Bisi Ezerioha (born January 6, 1972) a.k.a. Ndubisi Ezerioha, is a professional racing driver, engine builder, engineer and industrialist. He is involved in import drag racing, and currently pilots a 2006 Honda Insight in the pro stock ranks of IDRA (battle of the imports), IDRC and CMI series. Bisi has built and driven the fastest and quickest carbureted FWD in the world. Besides some corporate support from American Honda, Ezerioha's range of supporting sponsors include, but are not limited to AEM, Outback Steakhouse, NGK, Racepack, Holley, Falken Tires, MSD, Torco Oils, Golden Eagle, Webcamshafts and Kinsler fuel injection.
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Hailing from a scientific oriented family background, he attended the Anambra State University of Technology at the age of 15 to study Petrochemical Engineering. Born of Nigerian parents, Father, Dr. Emesia Ezerioha holds bachelors degrees in Earth sciences and Geology from California State University, Los Angeles, Master's degrees in Earth Science and Economics and a doctorate in International Marketing. After a year of studies in West Africa, Ezerioha transferred to Cerritos College and graduated with Honors in Applied and Natural Science Associate degrees, and finally obtaining a Chemical Engineering bachelors and Engineering Management degrees from California State University, Long Beach.[1] After a decade of pharmaceutical research and sales, he opened an engineering firm, Bisimoto Engineering, focusing on design, manufacturing and sales of high performance parts for motorsports. Ezerioha's accolades include the most powerful naturally aspirated sohc honda engines on the planet involving the D16A6, D15B7, F22A, F18A and D16Z6. His escapades now expand to the turbocharged market with a 700 hp 1.6L sohc powered Honda civic wagon, 533hp LEA1 1.5L CR-Z hybrid, and a 1000+hp Honda Civic Si. Mr. Ezerioha's accomplishments have been documented worldwide by popular sport compact magazines like DSport, SuperStreet, Turbo Magazine, Sport Compact Car, Racecar Engineering, Honda Tuning, Performance Audio and Sound, Import Tuner, S3, OveRev and Full Throttle magazines.
2011 Designed and built a 1004 whp turbocharged K24Z7 engine for American Honda's new 9th generation Civic Si, showcased at SEMA 2011, Las Vegas, NV.
2011 Designed and built a twin turbocharged watercooled Porsche 911, with a 997 Porsche gearbox in an older 1976 widebody 911 for NGK Sparkplugs, showcased at SEMA 2011, Las Vegas, NV.
2010 Designed and built a 533 hp turbocharged hybrid engine for American Honda's CR-Z, showcased at SEMA 2010, Las Vegas, NV. One event win
2009 Set the world record of the first naturally aspirated fwd to run 150 mph in a quarter mile Broke the world record for quickest naturally aspirated fwd with a 9.36 quarter mile elapsed time Five event wins
2008 Six event wins
2007 IDRA Pro stock champion Four event wins
2006 World’s 1st confirmed 9 second n/a pass on gasoline (9.97 at 135 mph) First non-vtec honda all motor to run 9s in the quarter mile Eight event wins IDRC Pro Stock Champion
2005 One event win
2004 Three event wins
2003 IDRC all motor world champion Voted “World’s favorite pro stock racer” www.battleoftheimports.com Six event wins
2002 First non-vtec honda all motor to run 10s in the quarter mile(10.93@124.7 mph)
2001 One event win
2000 One event win
1999 First non-vtec honda all motor to run 11s in the quarter mile. World's fastest and quickest n/a 1.5L
1998 World’s Fastest Naturally Aspirated Street SOHC (12.64) One event win
1997 One event win