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!!!