BEAST MODE
of torque, Ho’s version pumps out
a whopping 1,281 horsepower and
928 foot-pounds of torque at the
wheels. “My idea was to max out
the parts and fuel capabilities and
still be able to drive it on the street
every day.”
requires stock front brakes. “I try to
stay within eight or 10 hours of
Oklahoma City,” he mentions, but
has been going to more races locally
as of late.
The beautiful white GTR isn’t just a
pretty face at the track, though, as
And he does. Ho usually can be Ho has racked up quite a few wins
found cruising around in his GTR on and notable finishes with it. He won
the weekends, going out to eat with the GTR 3 class in 2016 after laying
his wife, Michelle, and racing. He down multiple 8-second passes
doesn’t limit himself to just one with a personal best of 8.64 at
type, though, and often mixes it up 163.67 mph. “That was the first time
both at the strip and on the street. I got the car back with the new set
up, and the conditions were ideal.
Most often, Ho competes in the I was running on M&H drag radials,
Forced Induction Pro class at Import but now I’ve switched to M&H slicks
Face Off (IFO) events and in Street and I think I could have gone in the
Racer at Street Car Takeover (SCT) low 8s if I’d been on slicks at that
races. He also makes the yearly mi- time,” he muses. “I also won IFO
gration to TX2K and happily flogs earlier this year at Thunder Valley
his GTR in the GTR 3 class which and was the IFO runner up in Tulsa.”
NOW, PEOPLE KNOW MY CAR
SO I DON’T GET AS MANY
CALL OUTS ANYMORE.
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Not one to back off from a challenge
or shy away from a race, Ho also
has made a name for himself on the
streets. Though the OKC scene ex-
ploded in popularity in recent years,
lately Ho has noticed it tapering off.
“Ever since I got my car to be making
the power it has, it’s been one of
the fastest cars on the street. I have
good power straight from the hit,
and I used to race 1,500-horsepower
Lambos with more power than me,
but I’d keep up,” he boasts. “Now,
people know my car so I don’t get
as many call outs anymore. I’ll race
my friends just for fun, too.”
On the hunt for new victims, Ho
started traveling out of state. He
often hits up Texas and runs with
his Oklahoma-based crew to rep-
resent their state. “A few months
ago in Dallas, I ran into an
1,800-horsepower Lambo and
ended up racing him. He got on it
and came around me on the big
end—but it looked real good on
video,” Ho laughs when recalling
the race.
Ho’s notoriety on the street also
grew thanks in part to a couple of
appearances made by his car on
Discovery’s hit TV show, Street
Outlaws. In its television debut, Ho’s
GTR was actually driven by a fellow
OKC racer Bernie Towns in a round
robin-style match up. “Bernie ap-
proached me a few days before they
filmed. His car wasn’t ready but he
needed a car to drive, so I said ‘why
not?’ and loaned my car to him,” Ho
explains. “He didn’t know the car
and it’s pretty finicky—you have to
shift early with the dual clutch pad-
dle-shift setup and the earlier Cobb
technology—so I didn’t put it on
full drag mode.” Towns wound up
losing on the show, but the car won
many fans.
A few seasons later, Street Outlaws
leader Justin “Big Chief” Shearer
himself approached Ho about
coming on for another round robin
race. “A week prior I had gone racing
and beat a buddy of Chief’s. When
they were looking for cars, his friend
suggested me,” He details of how
things went down. He admits
feeling a little weird being in front
of the cameras, but when it came
time to race, it was all business. “I