Nadine Sachiko Toyoda-Hsu<\/strong>
\nNadine founded Drifting Pretty in 2003 with the dream of one day leading an international organization of women racers.<\/p>\n

Throughout her childhood, Nadine would listen to her dad every day talking about Formula1 and the newest “it” car on the cover of Motor Trend.\u00a0 At 15 years-old she witnessed her first street race and instantly fell in love with cars.\u00a0 Year-after-year she attended the Ontario street races with friends, cheering for this ONE woman racer out there “Kimbo,” who sometimes won and sometimes lost, but always seemed to be making a statement.\u00a0 Nadine dreamed that one day she could be out there racing and beating the odds (and the guys) too.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the late 90’s, shortly after becoming a teen-mom, Nadine was given an 1989 Nissan 240SX by a family member…she wanted to trade it for a Honda Civic.\u00a0 Being a regular participant of the Pomona Fairplex drag races and Import Showoff attendee, she learned quickly that having a 240SX was special.\u00a0 In Japan, the car was widely popular with the racing crowd and it graced the pages of all of Nadine’s favorite Japanese car magazines.<\/a><\/p>\n

In 2000 she met her now husband, Benson Hsu (a fellow 240SX owner).\u00a0 He introduced her to the underground world of touge racing (mountain racing) and drifting and she was instantly hooked on him and the racing.\u00a0 Along with Benson, Nadine ventured out to drive autocrosses, road races, karting, and drifting events all in her 240SX.\u00a0 She was hooked on racing.<\/p>\n

After becoming the first woman drifter to be sponsored by a tire company (Yokohama Tires) in 2002, she went on to form Drifting Pretty<\/a> (2003) and later “Team Drifting Pretty” <\/a>(2004).\u00a0 She toured the midwest and east coast with Yokohama and again with Kumho Tires in 2005.\u00a0 Nadine competed in the Formula Drift Series in 2005 and ranked #20 of 50 drivers.\u00a0 She also competed in many local drift series around California and hit the top 6 on a regular basis.\u00a0 One of the highlights was placing 2nd place in a twin drifting competition with her husband.<\/p>\n

In 2006, Nadine retired from Professional competition to focus on running Drifting Pretty and starting a family.<\/a><\/p>\n

In the most recent years, along with acting as President of Drifting Pretty, Nadine has been driving in drifting exhibitions, giving inspirational speeches, working as an accountant, stunt doubling in movies like Fast & the Furious: Tokyo Drift, autocrossing in her front-wheel drive Mazda and being a mom.\u00a0 In Fall of 2011 Nadine launched her own photography business, Sachiko Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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