The eBay auction, with eight days remaining, has already received 100 bids and is up to a staggering $10,600. In his comeback effort, Day has made available the Weld Racing wheel, Mickey Thompson tire, and TBM brake rotor - signed, of course - that were sheared from the passenger-front side of the ELCO when it went off the roadway and crashed in front of the Discovery Channel cameras. It’s not some kind of ‘role’ I’ve tried to play.” So the ‘underdog’ thing, that I’m labeled as, it’s real. “There have been times during this show, I’ve been dirt-broke poor. And I can’t fake that.”ĭespite his fame, Day remains a working-class guy. It’s something I tried to fight for a long time, but I’ve accepted that’s how I am. “I’m either gonna’ really make it in my life, or I’m gonna’ be nothing. “I’m an all-or-nothing guy,” Day Told Dragzine in a 2018 interview. Day has spent the months since working to pick up the pieces and plot his return. The incident left the ELCO in ruins - the body, chassis, engine, turbochargers, virtually all of it a compete loss. The likable Day had spent many years - and his life savings - transforming the El Camino made famous in the Oklahoma City street racing scene by the late Tyler Priddy (better known as “Flip”) into a world-class twin-turbo thoroughbred as he journeyed to compete with street racing’s best.īut all of his momentum came to a screeching halt - literally - last year (the episode was taped previously) when Day lost control of the ELCO on a night he says he didn’t actually intend to race. While it was certainly no secret prior to its airing on the Discovery Channel Monday night, “Kamikaze” Chris Day’s devastating ordeal behind the wheel of the fan-favorite “ELCO” was put on display for the world to see on a brand new episode of “Street Outlaws”.
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