Kyle Wade, the racer and fabricator behind the massively popular BoostedBoiz YouTube channel \u2013 now at 1.45 million subscribers \u2013 has turned unlikely platforms like a Honda Civic, Toyota MR2, and even a Honda Odyssey minivan into fan-favorite, record-setting machines. But the numbers only tell part of the story.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Editor\u2019s Note: This story originally appeared in DI #197, the 30 Under 30 Issue, in November\/December 2025. <\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve always loved cars,\u201d Wade says. \u201cI remember just watching videos of street racing and stuff when I was a kid. I always thought cars were cool. I wanted to go fast.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n That obsession followed him through high school and into his earliest builds. He started a YouTube channel to document his trips from Longmont, Colorado, down to car meets in Denver. He started showing the process behind his projects, which became more outside-the-box as the channel grew. Collaborations with fellow automotive YouTubers like 2023 DI 30 Under 30 honoree Garrett Mitchell \u2013 better known as Cleetus McFarland \u2013 also helped grow the channel\u2019s audience<\/p>\n If the BoostedBoiz channel has a mascot, it\u2019s Wade\u2019s red Honda Civic. A lightweight, home-built, boosted street car, the Civic became that helped define the channel\u2019s early identity. \u201cIt\u2019s the most OG build,\u201d Wade says. \u201cIt\u2019s had so much time into it, and it\u2019s still all the original fabrication that me and my buddies did years ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The Civic wasn\u2019t just a YouTube prop. It was a legitimate contender. One of Wade\u2019s biggest moments came recently when he won the second-quickest Stick Shift Shootout bracket at FL2K at Bradenton Motorsports Park, which is now his home track as he essentially lives next door.\u00a0<\/p>\n Where the Civic brought attention, the MR2 brought Wade\u2019s first taste of serious performance. \u201cThat car means a lot to me,\u201d he says. \u201cIt was the first actual fast car I built, and it was the first car I ever went 7s in.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n The MR2 quickly became one of the channel\u2019s crown jewels. With its mid-engine layout and big-power turbo setup, it served as Wade\u2019s unofficial engineering program. Everything he learned shaping the MR2 bled into later projects. \u201cIt was a world-record car at one point,\u201d he explains. \u201cWe had the quickest and fastest MR2. It held the record for a while.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n Even after that record eventually fell, Wade\u2019s pride in the platform remains unmatched. The car marked a formative jump from fast street builds to serious drag machines, and its fanbase, much like the Civic\u2019s, is fiercely loyal. \u201cThe MR2 is still one of my favorite builds I\u2019ve ever done,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n But of all Wade\u2019s projects, few have captured the public\u2019s imagination like his Honda Odyssey the undisputed quickest minivan in drag racing. \u201cThat thing really blew up,\u201d he laughs. \u201cPeople love the Odyssey.\u201d Original, different, and loaded with turbocharged absurdity, the Odyssey became an immediate fan favorite. From callouts to side-by-side passes with legitimate race cars, the minivan represented Wade\u2019s perfect blend of comedy, creativity, and capability.<\/p>\n These staple builds have helped Wade develop a global audience that now follows every BoostedBoiz experiment, from jet-powered minivans to world-record Tesla attempts.<\/p>\n Despite the channel\u2019s massive reach, Wade remains grounded. His greatest pride is the culture around BoostedBoiz. It\u2019s a community built from the same curiosity and enthusiasm that pushed him to start experimenting with Hondas in the first place. \u201cI just want to keep inspiring people to build cool stuff,\u201d Wade says. \u201cIf they see what we\u2019re doing and think, \u2018Man, I could try something like that,\u2019 that\u2019s what it\u2019s all about.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m showing people that it can be done on a budget,\u201d he continues. \u201cI think with a lot of things I do, I\u2019m one of the more grassroots channels that people really feel like they can take some info from that and start doing it on their own.\u201d<\/p>\n As much as Wade has inspired others, he has also taken inspiration from those around him over the course of his time in the sport. Brent Leivestad of PFI Speed, McFarland, and Kyle Loftis have all inspired Wade in various ways.\u00a0<\/p>\n And just like those three individuals empowered Wade to make moves, he hopes people in his audience relate to his passion and effort and find similar inspiration to get out into the garage and onto the dragstrip.\u00a0\u201cI\u2019m just a normal guy and so are these other people. They\u2019re just dedicated to do it,\u201d Wade says. \u201cThat\u2019s just something I didn\u2019t really realize when I started. I thought these guys probably had scientists in the trailer mixing fuels in tubes or something and it was like rocket science, but I just realized, \u2018Oh, it\u2019s just normal guys that are just sending it.\u2019 I try to show people that it can be done. Just get out there, get started somewhere, and have some fun.\u201d<\/p>\n The post DI 30 Under 30 2025: Kyle Wade<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Kyle Wade, the racer and fabricator behind the massively popular BoostedBoiz YouTube channel \u2013 now at 1.45 million subscribers \u2013 has turned unlikely platforms like a Honda Civic, Toyota MR2, and even a Honda Odyssey minivan into fan-favorite, record-setting machines. 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