 Welcome back here to the channel. Big announcements are being had today if you have a guest by that intro clip and you can see the car running here at Tale of the Dragon that R35 Monster with the ESTA door cards. Well that is because today I officially announced my partnership and working with Steve Connor, a pro driver of ESTA, getting a chance that I've been working for for a very long time. If you guys have been fans of the channel from back in the fours of more than four seven days, you guys know I was trying to get into ESTA. I was trying to get my license. I was working with TUS. I was running in SSR to try to get my seat in ESTA. Well I have been given an opportunity that I can't even still wrap around the thing that I was given this chance. Steve Connor, a pro ESTA driver as well as ESTA's media and sponsorship personnel and staff member has given me the opportunity to take what they're calling the celebrity spot. The celebrity spot in ESTA is for going his championship spot in the ESTA series to open it up to myself and some others to compete in various rounds rotating through each other in the ESTA pro championship in the 2021 season. So all my hard work has come to this point. This is not a full seat, it is not a full license. I get a chance to try and qualify into some rounds of ESTA and show that I deserve to be here. So I was definitely tuning and testing the car here on the Dragon, had one or two offs. I was trying to get comfortable in his R35. This part is a monster and I can't thank Steve Connor, ESTA and all the staff, die and everybody for allowing this to be an opportunity for myself and others such as Slap Train and the few IRL pros that may be taking the seat in the various rounds of seven rounds of ESTA. As of right now I'm slotted in to compete in round two which is in about two and a half weeks. So definitely trying to dial the car down, got my livery and everything. I definitely love the color scheme and what I was able to come up with for this livery. Of course rocking the energy and all the other sponsors of Connor such as Next Entire's Big Duck Club, you know, Next Level Sims, just to name a few, you know, representing Connor's car in ESTA is, you know, something that I hope I can do with justice. This car is nasty, it's aggressive, it's so much fun to drive and it's definitely something that has way more power than I personally am used to. And like I said this is a seat for me in ESTA but it's not going to come easy. So the competitors such as all the big hitters, winner of round one, JSI Mystified and all the other JSI members, you know, OMT, Itandem and all these other big name teams that are competing, the competition is tough. So for me to actually get into battles is going to take a lot of effort on my part and a lot of practice to be able to actually qualify for the round. I'm not just going to be given a spot in battles, I need to qualify high and actually qualify in 32 to get into battles. But the chance that I have to be able to be sitting on the start line here in a set of Corsa on ESTA qualifying day is something that I can't even fully wrap my head around yet. And you know, I'm so excited to bring you guys this and bring this out to you guys. It was something in the works for a little bit of time and I'm so excited that I can officially announce it to you guys. And once again, a big thank you to Steve Conner for giving me the opportunity to get behind the wheel of his R35 and take it into ESTA. He, with the media and his family, he's unable to compete in all the rounds and he wanted to open this spot up for people that could potentially be in ESTA next season. So I'm definitely going to be going hard in qualifying and doing my best, trying my hardest to show that I deserve to be there because, you know, driving and drifting in a competition aspect is not something for the pain of heart. And at this caliber of driving with a caliber of drivers that are in ESTA, it's not an easy feat. So even able to qualify for a round is something in a win. I went off in the dirt there. So we're going to take a look at this car a little bit more in depth here. So let's go take a look at the car and see what we're rocking with for this season. So we're taking a look at Conner's R35 that he has built and was running in round one. As you can see, it's a different livery than his monster energy drink livery that he rocks. But this is my personal livery that I'll be running. And like I said, pulling out all his big name sponsors, Vossen, Podium, Big Duck Club, Next Level Racing, Nexon Tires, and of course my main sponsor Energy Innovations. A big thank you to them for constantly supporting me. And they are supporting in this ESTA endeavor. So the R35 is definitely different. I've never seen a Targa Top Style R35. So it's definitely a super aggressive looking car. The interior, you know, full blown out race car. It's an amazing car. Love what he's done with the car. Hopped in the car, ran some runs at Long Beach, felt super comfortable in it. Definitely gonna be doing some more tuning. Gonna be getting with, you know, some bigger named ESTA drivers that are helping me through to support that I'm getting in this endeavor that when they found out that I was gonna be running some rounds is incredible. Definitely love those headlights. And it's got some underglow in there. You can't really see it right now, but you know, daytime and all. So I'm getting a lot of help from the ITANDEM guys. I'm getting a lot. I'm gonna be getting help from the OMT team. There's a lot of people that are willing to help me and help with what I need when it comes to getting this car ready for the competition. They have been longtime friends, new coming friends and things. It just goes to show you the community that ESTA has brought together. And I can't thank the staff of ESTA die. Everybody that's involved for what they've brought for the competition community. It's insane. And I am so excited to be a part of this. I can't thank everybody enough. Super excited to bring you guys prep content for the next couple of weeks. You know, ESTA prep, tuning tandem practices. Once we find out this end of this week, what track it's gonna be on. Well, you know, I'll be running a lot of practice got my buddy Christmas always ready to help me always ready to throw down. We were running some tandems with these cars, you know, just so that I could get some tea time. And I can't thank him enough. Like I can't thank Addy enough for willing to help me adjusting the car if I needed to and, you know, Connor is definitely willing, you know, to make changes. He even was offering to change cars if I needed to to give me a comfortable spot. It just shows you the type of people that are in the community. And the community that I've built from my channel is just another bracket of this. This is a whole nother aspect of the community that not a lot of people get the chance to see. So once again, a big thank you to everybody at ESDA, all the staff, Connor, especially for allowing me the chance to take his R35, his baby that he refers to as and get behind the wheel and sit on the starting line of the qualifying run and try and qualify my way into a round of ESDA. That in itself is an achievement in my mind. Qualifying for a round would be a win in my books, but going here and getting the opportunity and being considered for this chance is a win in my book because obviously I've made an impression on people and, you know, that's why I'm getting this opportunity. I can't think everybody enough. I'm going to do my hardest and, you know, run my best foot forward to try to make this happen and get into battle so I can bring you guys some amazing content. I'm going to take you guys along this journey into ESDA and hopefully I'll be able to compete in the Cedar Series at the end of this ESDA season to get my full official ESDA license and a seat for next season where I'll be bringing out a very unique car. You guys know what it is on the channel, very unique and can't wait to be bringing my own team into, you know, the Cedar Series. It got a lot of good drivers in mind that I'm going to be bringing with me, going to be building a team for tandem competition. So make sure you guys follow me on all social media, all of which are down in the description box below. And as always, I thank you guys for watching. I'm EvilRabbit. I'll see you guys on the track.