The Driver
Tyler Krenek.
Driver #405 · Lead Technician, Papadakis Racing
Tyler started on a BMX bike at five, climbed to a Junior Pro Dual Slalom mountain bike national title, then found shifter karting and drifting. Today he's a lead technician with Papadakis Racing on Ryan Tuerck's Toyota GR Corolla program, and he's building his own Nissan S13.
- 20 years across BMX, downhill MTB, karting, and drift
- Junior Pro Dual Slalom National Champion
- Lead tech on a Formula Drift championship program
The Car
The XLR8 S13.
S13
Nissan 240SX S13 · Competition Drift Build
The yellow XLR8 S13 wears the brand on a real competition chassis, caged, sequential, and set up to lay rubber. Every component has a reason and a builder behind it.
- Custom cage & chassis prep by FineArc Engineering
- Haltech electronics · YSR two-way suspension
- Sparco seat · Lifeline harness · Kenda tires
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More from the program.
The Program
The names on the car.
FineArc, 2F Performance, Haltech, YSR, Kenda, Clutch Masters, Sparco, Lifeline, eight builders and partners back the 2026 S13, from the cage to the clutch.
Fuel The Build
Every bag keeps the car on track.
XLR8 runs on coffee, literally. Grab a bag, pull up to the trailer, or join the Pit Pass, and you're part of what keeps the program going.
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