That Southern Flavor

If you watched the LSU vs. Alabama football game on TV last weekend (what a game, am I right?!), you might have seen the excerpt where the announcers talked about a 4,000 lb pot of southern cooking known as Gumbo. Yes, 4,000 pounds. That’s a lot of food; enough to feed 10,000 people apparently. But since this is a blog about cars we’ll stop there.

As soon as I relocated to Seattle Washington 6 months ago, I immediately saw the huge drift and stanced car scene in the area. Coming from Louisiana this was all new to me. Never had I seen 4 NSX’s, 2 GTR’s, and 3 stanced WRX’s all in one parking lot. Never had I been to a drift event with RX8′s, R32 Skylines, and Cressida’s drifting. Usually it was the common 240sx and occasional RX7 or 350z.

This is the part where I circle back to the pot of Gumbo. Ya’see, Washington’s car scene would be what I would call the 4,000 pound pot of Gumbo. That’s compared to Louisiana’s drift and stance scene which would be one bowl that comes from that pot. Nevertheless the it’s still damn good. That friends, is the point.

While Louisiana’s scene might be a lot smaller, it’s got good ingredients (here we go talking about more food; 6 months without that home-cooked Louisiana food does that to some people).

Our friends Easton and Ethan supplied us with some pictures of the Halloween drift bash held in Belle Rose, Louisiana on October 29th.

Alot of what the Louisiana drift and stance scene has is quality over quantity. Yes the biggest drift event of the year might only have 10 or 12 cars, but that means more track time for each driver to sharpen their driving skill.

There might only be one stance crew, Low-Weezy-Ana (that I know of) but their cars are seriously some of the freshest cars in the country. On top of that, their cars stand out even more because of the smaller scene.

Easton and his buddy David have founded their own Louisiana-based buisness, CZ Wheels. Not only do they import JDM wheels, but at the same time they help put La on the map. “Hey where’d you get those JDMTYTE rims from? Oh CZ Wheels from Louisiana. Wuttt they have JDM wheels in Louisiana?” Yes. And with CZ Wheels rocking their own inventory on their cars (just look how sick Easton’s IS looks below) they stand by their importing service and the rims they bring over.

One of the ways the drift and stance scene in Louisiana is growing is through media coverage. In fact, one of the main reasons to make Save the Roots was to get my fellow Louisianians some coverage that they deserve. Alot of the rides seen on STR have yet to be seen elsewhere on the interwebz. That’s because other than NoDRFT (Louisiana’s drift krewe) and LWA, there was no real way for the drivers and their cars to get coverage.
Now-a-days we’ve expanded into other areas such as Washington, Florida, and North Carolina just to name a few.

With how fast the car scenes around the world are growing, I can not wait what epicness comes out of Louisiana. Whether it’s great drifters or sick stanced cars, Louisiana is still one of the smaller car scenes out there but it packs a punch!

Thanks for saving the roots!