That’s right, everybody from Hoonigan invaded SEMA 2018. They kind of had to, actually…when you’re offered a section of outdoor space big enough to duplicate the infamous yard that you see in all of their videos and the meeting ground for any and everything automotive, you take it, you decorate it, and you run with that momentum until the show is over or the cops get called. While we may have seen a cop right outside of the Hoonigan pit outside, chances are that they were working traffic flow in front of the Las Vegas Convention Center. If you have ever contemplated how played-up the videos are, don’t. These guys are really as you see them. Zac showed up in a Stars and Stripes ski suit, ready to go. You can actually see Hert’s adrenaline spike out when he’s watching something he really likes. And as for Bad Daddy Brad…well, I tried asking to get closer to the pit for photos one morning and was instead informed of his plan to let his nitrous and twin-turbocharged T-bucket eat until something exploded. He told me this as if he was telling me that the sky was blue and the temperature was just lovely.
When the shows were on, the crowds were thick. I only saw action twice: once when Brad uncorked the T-bucket and set a column of tire smoke up into the sky like an offering to the automotive gods, and when the Detroit Speed and Engineering Camaro showed up and went nuts. But that is only part of this show…want to see what it’s all about? Hit play.
