Written By: Ben Duen
It wasn't that long ago in which I could still remember Kevin's only form of transportation was either a BMX bike or an understading mother. I can still remember 6 years ago when he was talking about Pokemon and toys. Damn he's grown up fast. Being 19 years of age and the youngest member in Jade, he already has recognition and props from his peers with one of the sweetest JDM style civic hatchers in the Sunshine State. How is this possible?? Well, it definitely helps when your big brother is Brian Duong, a pioneer in the import scene, a previous rep for Racing Zone Autohouse, and now a rep for Mackin Industries (Volk Racing). Kevin spent the bulk of his early teenage years in the garage watching big brother Brian hooking up his show stopping Eclipse (RIP) or watching other Jade cars during their buildups. He's also tagged along at nearly every single car show and event we attended and competed in back in the day. Basically, we made it so that it was damn near impossible not to have some of that knowledge and experience soak into his young mind. So by the time he was ready to start his first project car, he had no bad habits and he had the mentality of a world class competitor practically hardwired into his brain. Just one look at what he has accomplished with the awards and his recent feature in Import Tuner Magazine- and you can tell...this grasshopper of ours is ready for 06. |
