On Aug. 27th, we were at Castrol Raceway testing and on our run we tossed the blower belt at the 1000 ft. mark, then coasted past the finish line at 6.01 seconds.

Then on Sept. 10th, we ran the run of our lives. The car left hard and kept pulling all the way down. Everyone thought that it was a quicker run than our 5.74 we ran last fall. Unfortunately the clocks failed and we did not get a time slip.

We also would like to thank Bernie Fedderly for stopping by on Sun. Sept.10th. He is a true ambassador for the sport of Drag Racing. You could not find a nicer man anywhere, and for him to come see us on that day was over and above any expectations. I know that Neil was proud, excited and maybe a little nervous running in front of Bernie but he did himself and the team proud. Two more weekends to try and run a number. We will be back out testing at Castrol Raceway on Sept. 23-24th weekend and September 30th - Ocotober 1st weekend as well.

Here are a few pictures from August 27ths run and some from September 10ths run

The race in Spokane WA. was August 4, 5 & 6th, 2006. This year it was a little different than in the past. The track is under new management, they dropped their entry fee for spectators and racers, the track itself was prepared differently. The name was even changed from AHRA World Finals to 2006 Summer Nitro Extravaganza. We went into this race with our new engine and expected great things from it.

Friday night we went to the line about 10:00 pm and lined up to run against Jeff Ganyor's car with Mike Adams driving. On the launch we smoked the tires immediately then with a quick peddle got back in it and smoked the tires again. We tried three more times on Saturday with basically all the same results. The Nitro Funny car field had 12 vehicles entered and only 8 to qualify for Sunday. We ended up qualified 11th and therefore didn't make it for the race on Sunday.

Our next race is Hot August Nights at Castrol Raceway in Edmonton where we will match race Jason DuChene at 8:30 pm and then again at 11:00 pm

After two weeks of endless headaches we were finally able to test some new parts on Sunday at Castrol Raceway. We went out and did a small burnout with a little launch, took the car back to the pits to see how the new parts were doing. Everything looked good so we did another small burnout followed by a half track launch and then shut it down. The ESP Racing team was impressed with the results and the data collected and we are now headed for the AHRA Drag Racing in Spokane Washington August 4-6th, 2006.

ESP Racing Ltd. started the 2006 year off by hauling the car to Chicago, Illinois for the AHR Expo for our main sponsor, Energy Saving Products Ltd. 2006 AHR EXPO held at McCormick Place in Chicago, shattered several records en route to the biggest show of all times and ESP Racing Ltd's Hi-Velocity Nitro Funny Car was on display in the Energy Saving Products Ltd. booth along with the driver, Randy Bykowsky.

Since 1930, AHR EXPO has been the HVAC & R professional's single best resource for new products, new ideas, and new services. The expo is a hands-on, interactive event that showcases a wide spectrum of equipment, systems, and components. This unique industry forum creates a dynamic marketing environment unequaled in size and scope by any other industry event.

The Exposition is co-sponsored by the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Institute (ARI), and the Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) is an honorary sponsor.

More than 58,000 HVACR professionals filled the aisles and booths at the 76th AHR Expo in Chicago, at McCormick Place, January 23-25, 2006 as the world's largest HVACR event broke several records. The 2006 Show set new records for exhibitors - 1,981, square footage - 411,175 and number of international exhibitors - 400. According to Show Management, a total of 58,031 HVACR professionals, 37,249 visitors and 20,782 exhibitor personnel registered for the Show and 39 Countries were represented.

Energy Saving Products Ltd. exhibited two of their units, HV-52 and the HV-70 in booth #1516. Their booth was extremely busy with more than double the number of card swipes from previous years (people wanting information regarding the Hi-Velocity Systems). Next year the show is to be held January 29-31st at the Dallas Convention center in Dallas Texas.