About Us

History

Located in Toronto, Ultimate Racing began in 1991 as a performance shop catering to imports and sport compacts. It’s owner Johnson Lii, has been the sole owner since its conception. When he started years ago, the Canadian import/sport compact market was in its infancy. If you were tinkering with imports during this time in Toronto, you would have known, or at least heard of Johnson’s work at Ultimate.

Johnson had already gained credibility on the streets for building his customers some very fast cars. He began to notice an influx of customers and decided to elevate his technical prowess and reputation by building an import drag car. In 1997, he created Canada’s first and only naturally aspirated import drag car that ran a 12.9@109 mph, subsequently becoming the fastest all-motor import in Canada at the time.

In the 2000 East Coast Battle of the Imports Ultimate Racing introduced its all-new naturally aspirated Honda CRX . The new racecar ran a blistering 11.2 seconds @123 mph. It was the Ultimate team's first American debut and we became the fastest true unibody all-motor import on the North American East Coast. Not only were we the fastest all-motor import in Canada, but we subsequently became the third fastest naturally aspirated import in the world at the time!

About Ultimate Racing
Ultimate Racing is on the forefront of the import/sport compact scene. With over 16 years experience as automotive import performance specialists, we are devoted to providing top notch service and quality parts to the demanding enthusiast. Thorough research and development goes into every race car that we build. We then take this research and create products that have been proven in real world street applications as on the race track and drag strip. Every part that we offer has been installed and used on our very own test vehicles before we offer them for sale to the public.

Our project cars section is a testament to our quality workmanship that yields impressive results.


Who are we?

Canada and USA

Johnson Lii - Owner
Johnson has owned and operated Ultimate Racing since 1991. His technical skills, background in racing, and focus on perfection have elevated Ultimate Racing from the small Toronto-based performance shop to the world renown manufacturing company it is today.

Darryl Ou - Manager
Generally known as "the voice" of Ultimate Racing, Darryl's expertise in automotive performance, and tuning has been a large contributing factor to the company's growth in the past decade.

Arnel Padua - Head  of Manufacturing
Arnel, a licensed automotive technician, has years of mechanical and fabrication work under his belt. As the head of our manufacturing department, Arnel brings a vast array of knowledge to the team and a focus on details of quality workmanship in everything he touches.

Wayne Chen - Technician
Wayne has over 20 years experience as a licensed automotive technician. His racing experience includes competing in the Canada Challenge Cup Endurance Series.

Lionel Chichioco - Chief Technical Consultant
Lionel has over 15 years experience in drag racing. He provides his well renown experience in engine tuning and race car development to the team.

Sal Demasi - Technical Consultant

Connie Zhang - Administration

Michael Cho - Logistics


Puerto Rico

Julio "Papo" Rodriguez - Head Technician, Technical Consultant

Papo has been the brains and wrench behind some of the fastest street/strip cars in Puerto Rico for several years. We are proud to have him as head of Ultimate Racing Puerto Rico.

Gadiel Gonzalez - Performance Tuner
Gadiel, a renown tuner in Puerto Rico, and now all of North America is one of the newest members of the Ultimate Racing Team.


Contact Us
Ultimate Racing is based out of Toronto, Ontario serving the needs of the import driver, the world over.
Please click here for the various ways to contact us.

 

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