[Stealthee]

I know this little sub-forum of ours is all but dormant, but I figured I'd post this here anyway.

Anyone that has been around for years remembers Chris Hill. He was better known as Import Power, and later as Ninja Performance. Chris started his initial site Import Power Online as a way to sell parts as cheap as possible for people who were looking to build on a budget. He even developed some of his own parts to sell as less expensive alternatives.

He built a high horsepower FWD TT SL to try to break records set by the AWD VR4s. His push made other guys start pushing harder. At one point, for a few hours he had the quickest and fastest 3/s in the world with a 10.1 second run. His record was beaten hours later by Matt at Dynamic Racing in his TT AWD Stealth with a 9.7.

At some point he sold his company, and his services to 3sx where he became the lead drag car builder. They built a AWD car and eventually got it to a 9.2.

After a few years working for someone else Chris quit and when he was able he started Ninja Performance. He built himself another car and continued to develop parts for the platform.

In 2011 he was diagnosed with Stage 3 Multiple Myeloma. Its a cancer of the plasma in bone marrow. He was 43 when he was diagnosed and it is a cancer normally only seen in 70-80 year olds. He was told it was pretty much a death sentence, but the man persevered for over 10 years still working when he could, still building cars, still shipping parts.

I got word over the weekend that he had succumb. Chris was only 53. Far too young to go, but his pain is gone.

RIP Chris