Yes, Yes, Yes it's summer.....it is hot and it's racing season again on the east coast and DivisionOne was there to cover the NIRA event at Engishtown NJ this weekend.  It was a wonderful 2-day event and all the big hitters came out to represent and that they did.  This was the first time I ever attend an event with so much 8-8-9 second cars.  You know the Honda's were coming out with a vengeance, the Ford guys were impressive with 7's and 9's, and the Purtorian's are always impressive and I would love to give you the scoop on all of them, but we are about the Yotas and that's all we are going to discuss.
 

                
First car that caught my attention Saturday morning was this clean 99 Corolla making a lot of rumble.  I spoke with them and they lift the hood for me to take a snap shot.  Custom dual exhaust with nice dress up engine bay.  .
 

                
This very well graphically designed Corolla was a winner in my book.  Trust me, these pics don't even show how well detailed the sparked silver looks.
 

                
I seen this AE92 Corolla in the parking lot as well, and we had a chat about his clean nicely dropped rolla.  To find a clean jap spec 4AGE power plant.
 

                
This IS300 was a show stopper with its carbon fiber graphics.
 

                
This car can fool you from the back with it's supra tail lights but if you look again, you will notice its a Celica with lot's of custom work done to it.

                
The Venom Tacoma is sporting a twincharged 2JZ supra motor and ran a 8.23 Saturday on 5 cylinders.   The Venom team took the motor apart and repaired it for Sunday and there quickest run was a 7.91@168mph.

                
Craig Paisley ran an impressive 8.32@164mph Saturday and then on Sunday he lauched a scary wheely at the line that looked as if the car was going to flip on its top. Imagine what he can make this car do if he was to put in his race motor.
 

                
First event where I see jap motors on display for sale at an event.  Yes, here is a 4AGZE sitting on the ground and on the other side was a 20V.
You can find these cute girls at www.alpharacing.com and www.urbanracing.com
 


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