Fast And Furious 3

HT: You've done demos for Champ Car, and there has been some talk in the drifting community about having drifting at an X-Games type of event. How do you feel about that?
AP: Anything along the lines of doing crazy events in front of more spectators is good; that's why we're doing demo events in front of new audiences. The more new spectators you show the sport to, the more fans you get, and that all really helps take the sport to a new level. Once people see it, they fall in love with it.

HT: You did some driving in the recent Fast and Furious 3 movie. What was that experience like? Did you actually like the final product?AP: That was really cool, I enjoyed that a lot! I drove the gold 350Z in the scene before it hit the Lexus and in the scene where it was weaving through traffic. Also, in the scene where "Shawn Boswell" is driving with "Neela," I was driving some of the background cars. All of the stunt drivers were from Formula D, so that's what made it fun. It was all formal when it came time to shoot, but when they were setting the scenes up, we were all goofing off and having a good time. When I finally saw the movie, I really enjoyed it. I thought it was pretty cool compared to the other movies in the series.

HT: You've done some Time Attack driving in the past year, and used to run some NASA enduro races a few years ago. Do you have any desires to drive in other motorsports?
AP: I think that I'm the type of driver that will jump into anything given the opportunity, whether it's a go-kart or rally or NASCAR. Anything that they will let me drive I will drive! I have driven in a lot of different forms of motorsports over the years: I did karts for a few years, I rode dirt bikes for a few years, but I've always been road racing and drifting, so those are my strong points. As a driver, you can only spend so much money on racing and the rest has to go to rent. Until I make more money, I'm not going to do much with other motorsports unless I find more sponsors. Some of the most fun I've had is at local track days with a bunch of friends where we can just drive all day and have fun. With all the drifting events this year, the amount of time spent at the tracks with all of the events, there isn't much time for a regular 9-to-5 job, so you have to have a flexible job. It makes it tough.

HT: If Honda gave you a car for free tomorrow, which car would you ask for?
AP: It would definitely be an S2000. I'd love to build a personal car based off of the RS*R car, but with some of the comfort pieces so that I could drive it as a daily driver. I would keep the interior as well as the convertible top. I'd also keep the AC; it's too hot here in sunny Southern California to drive without it.