Leslie and Horizon Motorsports Article
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Leslie and Horizon Motorsports Article
Congratulations Leslie, great article
http://www.overboost.com/story.asp?id=1213
Looking forward to the 2004 season
http://www.overboost.com/story.asp?id=1213
Looking forward to the 2004 season
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Re: Leslie and Horizon Motorsports Article (b16pinay)
oh my god arnt you that girl that was on the discovery channel show a couple of nights a go. hahah Good gob on the show lelani (sp?) and thats a good articale
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Trooper »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">oh my god arnt you that girl that was on the discovery channel show a couple of nights a go. hahah Good gob on the show lelani (sp?) and thats a good articale</TD></TR></TABLE>
yep yep that's me. thanks! obtw, it's nalani...hehehe
yep yep that's me. thanks! obtw, it's nalani...hehehe
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Re: Leslie and Horizon Motorsports Article (b16pinay)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by b16pinay »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Congratulations Leslie, great article
http://www.overboost.com/story.asp?id=1213
Looking forward to the 2004 season </TD></TR></TABLE>
can somone post the full article? full-access pass required?
http://www.overboost.com/story.asp?id=1213
Looking forward to the 2004 season
</TD></TR></TABLE>can somone post the full article? full-access pass required?
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congrats leslie, i think the guy at the top of this post didnt see the history chan. show.... leila was the one on the discovery channel but pinoy was the one on the other show, get it ! lol 
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A little more than a year ago Leslie Durst came to an agreement with her dad. Michael Durst gave his daughter two years to make it in professional drag racing and if she didn't succeed then she received a one-way ticket back to school and the workforce. With the 2004 season right around the corner, the two have reached the midpoint of their pact. After winning three Wallys, making five consecutive final round appearances on the NHRA Sport Compact series and holding the NHRA record for fastest ET in the All Motor class, it doesn't look like she'll have to trade in her driving suit and helmet for textbooks and a backpack anytime soon.
Chick car my ****!
Ms. Durst, is that your final answer?
Durst didn't wake up one morning and decide that she wanted to build a racecar. The roots of her love for racing run much deeper than an impulsive decision. Back in '96 she became involved with the show scene. After seeing that a lot of the cars that were taking home trophies also happened to be high-dollar rides that only met the asphalt when they were being pushed off and on the trailer, she reconsidered her decision. "I actually really enjoy driving cars so I decided to take the other route. I bought a CRX, put a GS-R motor in it, went out to Palmdale and I was hooked," Leslie says.
"You do the best with what you have."
The CRX that Durst campaigned in California's high desert during the early part of her racing career is also the same Horizon Motorsports CRX that the 28-year-old is still driving competitively today. Though the car has seen many changes through the years, one thing that sets the purple Honda apart from many of professional drag racing cars is the void of huge corporate sponsor logos on the side. Rather than sit and complain about the lack of corporate sponsorship dollars, Leslie has a different outlook on running against other racers that show up to events in semi trucks and have put crews twice the size of hers. "We just pay attention to our own game," Durst says. "It doesn't do you any good to be looking at everyone else and saying we want to be like them. You have to pay attention to your own stuff. You do the best you can with what you have."
Are you finished already?
Leslie and the Horizon Motorsports team did they best they could with what they had during the 2003 season and after working out some bugs during the early parts of the year, their best was good enough to set history at the last event of the NHRA season. All year long several All Motor class drivers flirted with breaking into the nines. Erick Aguilar did it in June with a 9.991 at 133.95 mph, but that was on NDRA series where cars are allowed to be over 100 pounds lighter than the NHRA rules allow. That change in the rules between the two sanctioning bodies makes a big difference, as all year long NHRA drivers kept making passes deep into the 10s, but with nobody being able to break into single-digit territory. In the finals at Woodburn, Leslie threw her hat into the ring as a legitimate NHRA All Motor class nine-second contender when she went 10.13 during eliminations and put up a 10.15 ET during the final round.
"I was really impressed with the 10-flat we did in Pomona because the fires and the air weren't good conditions to race under. I thought that was all the car had so I didn't expect to do it," Leslie says. "I had an inkling of a feeling when I was sitting in the tower and saw Lisa [Kubo] run her 8.00 ET. In the back of my head I got that feeling that I'm going to do it, and I though to myself nah, you're imagining things. The next pass out, sure enough, I did it."
Are you looking at me?!
If you still haven't evolved from the stages of dragging your knuckles on the ground when you walk or crapping in your hands and throwing it at a potential mate, you might assume that Leslie just drives the car while "the boys club" works on it. Carlos Oceguedo is the crew chief and the mastermind behind tuning the Horizon Motorsports CRX. He builds engines for a living at Trackmasters in Calif. and he is also a highly respected source of knowledge among the sport compact drag racing faithful. Momma Durst keeps stats for the team while Michael serves as team owner as well as the cohesive bond that holds the team together. Chris Cook also helps with the duties involved in running a successful racing operation. Leslie also spends more time working on the car than she does blasting down the 1320.
I wanted to learn things myself.
"Once I started in this sport I was very stubborn. I wanted to learn things myself. There's times [the crew] says we'll be down at the shop by noon and I'll tell them okay, I'll have it halfway apart by the time you get here," Leslie says. "Usually other people come up with the ideas, but I'm right there turning wrenches."
Leslie has no trouble hanging with the boys.
Naturally when you're talking about a woman competing in a sport predominantly male, the question of how females are accepted into the world of drag racing is bound to come up. Leslie says that she sees women generally being accepted as equals. "In the beginning there was a lot of trash talk before my car came out," she says. "But that happens with anyone who is building a car for a long period of time.
With the rules changes to the NHRA Sport Compact All Motor class Leslie isn't sure what the 2004 season will hold. Weight was added to front-wheel drive cars and reduced from the rear-wheel drive cars in the category, so she is just waiting to see how things will play out. Looking beyond the upcoming season, Durst would eventually like to make the jump into the Hot Rod class or Pro FWD. Whatever the future may hold for Leslie, with some luck and a performance like she put on the second half of 2003, she might find herself on the winning end of the deal she made with her dad.
Chick car my ****!
Ms. Durst, is that your final answer?
Durst didn't wake up one morning and decide that she wanted to build a racecar. The roots of her love for racing run much deeper than an impulsive decision. Back in '96 she became involved with the show scene. After seeing that a lot of the cars that were taking home trophies also happened to be high-dollar rides that only met the asphalt when they were being pushed off and on the trailer, she reconsidered her decision. "I actually really enjoy driving cars so I decided to take the other route. I bought a CRX, put a GS-R motor in it, went out to Palmdale and I was hooked," Leslie says.
"You do the best with what you have."
The CRX that Durst campaigned in California's high desert during the early part of her racing career is also the same Horizon Motorsports CRX that the 28-year-old is still driving competitively today. Though the car has seen many changes through the years, one thing that sets the purple Honda apart from many of professional drag racing cars is the void of huge corporate sponsor logos on the side. Rather than sit and complain about the lack of corporate sponsorship dollars, Leslie has a different outlook on running against other racers that show up to events in semi trucks and have put crews twice the size of hers. "We just pay attention to our own game," Durst says. "It doesn't do you any good to be looking at everyone else and saying we want to be like them. You have to pay attention to your own stuff. You do the best you can with what you have."
Are you finished already?
Leslie and the Horizon Motorsports team did they best they could with what they had during the 2003 season and after working out some bugs during the early parts of the year, their best was good enough to set history at the last event of the NHRA season. All year long several All Motor class drivers flirted with breaking into the nines. Erick Aguilar did it in June with a 9.991 at 133.95 mph, but that was on NDRA series where cars are allowed to be over 100 pounds lighter than the NHRA rules allow. That change in the rules between the two sanctioning bodies makes a big difference, as all year long NHRA drivers kept making passes deep into the 10s, but with nobody being able to break into single-digit territory. In the finals at Woodburn, Leslie threw her hat into the ring as a legitimate NHRA All Motor class nine-second contender when she went 10.13 during eliminations and put up a 10.15 ET during the final round.
"I was really impressed with the 10-flat we did in Pomona because the fires and the air weren't good conditions to race under. I thought that was all the car had so I didn't expect to do it," Leslie says. "I had an inkling of a feeling when I was sitting in the tower and saw Lisa [Kubo] run her 8.00 ET. In the back of my head I got that feeling that I'm going to do it, and I though to myself nah, you're imagining things. The next pass out, sure enough, I did it."
Are you looking at me?!
If you still haven't evolved from the stages of dragging your knuckles on the ground when you walk or crapping in your hands and throwing it at a potential mate, you might assume that Leslie just drives the car while "the boys club" works on it. Carlos Oceguedo is the crew chief and the mastermind behind tuning the Horizon Motorsports CRX. He builds engines for a living at Trackmasters in Calif. and he is also a highly respected source of knowledge among the sport compact drag racing faithful. Momma Durst keeps stats for the team while Michael serves as team owner as well as the cohesive bond that holds the team together. Chris Cook also helps with the duties involved in running a successful racing operation. Leslie also spends more time working on the car than she does blasting down the 1320.
I wanted to learn things myself.
"Once I started in this sport I was very stubborn. I wanted to learn things myself. There's times [the crew] says we'll be down at the shop by noon and I'll tell them okay, I'll have it halfway apart by the time you get here," Leslie says. "Usually other people come up with the ideas, but I'm right there turning wrenches."
Leslie has no trouble hanging with the boys.
Naturally when you're talking about a woman competing in a sport predominantly male, the question of how females are accepted into the world of drag racing is bound to come up. Leslie says that she sees women generally being accepted as equals. "In the beginning there was a lot of trash talk before my car came out," she says. "But that happens with anyone who is building a car for a long period of time.
With the rules changes to the NHRA Sport Compact All Motor class Leslie isn't sure what the 2004 season will hold. Weight was added to front-wheel drive cars and reduced from the rear-wheel drive cars in the category, so she is just waiting to see how things will play out. Looking beyond the upcoming season, Durst would eventually like to make the jump into the Hot Rod class or Pro FWD. Whatever the future may hold for Leslie, with some luck and a performance like she put on the second half of 2003, she might find herself on the winning end of the deal she made with her dad.
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Re: Leslie and Horizon Motorsports Article (eddiecut)
<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eddiecut »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">congrats leslie, i think the guy at the top of this post didnt see the history chan. show.... leila was the one on the discovery channel but pinoy was the one on the other show, get it ! lol </TD></TR></TABLE>
no trooper saw the show, he knows that i was on the history channel and lelia was on the discovery channel. trooper just likes to call me lelani because it's easier then saying nalani.
</TD></TR></TABLE>no trooper saw the show, he knows that i was on the history channel and lelia was on the discovery channel. trooper just likes to call me lelani because it's easier then saying nalani.
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very good article Leslie...keep up the good work...cant wait to see you guys out this season...
hey nalani thanks for posting the article...and thanks jerry for the full scooop!!
hey nalani thanks for posting the article...and thanks jerry for the full scooop!!
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bisimoto »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Very nice, Les!
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...stay all motor!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DVSshoeco »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> Michael Durst gave his daughter two years to make it in professional drag racing and if she didn't succeed then she received a one-way ticket back to school and the workforce.
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Hehe, thats hot, talk about pressure...
Way to go Ms. Lezzlie
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Hehe, thats hot, talk about pressure...
Way to go Ms. Lezzlie
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Bisimoto »</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Very nice, Les!
...stay all motor!!!</TD></TR></TABLE>
Sorry Bisi ...can't promise that one.....
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Sorry Bisi ...can't promise that one.....
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Sorry Bisi ...can't promise that one.....
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congrats babe
Sorry Bisi ...can't promise that one.....
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congrats babe
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Re: Leslie and Horizon Motorsports Article (allmotorgurl)
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Sorry Bisi ...can't promise that one.....
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Big ups girl. I must say, that everytime i open a magazine now, i can spot you in it. All the guys at work dont believe it, but i still show em the pics, articles, and video as proof that its a 4banger and its nasty. Congrats to this past year which seemed pretty kick *** for you.
1st and formost, thanx for repping the underdogs!
Looking foward to seeing whats comes in 2004 and 2005.
Stunna BEN
Sorry Bisi ...can't promise that one.....
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Big ups girl. I must say, that everytime i open a magazine now, i can spot you in it. All the guys at work dont believe it, but i still show em the pics, articles, and video as proof that its a 4banger and its nasty. Congrats to this past year which seemed pretty kick *** for you.
1st and formost, thanx for repping the underdogs!
Looking foward to seeing whats comes in 2004 and 2005.
Stunna BEN
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