tHE STORY OF pICKLE pERFORMANCE

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 How did I come up with the name Pickle Performance you ask? Well in 2018 my wife and I were drinking some wine by the fire pit and we started talking about our bucket lists. I mentioned that it would be really cool to make a viral video. She looked at me and said, “Oh yeah, about what?” I looked her dead in the eyes and replied, “pickles.” After a few glasses of wine, I started talking in a funny voice while naming off all different types of pickles. (Think of Bubba from Forest Gump but with pickles) We sent the video to a few close friends and we were all dying laughing. That’s when the character, Steve Dill, was born. While nothing actually went viral, I did get some pretty good views and lots of good laughs with friends and family.  During the time I was making the Steve Dill videos, I was also building my best bud Justin’s, twin-turbo 2015 Mustang. Once the car finally hit the street and track, people quickly gained interest. When they would ask who built the car, Justin would always say, “It was built by Pickle.” And once the car community got a hold of the Steve Dill videos, Pickle quickly became my nickname. Soon after, I started getting other people who wanted me to build their cars, so I started taking on 1-2 cars at a time. I would spend most of my nights and weekends in the garage (off jack stands and homemade wooden blocks) while still working full time as a Project Manger, at a major salad processor.