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Questionable builds?! You can't be serious. The guy has been around since the beginning and been involved in some of the biggest cars in the history of sport compacts. Now, I'm not a Rado fanboy. In my opinion he's a perpetual teenager, not that it's a bad thing per se. Anyway, below is a list of Rado's achievements taken from Wiki. 2012 • New FWD Record 1:25.555 Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA. • New FWD Record 1:20.810 Palm Beach International Raceway, Jupiter, FL. 2011 • New FWD Record 1:05.481 New Jersey Motorsports Park – Millville, NJ. • New FWD Record 1:47.394 Buttonwillow Raceway - Buttonwillow, CA. • New FWD Record 1:45.320 Infineon Raceway – Sonoma, CA. • New FWD Record 2:16.585 Sebring International Raceway - Sebring, FL. • Rado to be featured in Need for Speed - The Run video game with his 2,500HP V-8 powered Supra street car. • Rado to be featured in Shift 2: Unleashed video game in the Time Attack and spoke about it and with his 1,200HP Team Need for Speed AWD Scion tC. • Rado to speak on Capital Hill regarding his Lincoln Technical Institute "Success Story" in early February 2012. • Performance Auto & Sound Magazine – November 2011 Cover and Feature Article -Team Need for Speed, Fwing 2.0 Scion tC. 2010 • New FWD Record 1:21.910 Willow Springs International Raceway, Rosamond, CA. • New FWD Record 1:46.730 Buttonwillow Raceway Park, Buttonwillow, CA - 1st Place • New FWD Record 1:26.226 Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA • New FWD Record 2:16.585 Sebring International Raceway, Sebring, FL • August, 2010 competition debut for the 2010 Team Need For Speed All-Wheel Drive Scion tC - Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA • Modified Magazine November, 2010 -FIRE IN THE HOLE Cover/Feature - 2010 Team Need For Speed Scion tC 2009 •Set the fastest FWD quarter mile time at 6.94 in his Scion tC. •1st Place! New FWD Record 1:03.623 Phoenix International Raceway, AZ Taking FIRST OVERALL •1st Place!New FWD Record 2.27.xxx Spring Mountain Motorsprots Park Pahrump, NV •1st Place!New FWD Record 1:35.989 Carolina Motorsports Park,SC. Taking 3rd overall. •1st Place!New FWD Record 1:03.084 Nashville Super Speedway, TN. Taking 2nd overall. •1st Place! New FWD Record 1:22.623 Willow Springs, Rosemond, CA. Taking 5th overall. •1st Place! New FWD Record 1:30.717 Autobahn Country Club, Joliet, IL 2008 • Broke his record from the previous year at Willow Springs International Motorsports Park. He currently holds the title of the fasted lap in the FWD Unlimited Class with a time of 1:27.30 • 1st Place FWD Record Summit Point Motorsports Park 2007 • Set a new lap record for FWD with a 1:29.34 and took first place at Willow Springs. • Chris went his fastest in a FWD car 7.34 seconds in the 1/4 mile 2006 • Pepsi spokesperson for Car Culture & Street Motion Tour • Factory Scion tC Drag Program spokesperson • Raced in the NDRA & NHRA Drag Series • Large presence with race and project vehicles at major car shows including: DUB, Hot Import Nights, Hot Import Days & the Super Street Tour 2005 • Debut of the most radical FWD Drag Race Car in the World • Chris also revved up the MTV Special: Life in the Fast Lane- documenting the wild lifestyle and heavy foot of Pro Drag Racer Chris Rado. The show has resulted in some of the highest ratings on MTV and MTV2, introducing the sport compact era to mainstream TV 2004 • 4 event Wins • 2 event Runner Ups • #1 Qualifier in 8 straight events • NHRA points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD • NDRA points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD • NDRA National ET & MPH record holder 2003 • First NHRA Sports Compact Toyota factory-team driver • Toyota development and transition year in NHRA • 4 event Wins 2002 • "Quickest & Fastest Pro FWD unibody vehicle in the World" • First PRO FWD into the "8s" (8.91 @ 159.8 MPH) • Held the World Speed Record (8.94 @ 161.8 MPH) • NIRA Points Championship Runner-Up in Pro FWD • 6 event wins 2001 • "Quickest and Fastest Pro FWD uni-body" • 8 event wins • World Record Speed for uni-body Pro FWD (9.25 sec. / 159 MPH) • NHRA Points Championship runner-up in Pro FWD 2000 1999 • 10 event wins • Super Street "Rookie of the Year" • First NHRA import winner [5] Quote:
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