The Driver Behind XLR8

Tyler
Krenek

Driver #405 · Lead Technician · Papadakis Racing

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More Than One Discipline

Twenty years of finding the next limit.

Tyler's been chasing the limit since he was five, BMX first, then gravity mountain biking (with a Junior Pro Dual Slalom National Championship along the way), then shifter karts, then drifting.

Today he's a lead technician with Papadakis Racing on Ryan Tuerck's Toyota GR Corolla program, building his own Nissan 240SX S13, and helping build XLR8 with his family.

The battle-scarred XLR8 Nissan S13 in the paddock
Tyler Krenek leaning on the hood-up XLR8 Nissan S13 in the paddock, helmet in hand
Driver #405The driver & the S13.

Twenty Years In Motion

Built one discipline at a time.

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Tyler Krenek racing downhill on a mountain bike
Age 14

2011

Gravity takes over.

After growing up racing BMX, Tyler moved into gravity mountain biking and began climbing toward the professional level.

Driver #405

See what all that experience built.

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