Well... for starters, I'm Emilie, originally from NY, but I currently live in PA.  I'm 25, and for the last 4 years, I have been helping my boyfriend run his performance shop, Ground Zero Performance.  We specialize in the Mitsubishi 3000GT and Dodge Stealth, but dabble in everything.  I run more of the office end of things, sales, errands, vehicle towing, etc, but I do get my hands dirty from time to time and absolutely love it!

Let's see... I'm 5' tall, and wear high heels to compensate for it.  I impulsively buy cars and parts like most girls buy purses and shoes.  Coach purse?  Nah... I'll take those shiny turbos though!  I have a seriously bad addiction, and I should probably seek professional help for it.   So I guess you can say I'm not your typical girly girl.   I'm not really sure how many cars I currently own, but I do know that 95% of them currently aren't running.  

Now, my prides and joy... I have an Orchid Pearl 1996 Stealth R/T... one of only 8 R/T's produced in that color... she's got 270k miles and my every day beat-around car.

I also have a 1995 3000GT Spyder retractable hardtop.  It's currently down for the count while we install a built engine, beefed up transmission, some turbos, and an AWD conversion, along with a customized Cianci widebody kit, and fresh paint.

As for my attraction to Bullrun... well, my friend Jackie, Brooke, and I were contacted by the casting crew back in 2006 through our Myspace pages, and told that they desperately needed a girls team that actually knew about cars. Well... they came to the right girls!!  We know our shit!  Unfortunately, Jackie could not get her video in time, so, Brooke and I auditioned together.  We made it out to LA for the final interviews, and were hours away from having my modified 98 3000GT VR-4 picked up, when we received the call that they decided to go a different route and chose a different team instead... Team Scion.  And we all know how well that worked out!! HAHA  ;-)

So, I'm back again for Season 3 with my girl Tracy, and a much more badass ride... a single turbo'd 600hp 1992 Lexus SC300, courtesy of my Tracy's friend, George.

We're here to throw down with the big boys, and prove to everyone that we can do move than just pose on the hood... we can drive circles around you as well.

And I want to just throw this out there... the picture of me in jail was for a fundraiser!!! HONEST! haha

-Em

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