 420 rwhp / 420 rwtq Flowmaster dual 3'' exhaust.
Interior/Cosmetic: Mikespeed Ebrake, Junkyard Trans Am seats, JDM tyte cabellero steering wheel.
Exterior/Cosmetic: a lot of flat black and post Irwindale wall scrape marks on right rear

Any sponsors?
Cooper Tire, Flowmaster, Magna Charger, American Racing, Burn Energy Drink, Griffin Radiator


When and how did you get into drifting and/or other motor sports?
I went to college in the summer of 2002, and was introduced to the Texas A&M Sports Car Club where I began to autocross. About a year after that a couple of my friends took me to a drift event, I was looking for a RWD vehicle the next weekend, finally found/could afford one a year later, been drifting since the summer of 2004 at Daily Drifter events in Houston, was given an opportunity to compete in Formula D in 2005.

What was the first car you used for drifting?
1991 Nissan 240sx Ghetto College Spec (stock, with parts missing)

How did it work out for you?
Well...it lasted 6 months, and then I sold a lot of stuff and bought a whole s13 that worked and everything, worked much better.

What was your most practiced technique?
Back then it was just a mixture of things. At first coming from autocrossing a civic I loved to trail brake, then I learned about feint/manji and all the extra track you could drift if you did that so I started to do that. I didn’t really practice one thing just everything.

What is it now?
Having fun.

Where are you looking to improve?
I need to learn how to setup/adjust things on the car to make it perform better at certain tracks. Mainly now I'm just working on improving the car, but I still practice/compete any/every chance I can get.

What types of events have you participated in?
All kinds. Mainly Daily Drifter events in Houston but I also trek to Louisiana as they throw some killer events at a road course over there.

What type of events have you competed in?
Anything from the local dailydrifter events to Formula D. If I could go I did.

What do you find challenging?
Tandem, going from 8 months of parking lot events to jumping into Formula D was a huuuuuuuuuuge challenge. Mainly tandem, the local events are all 2nd gear courses in a parking lot, and there was really nobody there to tandem with. Also not having a clutch makes it difficult to match entries sometimes from behind.

Who are your influences?
A lot of people. Over the course of the year I've mad a lot of friends that I ask stuff when at the events and they've always been very helpful, Sam, Rhys, Gushi gave me a lot of advice throughout the season. And of course Derrick Rogers, he was the original Bubba Drift and he taught me all the basics and some the advanced stuff I've been able to build upon.

What modifications would you like to have in the future?
Tooooooooooo many. Some sort of clutch, adjustable suspension, more steering angle, more grip. And more fun, the car is different but it needs more fun stuff on it.

What are your future plans in drifting?
I'd like to stay in Formula D as long as I can, maybe start traveling places to drift for fun. I don't know; well see how it works out. I know for sure that no matter what I'll always be out at the local events tearing it up and having fun. It’s not really drifting if you’re not having fun, and Ill go as far as I can until it isn’t fun anymore. But I'd like to see if I could make a living off of it, as that would be something I've dreamed about since I was a little kid.

What are your thoughts on the future of drifting?
Growth. It's still got some rough spots and barriers that it’s working past but it’s just gonna grow. It’s fun. It’s destructive. It’s exciting. In America drifting cant do anything but grow. Just has a couple barriers that still need to be torn down, and they are starting to fall already. A lot of roadracers/the domestic crowd still think its stupid, but slowly people are giving it a real shot, and telling their friends. It still needs a couple of years, but its not going anywhere but up.

Anything else you would like us to know about you?
I have the biggest E-brake Handle in Formula D, and I can guarantee you the El Camino will have the most baller interior ever seen in drifting next year. I also reallllly like chicken sandwiches.