- [Mike] All right our next driver is 27 year old
Texas-native Brittany Williams.
Now, she's relatively new to the
sport of drifting but fellas,
I'm told this young lady is a natural.
- Now she's been drifting now for about
two-and-a-half-years, doing really well.
She's actually ranked number four out of 34 racers
on the Lone Star Drift.
Very positive outlook on life,
she owes that to her mother.
And Brittany says it's a lesson
she learned during a difficult childhood,
that still fuel her on the track.
(engine revving)
- I am still learning every time
I get behind the wheel of my car.
I'm still actually pretty novice compared to
some of the other drivers out there.
But what I've noticed is that if I focus
on just enjoying myself, I do better.
Growing up as a kid,
there was a point where we were homeless.
But my mom, she was able to make sure
that we were always positive despite
going through that level of hardship.
And so that's what I try to focus on when I drive.
My goal is always to just have as much fun as possible
in everything that I'm doing,
and honestly that's kind of a win-win.
(engine revving)
(crowd cheers)
- Good, you practiced this a hundred times.
Just drive through it.
- It's like any other day.
(engine revving)
- [Mike] And that's the guy who will be helping her
navigate through this course.
Brittany's husband and spotter, Kevin Williams.
Well Rut, What's she driving?
- [Rut] So she's in a 2008 Nissan 350Z.
It's about 270 horsepower, that's not nearly as much
power as the other cars we've seen tonight.
So she'll be under pressure to excel
in the precision obstacles.
(crowd cheers)
- [Mike] All right, Brittany Williams,
from Texas, ready for launch.
- I love you, good luck.
You got this.
- Love you too.
(engine revving)
- [Michael] Let's go, let's go, let's go!
(cheering)
- [Rut] The first obstacle's gonna be critical guys.
We're gonna learn a lot about what Brittany
and her car have to offer right here at the start.
- [Game Narrator] Supernova engaged.
- [Rut] She can't afford to take any penalties.
- [Brittany] Am I lined up?
- Straighten it out.
- Oh, got it.
(engine revving)
- [Mike] Spin it!
Oh!
- [Commentators] Oh!
(crowd cheers)
- [Mike] So close to hittin' that penalty pylon.
- [Kevin] Yep, go, go, go, go!
You're good! - Go, go, go, go, go!
- [Mike] Not the cleanest rougher turn we've seen,
but she's out of there with no time penalties,
as she heads to the Light Box.
- [Rut] She's gotta absolutely floor it on every one
of these straight aways.
- [Michael] Whoa! Look at that!
Look at that!
- (beep) you!
Woo!
- [Michael] Wow!
(laughing)
- A lot of confidence!
You gotta love that personality right there.
- All right, pay attention to the boxes.
When that first one hits green,
you go baby.
- I'm gonna go on the first one.
- [Kevin] There you go.
- [Mike] Now she's entering Light Box without
seeing the entire pattern.
Now that could actually save her more time,
as long as she doesn't mess it up.
- [Rut] There ya go, goin for a clutch kick.
- [Mike] Look at that spin!
Look at that smoke!
- Diagonal, diagonal!
- [Michael] Such precision on the drifts.
- [Rut] See how it's all in one fluid motion,
and she's able to get into that spin easily?
That's perfection.
(tires squealing)
(boom)
- (beep) Yeah!
- Yeah she's having fun!
- That is the best one so far.
That is the best Light Box I think, in my opinion.
She's sending a message here.
- [Mike] Nailing those 540's at Light Box,
now has her on a qualifying pace,
as she heads over to Walk on Water.
- So let me ask you about her car.
What will that do to her?
- [Rut] This is a converted street car,
so her engine is prepared for the elements.
She is gonna bring it right here.
- [Mike] Look at that.
- [Michael] Flying through that.
- [Rut] That's the advantage of having a street car,
instead of a true race car.
- Oh God, it's coming through the window!
- It's fine, let it come through the window.
Who cares, get wet.
- [Michael] It's okay, you'll dry off.
- [Mike] Coming out of Walk on Water,
this target's gonna be critical.
(announcer drowns out speaker)
- [Michael] Bam! Nice!
- [Kevin] You got it!
Go, go, go, go, go, go!
- Go, go, go!
- [Mike] What a run!
- [Michael] Wow! What a run!
Her line through that target was a thing of beauty!
Great execution with those slick tires,
coming out of Walk on Water.
(engine revving)
- {Rut] And her engine is humming.
No water damage.
That's gonna separate her from Fielding.
- Hell yeah!
- [Mike] There it is.
Brittany Williams, mistake free run has her 15 seconds
ahead of fellow Texan Fielding Shredder,
and in prime position to qualify.
(suspenseful music)
- Ready? Go, go, go, go, go!
Don't sleep!
- [Mike] Does she have enough power to
make it up the leveler.
(crash)
- [Michael] Oh!
- [Mike] She's up!
But a full 15 feet from the edge!
How much is that gonna cost her, Rut?
- [Rut] I think she's okay.
Other drivers have made it farther,
but remember, because this once was a street car,
it's still got things like an air conditioner,
weighing it down.
It's heavier, and that's actually
an advantage on the leveler.
- [Mike] The only other clean run to this point
on the course, has been Joao Barion.
Top three in her sights if
she can keep it under control.
- [Michael] Come on baby, come on!
- [Rut] Come on, Brittany.
- Get it, get it, get it!
- [Mike] Tight turn comin' up here.
- [Kevin] Go, go, go, go, go!
(tires screeching)
- [Announcers Together] Oh!
- Woo!
- [Michael] Wow!
- [Mike] Here she comes down the stretch!
Brittany Williams, from Texas,
bringing it home across the line!
Right here, right now, on Hyperdrive!
(crowd cheering)
She's in second place.
- Hell yeah!
Perfect baby!
Perfect!
- [Mike] Underpowered, but who cares when you
can drive like this!
Absolutely flawless!
- How do you like them apples?!
(announcers laughing)
- Let the mic drop!
No way!
Drops the mic, drives off.
That's all she wrote.
- [Rut] Ladies and gentlemen,
that is Hyperdrive right there.
- Hell yeah!
Killed it!
- I (beep) killed it!
- Why she did it with the microphone?
- That was pretty dang clever.
- Just kinda like she handled it.
- Okay, okay, okay.
(multiple speakers talking)
Our French baguettes.
(laughing)