XLR8 Racing

What started as a way to fund race weekends.

Tucson, AZ Nissan S13 Driver #405
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The Driver

Tyler Krenek.

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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.

The yellow XLR8 Nissan S13 drift car 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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The Program

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FineArc, 2F Performance, Haltech, YSR, Kenda, Clutch Masters, Sparco, Lifeline, eight builders and partners back the 2026 S13, from the cage to the clutch.

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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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