Surviving a Freeway Rollover: Rome CP’s E36 Pro1 Formula Drift Car

In a world where you mostly see an alphabet soup along the lines of s13, s14, and 2JZ, it’s refreshing to see some different stuff here and there. Like a homebrew BMW E36, run full grassroots style, with a nasty supercharged LQ under the hood. Our buddy Rome depends more on seat time and the elusive “driver mod” to give him the fighting chance in pro1 - and not even a savage highway rollover could stop him.
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[@1dickycat]

Been hearing Rome's name the past couple years, but first time seeing him interviewed/talking. Seems like such a humble guy and like me, loves a simple set up.

[@ryangates7122]

This guy is very inspiring to show what he has come from and overcome and to see him as happy go lucky as he is after it all is so badass

[@bandog6391]

That's some Final Destination shxt. Glad you, your wife and friend made it out ok..

[@kurosakiichigo5067]

That's a perfect story for VINwiki.

[@landon390]

19:22 And we finally start talking about the car LOL

[@Xyrkul]

Rome is a super cool guy, the true spirit of a drifter. So glad they made it out okay from the big accident.

[@toddbrown4185]

What I learned from this video is that e36s are very resilient in rollovers lmao. Rome’s car and Don Musk’s car (the one Hert drove in Poland)

[@josephmatuszak3855]

Just Wow! Crazy story, but it shows how awesome the drift community is. The support, the camaraderie. CAH-RAY-ZEE!

[@isaacshively6705]

That engine setup is beautiful, I love a supercharged car and I love Euro cars ... Such a nice build

[@TatiZiemer]

Rome is such a genuine guy! His episode on the Drifting Pro Am podcast is worth a listen

[@itsmikelake]

Feels with the rear grip on the E36! I'm always dialling out grip. It's awesome listening to Rome. Awesome story and so glad him and his family came out the other end safe and still able to compete!

[@moparracer76]

I remember driving at Grange with Rome back around 2016 when he still had his AE86. So crazy to see how far he's come

[@Beardchanics]

Amazing car and what a story! Thanks Larry!

[@leosaffron222]

Two English colonies make one French Canadian. Makes sense actually.

[@andy1200]

Rome is the man❤️ such an amazing dude.

[@joshc9846]

Such a cool guy. I'm definitely a fan of the car and I will be rooting for him next year!

[@dereknguyen3781]

So much respect to him, his wife, and everyone else who has helped him out of that gnarly accident. He seems like such a super cool guy and down to earth dude. Great interview like always, Larry!

[@LSXvoodoo]

Great mentality on how to keep it simple.

[@motorfanatics_com]

I'd dare to call this kind of LS3 setup modern. But nevertheless he really tries to keep it as basic as possible while keeping up with the competition, impressive.

[@Robert1187]

The backstory!🙌🏻👌🏼 makes the build even better! Cool guy down to earth and humble.

[@VictorSchofield]

This guy's story is insane! Love the E36

[@andivatar6383]

I like the livery, so simple. The setup too.

[@driftingcom]

Go Rome!!! So much progress since 2018!

[@patinaautosalon]

At 19:14 an orb leaves the drivers hand when hes talking about surviving the crash. Just saying

[@LateNightRituals]

E36 boyz 🤩

[@dougshaw2944]

Son of a gun, that's one helluva story. Good on him for making the race schedule after such an incident. And that's pretty rad of Enterprise, Car Crafters and Officer Dan to come through w/a truck and trailer.

[@elmoz122]

Got damn this guy. So positive.

[@bishopuu07]

Thank you

[@tedbear631]

9:00 Jesus christ glad him and his crew made it out of that in one piece!!!

[@Thermosmcjug]

Missouri loves company!

[@fear_dies_i_dont]

I love this guy so much

[@TheTankss]

his energy is crazy

[@MrHeisenb3rg]

Never clicked on a video so fast. Shoutout to Rome having A RIDE OR DIR wife whose dedicated to the dream.

[@Harold_That_Guy]

Dude, that's a hell of a story.

[@fadzilcheman4613]

This guy is really inspiring

[@Greenytica]

What a nice dude.

[@nicobrookswolf50]

Nice

[@Hashiriya086]

Woah it’s Rome

[@brianclarke7221]

That entire story sounds crazy expensive. 😦 Glad he's ok

[@nickmartinez5644]

"Your normal every day e36" idk where youre from but I don't see 36s that often lol

[@stylerunner2959]

Garagistic for the win!

[@jasonelzinga3696]

anyone know what wheels these are?

[@MadMaxGarage]

The shirt is cool. Links to purchase??

[@big____rich4560]

And the optimistic award of the year goes to...ROME CP!

[@TheCarZoomies]

What am awesome story.

[@noobatnothing]

ahahaha rome is so cool!!

[@tooqwikpix]

woooo ROME

[@VS666]

I can't even imagine how bad his wife felt. I hope they were insured very well

[@TediI47]

"don't be a shitty driver" god damn you internet

[@elliotmcbee2668]

6:11 why is his diesel fuel red when only ag fuel is red

[@isaacpettit5594]

Dads Canadian and moms Australian.. technically European.. even though neither of those countries is European 😆

[@liamspencer2641]

Both created by English colonialism, so he's not entirely off note.

[@lb9gta307]

@@liamspencer2641 Lower (French) Canada was a French colony

[@z33tanner]

Fucking savage!

[@PooRadley]

Hi, can you do more cars that aren't glued together shit boxes ? Asking for a friend....

[@Missileworksllc]

I had a blast chasing you Rome at asb 2017 in my truck haha.

[@matthewpiedt6177]

Yeah 1st

[@meegel]

#drivermod

[@FUCK_________googIe]

All i got from this is don't let your girl drive

[@alexeizverev4126]

BMW ^_^

[@nickmartinez5644]

Manji or maji? Lol idk how to spell it but I know there's no n lol

[@Fra-gee-lay]

...it does have a 'n'. It's manji.

[@bishopm4401]

How else do you make the N sound in manji if there’s no N

[@madridfan21]

Jesus fucking Christ 38 minutes long and he didn’t start the car once

[@baoqiangli9763]

The wide maria superiorly waste because appeal neuroanatomically wash afore a true bank. aback, wonderful owl

[@VanekLarson]

Getting famous off comments day 191, so I can live the dream, live everyday like it’s your last day🤙

[@JeffZ1028]

infamous*

[@paulwade5853]

Thanks for putting LS on the thumbnail, makes this one an easy skip

[@matthewmcclain1316]

It's a race car so an LS makes perfect sense. Shots fired!

[@galacticwaffles6162]

@paul wade

[@r3ktfahdle120]

Yet here you are

[@wake123soccer123]

Like you wouldn’t want an LS e36, cmon man, no room for negativity in car culture. Enough of it already.

[@mikaelgaiason688]

lmao Canada isn't Europe. Neither is Australia. I'd swear he's American with that painful lack of geographical knowledge...

[@CraigBrosRacing]

That place is a garbage dump of track!!!it was responsible for the death of the legend JEFF HAGAMAN in his T1 gtr..horrible track either fix it up or shut it down...

[@basedpetrolhead]

But theyre drifting. Whats your point?