Some
of you already know him as a young South African drifting sensation,
and some of you may not, but if you were at the recent Wheels
of Fury drift event at Killarney, you would most definitely
be familiar with the name Jason Webb.
Jason,
who is originally from Cape Town but currently resides
in Joburg, impressed the masses with his awesomely talented
driving skills. Competing in the current SupaDrift Series,
Jason who is 17
years
old goes up against guys more than twice his age and shows
them who’s boss. Son of well known car guru Speedy
Webb, going
fast pumps through his veins. His middle name is Ayrton
Senna, enough said! We caught up with Jason a while back
for a quick chat, here’s what he had to say…
RaceWeb:
What’s your occupation? Jason Webb: I do shows for XS Promotions,
who actually run the SupaDrift Series and they have a
show called Atomic Junkies which is us travelling anywhere
and doing shows for people, that’s basically what
I do…
RW: What do you do in your spare time, other than
drifting? JW: *Laughs* That’s all I do really…
ermm, well I help my dad work, and I learn from what he
does, mechanics, suspensions, so I’m always trying
to learn from him.
RW: What was the first car you learned to drift
in? JW: Nissan S13 200SX
RW:
Was it a good car? JW: Yes, very good! We named it “Crimbles”
because it was a … let’s just say I hit every
wall and pole, so it was a real play car but Ernest eventually
wrote it off…
RW: What car do you drift with now? JW: Well we also have a S13 200SX, and
the reason why we got that car is because everything about
it is made for drifting, length of the car, the width,
but we obviously modify everything more by making it longer
and wider which not a lot of people do because you need
that for the switch. It is a short car so it switches
quickly so we use that extra width against other people.
RW: Mods/Power? JW: We put in a 1JZ, which is a 2.5 straight
6 Toyota motor and looking at getting about 450 –
500Kw’s from it with the help of Steve from No Sweat
Racing. Basically mods to the car… suspension, yoh
everything, diff, gearbox, everything’s different.
The only thing not different is the chassis… and
the badge.
