Nobuteru Taniguchi HKS Racing
Performer CT230R
Height/Weight: 6'1''/145 lb.
Hometown: Hiroshima, Japan
Dob: 5/18/71
Nickname/s: NOB (No One Better)
Affiliations/Car Clubs: None
Competing Professionally Since and for Team/s: Super GT (formerly JGTC): '02-03 RE Amemiya, '04-05 Weds Sports Racing/Project Bandoh, '06 Direxiv, '07 Yunker Power/Taisan; Super Taikyu: '01-02/'04-05 Team ADVAN; D1 Grand Prix '01-05 HKS
Crew Chief/Team Members: Akihito Mochizuki (crew chief), members: Izumi Wakabayashi, Taizo Sato, Hiroto Yamashita, Tomohiro Takahashi
Cars Drifted In: Super GT (formerly JGTC): Taisan Porsche, Direxiv Vemac, Weds Sports Celica, RE Ameiya RX-7 (FD); Super Taikyu: Advan Porsche GT3 (ST1); Advan Altezza (N+); D1 Grand Prix: HKS S15 Silvia, HKS Altezza
Current Engine Setup: Fastest Entry Speed (Drifting): 204 km/hr at Fuji Speedway 2005 (at the time this was the fastest entry speed at a D1 Competition)
Career Highlight/s: '06 3rd Place in overall driver standings in Super GT GT300 class; '05 Super Taikyu (ST1 Class) Series Champion (seven wins out of eight races, worst finish was 2nd place); '02 Super Taikyu (Group N+) Series Champion; 01 D1 Grand Prix Series Champion
Personal Highlights: Won the Japan National Mini-Bike Championship at the age of 18; '99 & '00 Suzuka Club-Man Race Champion in the Bride/HART Honda Civic (repeated win in the same race 6-months later), which turned me on to professional automotive racing
WWW noonebetter.co.jp
Bisi Ezerioha
2006 Bisimoto/Torco/Evolution/WebCam
Honda Insight
Height/Weight: 6'0"/188 lb.
Hometown: Obodoukwu, Nigeria/ Hacienda Heights, CA
Dob: 1/6/72
Nickname/s: Bisimoto, Dr. Bisi, Mad Scientist
Affiliations/Car Clubs: Team 400m; Bisimoto Engineering
Competing Professionally Since and for Team/s: '97 for Team 400M/Bisimoto Racing
Crew Chief/Team Members: Hedi Kim (crew chief), members: James Johnson, Hideki Ueha, Jon Mitchell, Jared Jackson, Xavier Ingram, Devin Pearce, Terren King
Cars Raced In: '88 Bisimoto Honda CRX; '06 Bisimoto Honda Insight
Current Engine Setup: 432hp naturally aspirated Honda F22A SOHC
Fastest Entry Speed: 9.57 at 145.23 mph
Best Known for: My crazy "English" accent
Career Highlight/s: World's Fastest and quickest full unibody naturally aspirated FWD; only confirmed 9 second all motor on gasoline; world's quickest SOHC Honda, first non-VTEC all motor to run 11s, 10s and 9s; IDRC all motor mph and E.T. records; IDRA Pro Stock mph and E.T records; 2003 IDRC All motor world championship; 2007 IDRA "Battle of the Imports" Pro Stock world championship.
WWW www.bisimoto.com; www.myspace.com/bisimoto