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About Us
"The Empire of Exile started here... in this garage...
When Team Exile was first formed, it wasn't named Team Exile, it was first known as The AZN Angelz Crew back in mid 2000 in Salinas, CA. The original members were Eric Burl (Filipino), Steven Burl (Filipino), and Joshua Christian (Korean). The name was picked because all of the members were asian and we went by the quote, "Never Drive Faster Than Your Angels Can Fly." After almost a year of running under the AAC name, we met up with Kevin Ersoy of Marina, CA. After a while of debating, we came under the name of Team Si-R. Si-R was an acronym for "Street Import Racing" and was also the trim of one of the most powerful Honda Civic models ever produced. After a while of flying under the Team Si-R flag, Kevin moved away to pursue college, Joshua Christian went to expand Team Si-R, and also a couple new members including DJ Madronio, Frank DeAgustinio, and James Tingco hopped on board with Steven and Eric. At this point we were known as Team Dragon.
Now, Team Dragon would
be known as The Got Rice Crew, or simply known as The GRC. The
GRC members were all In mid 2006 The GRC would hold a team meeting to discuss a new name. The members were Steven Burl, Eric Burl, DJ Madronio, Tiffanie Hutchison, Joe Bresciani, Robin Patterson, and Bill Kauffman. That night we decided on the name Team Exodus. It was a majority vote but Eric thought that the name was too biblical and religious. After a night of brainstorming (and reading through a dictionary), Steven came up with Team Exile. It had a dark and methodical connotation. The meaning struck a certain string with him: One who is expelled either voluntarily or by force of circumstance from a social body or native land. And that's what we were, we didn't fit in the mold of All Honda Teams or All Subie Teams or All Drag Teams or All Drift Teams. We consisted of many types of cars, from Hondas to Jeeps; from drifters to drag racers. This was the appeal of the crew, we were different.
Team M1L disbanded for the most part. Some claim that the M1L Family still exists, but the 2 remaining original Team M1L members have disband it. Some members joined other teams, others went solo. For Steven Burl, Eric Burl, Dustin Delameter, Sam Madruga, and Tim Clark, it was a wake up call to re-open Exile.
In Mid 2007, Team Exile was reborn under
the same guidelines as before. It expanded
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this time, a good friend named Brenden Tsukimura had passed
away, being a victim of a botched robbery attempt and because of
this, The K-Spec Dragon was established. The K-Spec Dragon
brought together the friends of Brenden into one racing crew.
But as time passed, friends grew apart and The K-Spec Dragon was
disbanded.
asian again and known for having a "GOT RICE?" decal on their
rear windows. The GRC flourished and expanded. It was when non-asian
members would join that we would decide to do another name
change.
In
late 2006, Team Exile would come into contact with members of
The Banana Crew and Team 100 Octane. Steven Burl was working at
NIA Performance at the time and was a sales rep and install tech
when he came across two members of the Banana Crew. First was
Francis Nieves. Francis would bring in his Honda CRX and hang
out. After a while, Steven and Francis would become very good
friends. Next was Lupe Munoz of Team 100 Octane. Lupe would come
in every now and again to hang out and to buy parts. At the
time, he was working on a Ford Focus. Last, he would meet Jon
Domingo of The Banana Crew. After about two weeks of being
acquainted with Jon, they decided to form the Team M1L. The
Original Founders of Team M1L were Jon Domingo, Steven Burl,
Francis Nieves, DJ Madronio, James Tingco, Lupe Munoz, and
Brandon Cobbs. This was in late August. Under the watchful eye
of Jon, Steven, and Francis, and the cooperation of the other
founders, Team M1L would be strong and together. On December 24,
Christmas Eve of 2006, Jonathan Domingo passed away in a car
accident, forever leaving Team M1L
crippled. M1L fell into a flurry of power struggles, where
members tried to gain power by recruiting new members by
themselves to gain votes. In the end, Team M1L was in shambles
and unprofessional with over 40 members and less than 18
cars. It was time to call it quits.
from
the 831 (Monterey Bay, CA) to the 510 (Hayward, CA) and then out
to the 704 (Mooresville, NC). Team Exile: The Blacklisted
Drivers represents the breaking away from the mainstream. It
means 
