Team Hinga Arizona
Roger Hinga (240sx SR20DET, S2000) - booney met roger when he was still in the marines. roger showed lots of interest in drifting and wanted to learn anything and everything. he was brought into the crew with open arms. he brought with him a silvia converted s13 and became our third silva which soon enough were all painted the team color at the time:battleship grey. soon after joining, roger left the marines and moved back home to arizona. roger set himself up with a new job and bought a condo. with no sight of coming back to cali, roger asked booney if he could start a crew out there. booney gave him the ok and is now heading up Hinga AZ.
Carlos (240sx SR20DET) - He got into drifting through Steve. He always driven muscle cars but when he had enough of them he needed another car that was RWD. So that is when he bought his 93 240sx. He started learning about them at school and most of it from Steve. After that he fell in love with drifting. He practice most of the time on the streets but has now started doing track events.
Steve (240sx) - Born and raised in Hawaii. Picked up drifting back there in 99. Met a lot of starting up drifters that were hitting up the mountain pass/road "tantalus" and shipping yard "Triangles". Always loved cars so not long after he went up to Phoenix, AZ to start my schooling at UTI (universal technical institute). Picked up his first 240 back in 2002, not long after a semi hit him and took out the whole rear/qtr area. few months later he got a job at ABC Nissan where he later became their Suspension Specialist. He acquired a 91 fastback. Then later got an SR20DET for it which only lasted a few months (he has a heavy foot), He is currently on my second one and in need of another which lasted him 2 years maybe? Always loved drifting but never had a stable car that he could use.
Jer (240sx) - He started to become interested in cars and drifting in 8'th grade, when he started to read car magazines and saw some pictures of cars in japan drifting. From the first time he saw it he wanted to learn how to drift. In his senior year of highschool he Finally traded his Honda accord for a Nissan 240sx, the car that he always wanted. OnceheI finally got his 240 he started to practice drifting right away. He had already been part of a car crew with all rear wheel drive cars so we would go out in the streets and practice in industrial areas. Since then he has practiced on and off, in the streets and at the the track.
Derek (S14 240sx) - Derek started out with little interest to drifting. Originally he wanted to autocross until he met Jeremy. Jeremy explained/showed what drifting was all about. The 2 practice on the street/parking lot for 2-3 months straight approx 3 times a week for 1-2 hours a day. Now he can’t stop driving sideways.
Keoni (240sx) - He started sliding in the great land of Alaska. While everyone was getting into Hondas, he bought a Nissan 240sx. He wanted to be different from them. He has had his 240 since 2000. He started seeing videos of Japanese drifters and touge. With out any second thought, he started making down hill runs out at Potters Marsh in Anchorage. Slow at first and increasing every time he got better.