10/17/06 OK our website updates have been a little behind but were back on track and were going to up date you for the last few months!!!

The last time we spoke to you guys was back in early August when we ran our personal best 7.79 @ 172mph pass (yeah those were the days).

Since then, we attended the NHRA Sport Compact Nationals in West Palm Beach Florida. But the Paradise Racing Celica was re-invaded by the electrical gremlins again!!! Try all that we tried this made for a very bad outing. So we packed up the Paradise Racing Celica and vowed for revenge. But the time gremlins got us and we were unable to repair the Celica before NOPI returned to Maryland International Raceway. The results were not good. We qualified in the number 6 spot and we went out first round. But we want to thank Thom Miles from Borg Warner Airwerks and Dan and Dave at Bullseye Power for being on hand to support us.

From there we headed out to the world famous NOPI Nationals!!! What a show, what a show!!!!! With all of the hard time we had been having at the track, it was a little relaxing to be able to sit back and talk to fans and enjoy their company. We want to send some special shout outs. All of the beautiful people at Carbufz.com!!! These are some of the nicest people we have met in a long time. Check them out for some of the Hottest Aftermarket Automotive Apparel!!! Again Carbufz.com 877-473-2279!!! We would also like to thank the Carbuz.com models!!! Wow were they hot!!! Well you be the judge!!!

Finally we want to thank Streetfire.net for the awesome interview!!! click on the link!!!

Well back to racing!!! We know that we have some major issues and were not going any where until we fix them. So we enlist the assistance of Chris Anderson and the AAP Motorsports Crew!!! Chris, Yamil, Travis, Kevin and Gene worked day and night for 7 days straight (with short breaks to go over to Taco Mac!!! Thumbs up to the Taco Mac Crew!!!) and we finally found a few problems. Tackled and repaired them. Now let me tell you guys something, these guys care!!! If you are in the Georgia / Atlanta Metro area and need Dyno service, AEM / Motec / Haltech tuning, custom wiring, engine building, parts, fabrication, high end stereo work and a great and overall knowledge of Toyota / turbo power? Then call AAP Motorsports 770-923-5703 or contact them at www.aapmotorsports.com !!!

OK so we think we had everything figured out and we head of to the NHRA Sport Compact Fall Nationals at English Town Raceway. Notice that we say, “we think we had everything figured out”. To make a long story short, a $10.00 clamp ended our weekend. So once again we pack the Paradise Racing Celica up and hit the road. Knowing that were in the middle of a points battle at NOPI, we go back into the laboratory get a few more clamps and leave for Ohio!!!

We get to Ohio early and drop in on some of our sponsors.

On Wednesday we visited Fidanza. What a great time!!! We met the owner and world famous racer Lou Fidanza and we also got to see some old friends, Tim, Jeff, Brad and Shaun. Sorry that we missed you Bob but congratulations on your sons graduation. We also got to meet some of the people behind the scenes that make Fidanza Aluminum / Steel flywheels, Cam Gears and Short Shifters the number one U.S. Made products!!!

On Thursday we visited Design Engineering Inc. What a facility!!! DEI is housed in a beautiful state of that art building that has R&D rooms, Quality assurance and control rooms, a huge warehouse and much more!!! We saw enough product on the shelf to supply your largest W.D. without a problem!!! But what impressed us the most was the machinery to manufacture the DEI Chemical Thermal Relief product line!!! Owner David Markley, Tom and Mark were great host and we cant wait until were in Ohio to stop by their facility again!!!

Onto NOPI in Ohio!!! The extreme cold weather hindered our qualifying efforts to a 8.40 @ 147mph with a lot of gas pedal lifting and steering. Raceday comes up and were facing our friend the #3 qualifier and #1 in points Carl Stevens JR. We figure we only get one chance at it and we win with a whole shot!!! Our 7.92 @ 167mph to his 7.77 @168mph. So we now head for the semi-finals and face our friend and #2 qualifier Brent Rau. But this win was just not meant for us. Luis launches the car and it pulls hard to the left wall. He lifts and re-engages the throttle but it pulls him to the wall again. We later found out that our front left strut had popped out of the hole. So we guess the racing gods were with us on this round because if this had happened in the top end, it would have been ugly!!!! But we left Ohio pretty happy. The Paradise Racing Celica is back in the 7s and we made another semi-final appearance!!! We now end the NOPI Season 4th in points!!!!

We would first like to thanks our fans!!! We have some of the most awesome die hard fans in the sport!!! They stuck with us with our change from the AE86 to the 2004 Celica and they stuck with us through our rough periods. They would always stop by at the track or send us emails of encouragement. For that, we thank you!!!

We want to thank all of our sponsors for having patience with our 2006 effort. It wasn’t easy but its coming around and we know that 2007 is going to be a great year!!! Arias, Aeromotive, AEM, Air Werks by Borg Warner, AR Fabrication, Bullseye Power, Cometic Gaskets, Competition Clutch, Cryo2, Design Engineering Inc, East West Performance Clutches, Fidanza, G-Force Transmissions, Good Year, Head Games, Infotech Associates, Kramer Brothers Race Craft, Lucas Oils, Mancini Machine, Moser Engineering, NGK, NTO Motorsports, Nitrous Express, Powertrain Control Solutions, Power Master, Racing Crew Wear, Ross Machine, Web Cam and 13-3 Motorsports, we thank you for your support!!!

Finally, we want to thank the most dedicated guys in the game, the Paradise Racing crew!!! Crew Chief Rolan Monsanto, Clutch & Chassis Man Aaron Brown, Mark Morusiewicz Operations Cordinator, Jerome Hodge Transportation, Shawn Brown Data Aquisition. You guys work the sleepless nights and literally work while bleeding. And your only motivation to do this is for the love of the sport. For this, we thank you and we will be forever in your debt.

Well guys, I hope you enjoyed the 2006 season. I can tell you that we learned alot and are very anxious for the 2007 season to officially begin. I say officially because for us, it has already begun. We are already in deep engine development and can gaurantee you that we intend to make 2007 the most "intriguing" season of racing ever in the Modified / Outlaw classes ever!!! Stay tuned!!!