Name: Lagos on the fast lane: Nigeria’s thriving racing culture
Uploaded: 2025-12-26T13:09:12.037Z
Duration: 2 min 44 s
Description: Known for its notorious traffic jams, Lagos is now seeing a push from young innovators to transform its streets into high-speed lanes for cars.

Known for its notorious traffic jams, Lagos is now seeing a push from young innovators to transform its streets into high-speed lanes for cars.

Lagos

Lagos, a city often recognized for its heavy traffic, is witnessing a surge in motorsport culture as young enthusiasts turn gridlock into high-speed excitement. Events like Autofest are providing a platform for local talents such as Mohamed and Titilope Anifowoshe to showcase their automotive skills and inspire others.

Organizers aim to bring rare cars and real-life racing experiences closer to the youth, while local builders like David Yakubu demonstrate that high-performance vehicles can be constructed in Nigeria. Spectators and participants alike celebrate the city's evolving identity, as Lagos emerges as a hub for ambition, creativity, and motorsport innovation.

Lagos on the fast lane: Nigeria’s thriving racing culture

Lagos is famous for traffic jams, but today, the streets are roaring with speed. From drifts to drag races, meet the young Nigerians turning gridlock into adrenaline. Mohamed and Titilope Anifowoshe, siblings united by a love for cars, are not just racing. They are inspiring other young Nigerians to dream big, display their craft and prove that Lagos can rival global speed culture. The reason why I'm here today is to showcase my craft, my art to everybody. So that's why I'm here today. Everybody needs to see what my car can do and what I can do as well. Almost all the time, people ask me, oh, are you the one that just drove this car? Is that you? I get that question all the time. But for me, it's just the love of vehicles. When we talk carshows, you think of Dubai, UAE, Qatar and whatever. So it's just beautiful to see that young Nigerians are dreaming big and doing things that are not cultural to us. For organizers, the goal is bringing rare cars closer to young people, feeding curiosity with real-life experience. It's basically an avenue to see cars up close that they naturally wouldn't see. Because a whole lot of these cars, the enthusiasts, the petrolheads, have these cars just somewhere in some garage. And then the Legos, they see this, they follow this on some blogs. And this is an opportunity for them to experience it firsthand. And that's why you see here at Autofest, you always have a crowd every time. But for some, like David Yakubu, building performance engines right here in Nigeria, that passion shifts into higher gear. We are living proof and living testament that these cars can be done here. And as you can see them in the flesh, like I said, people think, OK, fine, this was brought in. No, it was actually done here, in Legos to be precise. So you get rid of that, you put an external fuel tank and then you run it straight. Spectators welcome the difference from the city's regular vehicular scene. I feel good seeing all of these people experience all of these things, because we don't get this type of experiences every day in Legos. It's really great because I like the sound, I like the rides, the burning of rubbers, I like everything that comes with it. Amidst the roar of engines, colorful drifts and quarter mile races, this event has turned Legos' gridlock reputation on its head. It's showing that the city isn't just about traffic, it's about ambition, creativity and a growing motorsport culture.

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