Tom Taschner on Moving to the US to Drag Race, Drag & Drive Builds, and Starting Lucky 8 Performance
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Show Notes
Tom Taschner of Lucky 8 Performance joins the show to talk about moving from Austria to the United States to pursue drag racing and to build a performance shop . We dive into the differences between European and American car culture, drag & drive racing, and Tom’s twin-turbo Caprice build.
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00:00 Intro
01:48 Moving from Austria to the U.S. + early shop life
06:06 Discovering Drag Week + Europe’s drag racing scene
10:06 Why Tom moved to America and building a performance shop
12:24 Tom’s first wild race car projects + dragster history
19:37 The Caprice build: LS combo, twin turbos, and drag-and-drive goals 31:49 Customer builds, wiring, trucks, and shop work
37:04 Lifted truck culture in Europe vs America
43:12 Favorite platforms, tuning, shop future, and long-term risk
49:33 Audi / VW talk and fast European builds