# @ryanlitteral on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx707polRnv
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/12289595-ryanlitteral-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/e13cccc9c8.jpg
- **Posted:** 2019-05-26T17:52:17.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Ryan Litteral (@ryanlitteral) — https://gondola.cc/ryanlitteral

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I was tagged in a facebook memory today............I still remember this as if it was yesterday, this is the day everything changed for me- Took me 4 years to get a decent car together. During this time we literally had no money at all whatsoever. andrewmolina and I lived at the shop at that time,  literally living and breathing what we did and were making it happen day by day, just making enough money to get by paying the rent and utilities and eating ARCO rib sandwiches. We finalized the 14 a few days before round 2 of Top Drift in 2013- loaded up my 95 Ford 7.3 e350 that I bought from a friend for $2k, three of our friends, all of our tools and supplies, and two bean bag chairs.  I had a bunch of take off tires that id been stacking for a few years which a few of my pro friends at the time had given me. We weren’t able to practice that much the day before either due to our limited resources. We had just enough tires, gas and such to run the comp so we had to conserve. Day of competition came around and it was on- every lap counted- team was on point - I can’t really describe it but it’s just one of those days where everything lined up exactly the way it needed to. I remember my thought process going into each battle being so calculated and so precise, it was calming. It was the first time I had even had a crew of any kind - and it was all friends- friends that helped me build this car, friends that dedicated themselves because they loved it. When we won that day it was a great sense of accomplishment and I’m still extremely proud of all of us. 
Thank you to the homies that stood by me in this shit. Without you, it would have never been possible. 
Love you guys.
#weallstartsomewhere #teamworkmakesthedreamwork

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