It’s good! Samuel Hubinette’s ability to so deftly control a vehicle is one of the reasons he is a highly sought-after stunt-car driver and the current Formula DRIFT points leader (and two-time champion). Antics like the above point-after kick are also what have earned the Swedish-born Samuel Hubinette the nickname “The Crazy Swede”. Chances are, even if you’ve never seen him on the track, you’ve probably seen him through his work in numerous car commercials, as well as in movies such as The Fast and the Furious. With that, another MyRide With.

MyRide: Tell us about your first car and a favorite memory of it.

Samuel Hubinette: I bought a car with another friend of mine. We bought it for really cheap before I even had a driver’s license. We bought it basically to go out and trash it on some gravel roads. We got it for like $100, and it was some old FWD beater, I don’t know, maybe a Toyota or something. We’re like, “Oh, that’s a good deal” and some old person was selling it to us. We took it to a gravel road and just trashed it. After a while we ended up sliding into a ditch and smacking a big rock, and the whole rear-end came off. That was my first car.
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