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!!!
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