For the 2nd consecutive year we attended the Iron Man Classic race event in Aruba Raceway. This year was very special for us.Ther were already a couple of Toyota powered cars built in Aruba running low 8's including our good friend Alvin and his 2RZ powered 73 Corolla. The battle for Aruba's first 7 second run was ON ! We provided tech support to him and to the blue starlet 'Arca de Noe' . After some fine tunning at Bello's dyno, we headed for the track that saturday,and during the test runs Alvin's RED Corolla clocked Aruba's first 7 second pass for a Toyota 4cyl. car. 7.95@170mph and backed it up with a 8.05 pass later to crown himself as Arubas Fastest/quickest TOYOTA and the 1st to enter the desired 7 second zone!!!! We are glad to be part of their success and happy for him and his whole team,and to top off the night,our other starlet Arca de Noe wins 1st place the USA-Aruba shootout with Darcy Franken driving. And if that wasn't enough, our own shop car "La Ciguena" driven and tech'd by Carlos Rojas ran his personal best time of 8.44@155mph ! congratulations to Carlos and Jr. As the saying goes: For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction! They put pressure on our teams in Aruba and we moved the goal a little further.When our cars arrive from Aruba, we will do the same here, so stay tuned !!! |