DSS Pro Level Advertisement in DSport!

We are very grateful to have such outstanding relationships with such great companies like DriveShaft Shop. Chris runs the DSS Pro Level axles in his car and they have treated him amazingly so far. Along with the product dependability and great workmanship, DSS has a reputation for stellar customer service.

That being said, we are proud to represent DSS in their advertisement in the September issue of DSport Magazine. Chris has been having a great season thus far, running consistently in the 8s!

To celebrate the advertisement we are offering FREE shipping (Continental US) on all DriveShaft Shop products for the rest of August and the entire month of September when you mention the DSport DSS advertisement! Don't forget to pick up your September issue of DSport today!

Honda Day Coverage - Raceway Park

Honda Day at Raceway Park is always a great event. Vendors, show cars, race cars and spectators literally packed out Raceway Park this past Sunday. If you have never been to a Honda Day event you truly don't know what you are missing!

We are again proud to announce that Chris won the Outlaw Event against Jonathan Reynolds in the finals. NRG Tech team member Rob Mapps had a great day at the track as well with a personal best of 9.4 @ 150 on a 67 turbo! Unfortunately, because there was SO many racers participating, the SFWD final was called due to a time curfew. We're pretty sure Rob would have had the win in the bag though ;).

As always, we would like to thank our sponsors for their great products! Driveshaft Shop, Precision Turbo, EFI Wizard Injectors, Avid Racing, AEM and Spec Clutch are all fantastic companies dedicated to providing top-notch products and support to racers.

Check out our Honda Day August 15 gallery on http://nrgtechracing.com/galleries.htm

Honda Day @ Raceway Park

This Sunday, August 15 is Honda Day at Raceway Park in Englishtown, NJ. This is an event not to be missed! Every year there is exciting racing and a huge turnout of both racers and spectators.

Come out and support racing! As usual, we'll be there under the orange tents repping Outlaw, SFWD and All Motor!

If you are interested in participating, here's all the class info:

Heads-Up Classes
Drive Shaft Shop SFWD (16 Car Field)
Open to all 4 cylinder Honda and Acura vehicles. “SFWD Trim” Must have 2 front seats and Interior panels. No Gutted out cars permitted. Max Tire 25 x 9.5. Open exhaust OK. Lexan prohibited. 1 piece fronts prohibited. 72 mm max turbo size. Fuel Cell OK - NHRA guidelines MUST be followed. .400 PT, Sportsman Ladder. Winner - $1000; RU – $400; Semi’s – $200; ¼’s - $50 (1/4 finalists will be paid if there is 16 car field). Must have 16 cars for full payout

Yosolo Racing/1320 Performance All Motor (16 Car Field)

All Honda/Acuras. 4 and 6 cylinder. FWD only. Naturally Aspirated. Lexan ok (front windshield MUST be glass). No 1 piece front ends (3 piece OK). 25″ x 9.5″ max slick. Fuel Cell OK - NHRA guidelines MUST be followed.. No pro level cars. Gutted interior ok. Open exhaust ok Sportsman ladder. .400 PT. Heads-Up Eliminator. 16 car field.*Must have 16 cars for full payout.
Min. Honda weightsHonda:2200lbs-J Series2150lbs-K Series, F2K2000lbs-H Series1900lbs-B Series and all other motors
Winner - $500; RU - $250; Semi’s - $100. 16 cars needed for full payout.

Hondata New SI Shootout (16 Car Field)
This class is open to all naturally aspirated 2006 and newer Civic SI.
FULL INTERIOR REQUIRED. Must run a true threaded DOT radial tires. (No cheater slicks) Drag radials ok (ex. BFgroodrich, Nitto, MT). All bolt-on’s OK. Full exhaust Required. Winner – Hondata Flash Pro; RU -Hondata Reflash; Semi’s - $50

CHR Performance 11.50 Index (All Run Field)
Open to all Honda/Acura Cars. Any Honda powered Combination allowed at any weight. No Throttle Stops or Delay Boxes allowed. NHRA safety rules apply. 16 Car Field All Run Field .400 Pro Tree, No Deep Staging allowed, Sportsman Ladder. *Must have 16 cars for full payout. Winner - $400; RU – 200; Semi’s - $50

Competition Clutch Unlimited FWD (Outlaw Trim) [8 car field]:
All Hondas. 4 cyl. and 6 cyl. power adder (Nitrous, Supercharger, Turbo, combinations OK) No Pro Level cars allowed (no pro cars) Outlaw shootout rules apply. FWD Only! 26” x 10″ Slicks max. 72 mm max. Turbos. No min. weight, No Lexan. .400 Pro Tree. Sportsman Ladder. Heads-Up Eliminator. 8 car field. Winner - $1000; RU - $500; Semi’s - $250 *Must have 8 cars for full payout. Additional payout will be gamblers style and collected by a class representative in the staging lanes prior to the start of qualifying.

Bracket Classes

Full Throttle Performance ET1 [13.99 & Quicker] Open to all Honda and Acura vehicles. Naturally aspirated or Power adder ok. Must have Honda/Acura powerplant.Winner - $400; RU - $200; Semi’s – $60. Must have 32 cars for full payout.

OGS ET2 – [14.00 & Slower] Open to all Honda and Acura vehicles. Naturally aspirated or Power adder ok. Must have Honda/Acura powerplant. Winner -$300; RU - $150; Semi’s - $40. Must have 32 cars for full payout

NSCRA Round 2 - This Weekend!

This weekend the NSCRA comes back to Maryland International Raceway for Round 2 of their Northeast Series. Round 1 was a great event with wins in the Outlaw class and All Motor Class for Team NRG and we expect to have another great weekend at Round 2.

Both the NSCRA and MIR are huge supporters of drag racing and have given us a series and location to race in. It is so crucial to this sports survival to support the sport as much as possible. Support the companies that support the racers! Come to the events- both spectators and racers alike! Not only are you helping the sport you love, but you are in for a great event! The NSCRA and MIR truly know how to host an event and we expect Round 2 to be a great weekend of drag racing!

We hope to see everyone at MIR this weekend - come by the orange tents and say hello!

Thumbs Up to Konstant Designs

Earlier this year we announced our sponsors for the 2010 race season. One company that has been with us for awhile now and deserves a huge shoutout is Konstant Designs. Alex Karmaniolos, owner and head designer of Konstant Design, is the man behind all of our t-shirts as well as our very popular camo vinyl wrap on Chris' car.

This is truly a company that cares about it's customers and the projects they work on. Many times when Alex has designed a new t-shirt for us you can really see the passion and excitement he has about his work. He is always coming up with new and inventive ways of making logos and promotional items really standout!

Konstant Design is a full service graphics company that prides itself on quality work and providing the best possible service to its customers. If you need a design, t-shirts, stickers, promo cards, flyers, logo designs or banners definitely check out www.konstantdesign.com.

Mention this blog for a fantastic promotion going on right now for all NEW customers! Receive 10 free t-shirts with the order of 100 shirts. Also, new customers who mention NRG Tech's blog will receive a Semi-Basic Logo Design and 1000 full color business cards for $120.

Just some of the awesome work Konstant has done for us...

NSCRA Interviews Rob Mapps

At Round 1 of NSCRA at MIR in June, Rob took some time between rounds to speak to NSCRA's Jessica Barton. Rob's car is getting increasingly faster and stronger and he is definitely a forced to be reckoned with in the True Street class.

NSCRA Interviews Chris at MIR

Jessica Barton of the NSCRA met up with Chris in between rounds at NSCRA Round 1 at MIR on June 13 to speak to him about his number 1 qualifying position and what we can expect throughout the season. Chris is a bit tired from the heat and the excitement of the weekend! As always, Jessica is a great host and NSCRA put on a entertaining and exciting event. Thanks again to MIR, NSCRA and everyone who came out to support the event.

Import Face-Off - July 11, 2010

This past weekend we had the pleasure of participating in the Import Face-Off Series at Capital Raceway in Maryland. This was Chris' first time racing an IFO event and we are all looking forward to competing in more of their races. The event had a fun, laid-back atmosphere and was staffed by helpful and knowledgeable people. Capital is a great track and we look forward to visiting it again. The locals are die-hard drag race fans which is always a plus when going to any event.

Along with Chris, Kevin Van Natten and Jose "Pepsi" Bello made the trip for the NRG Tech Team. Unfortunately, Kevin once again had driveline issues that plagued him throughout the event. He was due to line up with Chris in second round eliminations, however, the team decided not to kill themselves with taking on the task of swapping out his transmission at the track between rounds. Kevin's car is presently back at the shop and the trans will be coming out Wednesday and hopefully back together by the end of the week to allow some testing before the event next weekend.

Chris went into first round eliminations in the number one qualifier spot. Throughout each round Chris' car showed the consistency that it has become known for by laying down passes in the 8.7x's - 8.80's all day. Chris met Rick Everley in the final round. Rick knew he had to get Chris on the tree, however he pushed it a bit too much and went red. Chris' final time was 8.89 @ 165, getting out of it a bit early due to the car getting out of the groove a little around 1100 ft.

Pepsi continued to be a force within the All Motor class by taking the number one spot in qualifying. He continued to show his consistency round by round, picking off each competitor one by one. With a best of the weekend of 10.47 @ 132, Pepsi proved it doesn't take the perfect conditions to run great times. Pepsi was able to cinch the win in the finals when competitor Randy's H2B powered civic went red in an attempt to chop the tree down on Pepsi.

The event promotor Cliff did a great job making sure that everything ran smoothly and that racers had adequate time to go over our cars and to cool them done between rounds. We will for sure be attending future IFO events.

As always we would like to thank AEM, DriveShaft Shop, Precision Turbo, EFI Wizard, Spec Clutch, all of our loyal customers, the staff at Capital Raceway, the staff of IFO. Last but not least, thanks to our great and dedicated crew Greg, Paul and Gio.

Continue to check our event gallery page at www.nrgtechracing.com for additional pics from this event.

We encourage all racers to come out and race the IFO events - collect the bounty that's been placed on Chris and Pepsi's heads!!!

NSCRA NorthEast Round 1

This weekend we trekked down to Maryland International Raceway for Round 1 of the NSCRA at MIR. The weather was a HUGE factor this weekend. The heat was almost unbearable, which led to extremely high track temperatures. Along with the heat we had a few rain showers that delayed things for a bit. As always, the MIR track officials were on their A-game and the track prep was top-notch.

Going into first round Chris had the number 1 qualifying position. He wound up having a bye run, so he took a nice and easy stroll down the track. Second round Chris was up against Cesar Olin. Chris won the round with a 8.89 @ 171.


After a bit of a rain delay, Chris pulled into the final run against the TD Autowerks car driven by Josue Echevarria. The TD car had recently broken into the 8s and had an 8 second pass in qualifying rounds. We were eager to see a close race and possibly the first side by side 8 second pass. Although we didn't get to see two 8 second passes at once, it was a great run for both teams, with Chris taking the win with a 8.61 @ 172.


We would like to thank John Brown and the NSCRA along with Jason Miller and the entire staff of Maryland International Raceway for putting on a great event. As always we would like to thank Drive Shaft Shop, Precision Turbo, Spec Clutch, AEM, AVID and our crew (Paul, Greg, Ehren and Tom). Also, big thanks to GRS-motorsports for the excellent and quick coverage. We'd like to extend a big congratulations to all the winners in the classes.

And on a bit more serious note, we know the weather probably kept many people away, but in order for our sport to really thrive we need people in the stands and racers in the lanes! SUPPORT OUR SPORT! Come to the events!

Xtreme Imports Spring Kickoff

After some hard work and long nights we were able to iron out the issues we were having with the trans and clutch. Last week we trekked down to Maryland to visit with our friends at Charm City Tuning and to attend a track rental at MIR with them. We were psyched to get to Maryland on Sunday and be greeted with gorgeous weather! After lots of rain in New York we were very pleased to get to sunny, dry Maryland. We were also very excited to share some Maryland crabs with the Charm City crew!

Sadly, Monday did not greet us with the same weather as Sunday did! Luckily, Jason Miller of Maryland International Raceway was gracious enough to allow us to hang out in the tower and of course some friendly competition on the tree followed! Chris actually had some great reaction times on the tree practice! Now let's get him to harness that in at the actual events!

So we left Maryland with no testing having been done and no true insight as to wether or not our trans/clutch issues were truly a thing of the past.

This brings us to this past weekend, where we attended the Xtreme Imports Spring Kickoff at Atco Raceway in New Jersey. Team Puerto Rico came up to battle against Team USA.

Saturday began qualifying rounds. We had two great passes in qualifying! First round qualifying was 8.72 @ 171 and second round qualifying was 8.74 @ 176. Chris was able to nab top qualifier for both rounds and, more importantly, he finally had the seat time he had been waiting for all week. The trans and clutch issues seemed to be non-existent and both passes were clean and sharp.

Sunday came and so did the rain. The rain finally did clear up but not in time - the event was called due to weather. While it was very disappointing, safety is always a top priority and unfortunately the weather left much to be desired in terms of track safety and conditions.

The upside to this event, aside from getting in some great passes, was meeting many of the members of Team Puerto Rico. These guys are true racers! They love the sport and are great guys. We cannot wait to have another event with them and get to race with them.

In addition to meeting the racers of Team Puerto Rico, we have found yet another great racing forum! Too bad we don't speak Spanish but for now we will have to just look at the pics!! If you haven't already, check out our friends over at www.SpeedClubPR.com! Also, check out the great pics they took of Chris' car at Xtreme Imports - http://www.speedclubpr.com/scforum/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=8270

Become A Fan On Facebook!

Many of you are already "friends" with us on Facebook and we truly appreciate your support of our business and race team. Unfortunately, Facebook has a 5,000 friend limit and we have recently hit that mark. We are unable to accept anymore friend requests. With that in mind we have setup a Fan Page for NRG Tech Racing. We will still be using the original account until we feel that we have made a seamless transition to the fan page.

The Fan Page is a great way to really get in touch with our supporters, customers and fellow race enthusiasts. There is a discussion board we will be posting on in the near future. We would love to hear any questions you may have or topics for debate that you would like to discuss.

Additionally, there is also a "fan picture" feature. This allows you to upload pics onto our page. We really enjoy seeing pictures and videos of the events we attend. Due to the craziness at events we rarely get a chance to walk away from our pits, so to see the events through your eyes is lots of fun.

Finally, this new fan page is yet another way for us to inform you on specials, sales, new products and events that are coming up. Become a fan today! http://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Babylon-NY/NRG-Tech-Racing/118826068139200?ref=ts

REconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 3

Yesterday and today have been two crazy days, so here's a quick update on where we are at with Chris' car!

Chris, Pepsi and Gio are currently going on about 36 hours of straight working. There were two scheduled tunes today for customers so we lost some time on Chris' car there. The last tune of the day is pulling off the dyno as I type this and now it's right back to Chris' car.

He says the car is about 80% done and should fire up early this evening. A few last minute issues came up last night that made it not possible to finish. Now that the rest of the world is back open he can get the parts he needs. The car still needs about 2 hours of assembly, a tune and, last but not least, a scale and align. Ohhhh, a new windshield may be helpful as well!


We are all keeping our fingers crossed that he can get the car up and running tonight in time to head out to Spring Nationals tomorrow.

REconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 2

Last night was a late one and Chris is back at it again, working on the engine. All the machine work is done on the shortblock and everything is balanced and blueprinted as well. The final steps of the shortblock build should take place this evening and into tomorrow morning. Fingers crossed it all goes smoothly, as we are set to leave for Englishtown late Friday night!


Next up on the agenda we have one final check of all measurements and clearances along with a final cleaning. Then we will proceed onto the assembly of the shortblock.



We have been in time crunches before but these past two weeks have been super hectic! With the ENTIRE motor going we were basically starting from scratch. Add to that some collateral damage and we had a pretty big up-hill battle against time. Late nights, persistence and skill played a part in the reconstruction, however without the help we have received from some people this reconstruction would still be at stage 1!

We would like to thank the following people who allowed this rebuild to be possible:
-John & Ron from Race Engineering
- Vince Tiaga for the Arias Pistons on super short notice!
- Zeek from Ferrea
- Chris Harris from Xenocron for coming through with the head studs a few other much needed miscellaneous items
-And last but not least, Lars from Scorpion Race for being the baddest f*cker around!

HOPEFULLY (!) by this time tomorrow, in between the general work schedule, Chris should be degreeing the engine and getting it ready to be dressed.

REconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 1

Before we get into the motor update, we would like to thank everyone who has sent words of encouragement and support our way via facebook, email and calls. We are truly honored to have so many people interested in the happenings of the car. Your words of encouragement and positivity are definitely pushing us to come back better than ever! So now onto the progress of the car...

The head is fresh out of the CNC and all of the parts for the head have arrived from Ferrea. Be sure to keep checking this blog for the exclusive drop of the NEW NRG Tech CNC Cylinder Heads coming very soon!


It's 1:30 pm and Chris is about to start cutting the valves and setting up the shims for the valve train. Between his daily work on customers projects he believes he should have the head all together and setup sometime later this evening. Customers projects are first and foremost always, so Chris has had to walk away from the head numerous times in the past few days.

After the head is together, the transmission will come apart and be inspected, along with the clutch.

Along with updating you on the status of Chris' car, we will be featuring information on the parts and products he is dealing with throughout the rebuild. Please feel free to email us any questions you may have about the products mentioned here. Also, if there is a specific product or service you would like to learn more about, drop us a line and we'll write up a post about it!

14th Annual Spring Nationals - May 1 & 2

The 14th annual Sport Compact Spring Nationals event is quickly approaching. The two day event held at Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ is always packed with fast cars, great teams and tons of excitement. Along with the regular classes, we have Team Puerto Rico vs Team Dominican Republic vs Team USA competing for $8,000 in the Q32 class. An estimated $30,000 in cash prizes will be paid out.

Along with some great drag racing, you can expect to see a fully loaded car show, both Saturday and Sunday. This is an event not to be missed! We are hard at work on Chris' car and will be there ready to put down some serious numbers.




Check out the NYCE1s trailer for Spring Nationals 2010 (and our customer Alberto Rodriguez's cameo interview!)

Deconstructing Chris' Motor - Part 1

As many of you know, Chris hurt the motor pretty badly at Honda Day this past Sunday. Within the next 2 weeks he will be rebuilding and getting ready for Spring Nationals at Englishtown. We would like to share our progress with all of you for a variety of reasons. First and foremost, we've had many inquiries as to what happened and what will be remedied. We would like this blog to serve as a means to answer your questions. Secondly, we feel that in this industry you must constantly learn in order to grow. We are more than happy to share our knowledge and findings with you all.

In yesterday's blog we discussed what happened on the run at Honda Day. Here is a great picture sequence of the run.
















That brings us to yesterday, Chris got the car completely apart last night and after inspection of everything it seems as though it was simply fatigue failure. The rod seemed to have let go. As we have mentioned previously, this motor has been through the last two previous seasons with NO problems. The poor thing simply gave out! Along with the rod problem, the piston hit the head and collapsed the chamber. So, long story short, we need an entirely new engine!





Chris was here till 2:00 am last night going over everything with a fine-toothed comb to make sure that this does not happen again. He really feels as though it was just a parts failure and that the engine had a long and happy life :) This short block had about 200 hits on it between the track and the dyno testing over the past 2.5 seasons.

Next up for Chris and the car are a few late nights, some overnight shipments and most definitely a few more records coming up. Stay tuned for more info on the next stage of the build!

By the way - To see ALL of our photos from Honda Day follow this http://nrgtechracing.com/galleries.htm

Atco Honda Day Recap

This past Sunday's Honda Day at Atco Raceway was a perfect way to open up the season here in the Northeast. We were especially excited to test out some new parts we are using this season. We'd like to thank the entire staff at Atco Raceway for hosting such a great event and a huge shoutout to OGS for another killer event. Hopefully we can expect to see the same huge turnout at the next Honda Day event in August.

This was Chris' first time out with the car since last season. It was also his first time testing with the AEM and the Spec carbon carbon clutch. We were all anxious to see how the first pass in qualifying rounds would have us faring.

First pass Chris came out with a 8.89 @ 173, a great way to both start the season and allow us to take a sigh of relief! Everything seemed to be running great on the car and we were the number 1 qualifier going into the 2nd qualifier.

We missed 2nd round of qualifying because we never heard the announcement. Not too big of a deal but Jonathan Reynolds was able to just best our first round time, knocking us into 2nd qualifier going into round 1 eliminations.

First round is up, and we have a bye. Second round comes and we are up against Gary Eng. Unfortunately, Gary didn't make the call, so we essentially had another bye and were able to cruise down the track. That brought us into the finals against Jonathan Reynolds.

The car left the line with the BEST 60' it has ever had @ 1.481. However, as soon as Chris hit second gear it was over. We can't say for sure exactly what happened at this point. In the upcoming weeks we will be diagnosing the exact cause of what went wrong. As soon as Chris felt the car go, he put the brakes on in order to not oil down the track and delay the rest of the event.

No one likes to see a motor go, especially during the final run of an event. That being said, we couldn't have asked for more out of this motor. This engine has been together for what would have been its 3rd season. It has gone through 2 previous seasons of record breaking runs and LOTS of wear, with few to no problems. It was really a dream motor. In the next few days we will be tearing it down and figuring out what finally took it down.

Chris is wasting no time in preparing the repairs to the car in order to attend Spring Nationals at Englishtown May 1st and 2nd. He has already started ordering the necessary parts needed to get the new engine together and ready. There is a lot of work to be down from now to Spring Nationals in two weeks. We also plan on installing the new DriveShaft Shop Pro Axles in the car this week, as we did not have the time to get them in before this event. There will be many late nights at the shop for sure, but we will be there and have some more power with us as well!

Chris wasn't the only Team NRG Tech member racing yesterday. Jose "Pepsi" Bello had a great day in the All Motor class. His first pass of the year was a 10.50 @ 127. Pepsi hit the first round with a 10.47 @ 131. In the second round, after having dialed the car in a bit, Pepsi had his BEST 60' and 330 to date. Sadly, a missed shift ruined the run and he aborted shortly after. We expect to better the All-Motor record in a few weeks at Englishtown.

All in all it was a great day at the track. Racing is a constant battle. There will always be broken parts, lost races, missed shifts. We are continuing to test and learn and get better every time out!

Continue to check back for more updates on the status of the motor and our continuing journey into the 2010 season.

New NRG Tech Shirt!

Along with bring back some old favorites, we've added a new NRG Tech T-shirt to the mix for the 2010 season.

The NRG Tech 2010 Sponsor t-shirt gives a big, fat shout-out to our generous sponsors this year. These are the companies that are supporting the sport! A big thanks goes out to all of our sponsors this year!

We've tweaked the standard NRG Tech logo on the front and all of our sponsor logos are displayed on the back of the shirt. On the left sleeve is the Chris Miller Racing logo and we wouldn't be NRG Tech without giving a little attitude on the right sleeve!

To find out more info on the shirts and to order yourself one, click here:
http://www.nrgtechparts.com/nrg_tech/nrg_tech_sponsor_logo_tshirt/g-61151.aspx