{"id":13848,"date":"2017-08-24T11:28:19","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T15:28:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drivesrt.com\/news\/?p=13848"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:25:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:25:36","slug":"mopardodge-notes-quotes-brainerd-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2017\/08\/mopardodge-notes-quotes-brainerd-minnesota.html","title":{"rendered":"Mopar\u00ae<\/sub>\/Dodge Notes & Quotes: Brainerd, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Leah Pritchett, Papa John\u2019s Pizza\/Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> Pennzoil Top Fuel Dragster\u00a0<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 1 Qualifier – 3.640 seconds at 330.63 mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cDon Schumacher has given me the best team, in my opinion, and we keep continuing to prove that. I say we have the best team because we have the best hot rod. To go multiple times backing up our national record, doing incredible things in Denver (with a No. 1 and final round), being No. 1 (six times this year), it\u2019s absolutely amazing. The only thing that would ever be better than this is if we can keep this through all the way to the end. But right now, we\u2019re going to enjoy this win because those guys, they deserve it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tommy Johnson Jr., Make-A-Wish Dodge Charger R\/T Funny Car<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 5 Qualifier – 3.880 seconds at 329.58 mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s another runner-up, which is frustrating, but at the same time, it\u2019s a really good thing. We made a move in the points today, got ourselves in the top four, and one of these days, if we continue to run like that, that runner-up\u2019s going to become a win. I\u2019d love nothing more than to do that at Indy or in the Countdown (to the Championship). We\u2019re saving all those wins I guess. But I have a really good team, a really consistent car and just can\u2019t get a little bit of luck in the final. Other than that, we have a really good team that I think is going to be tough to deal with.\u201d<\/p>\n

Matt Hagan, Mopar Pennzoil Dodge Charger R\/T Funny Car<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 2 Qualifier – 3.807 seconds at 336.57 mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s the second time in my career (the kill switch) messed some runs up. At the end of the day, it was a faulty wire that caused that (the car shutting off). Backing up on the burnout, obviously, it just quit, and that\u2019s an eerie feeling. It\u2019s not something that we really had control over and knew about. There was nothing we could do, so we pushed the car off and I guess we\u2019ll head to Indy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jack Beckman, Infinite Hero Dodge Charger R\/T Funny Car<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 6 Qualifier – 3.886 seconds at 333.25 mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re okay, we\u2019re solidly in the Countdown, but we want to win Indy, and we still have a chance to move up a position or two before they re-set the Countdown points. So we will work our tails off Wednesday and Thursday (during testing at Lucas Oil Raceway), and flog this car, and make sure we exorcise our demons. I am not superstitious, but we just had a whole bunch of dumb racing luck here at Brainerd. We\u2019ll get that out of our system and move forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ron Capps, NAPA Dodge Charger R\/T Funny Car<\/u><\/strong>
\nNo. 8 Qualifier – 3.928 seconds at 325.14 mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a great tune-up for the Countdown as far as the track conditions: cool conditions, a great racetrack, and we\u2019re going to see a lot of that later in the Countdown. The big points lead that we\u2019ve had throughout the summer swing really allowed us to do some things and try some things we\u2019ve been wanting to try under race conditions. It\u2019s unfortunate we lost to (Robert) Hight\u2019s team; we\u2019re going to see that matchup a lot this year. I have a feeling the championship\u2019s going to have to go through that team as well as my teammates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Tony Schumacher, U.S. Army Top Fuel Dragster<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

No. 4 Qualifier – 3.695 seconds at 329.42 mph<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThat was quite the run Clay (Millican) and his boys put together. They\u2019ve been running well. We were actually targeting a .67 (3.67 seconds), but had a little something go wrong with the clutch that we haven\u2019t figured out yet. It would\u2019ve won that race and put us in the semis. But, so far, so good with our new car after its first six runs. It\u2019s a championship-caliber car, in my opinion, and that\u2019s our goal every year. This new car is fast, it\u2019s consistent, and I think we\u2019re headed to the right race with the right car at the right time. We\u2019re all getting confident.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pietro Gorlier, Head of Parts and Service (Mopar) FCA – Global<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWe couldn\u2019t be prouder of what\u00a0Leah Pritchett and her Papa John\u2019s Pizza\/Mopar Pennzoil team accomplished this weekend at Brainerd International Raceway. Congratulations to everyone involved on the win in the NHRA Nationals. It\u2019s exciting to watch so much hard work pay off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Next Event<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series is next in action on Labor Day Weekend for the 63rd annual U.S. Nationals \u2014 the most prestigious drag race in the world. Slated for August 30 – September 4 at Lucas Oil Raceway near Indianapolis, the event will also feature the 16th edition of the popular Mopar HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> Challenge and the Traxxas Nitro Shootout for race winners.<\/p>\n

Last year, Mopar driver Matt Hagan won the U.S. Nationals in the Funny Car category, while his Mopar teammate Tony Schumacher took home the victory in Top Fuel. Schumacher has won the event a record 10 times, while Hagan and fellow DSR driver Jack Beckman each have one victory in Funny Car at the historic race.<\/p>\n

Long known as \u201cThe Big Go\u201d, the U.S. Nationals will receive coverage from FOX Sports 1 throughout the weekend, with the opening elimination rounds airing LIVE on the network at 11 a.m. ET on Monday, September 4. Later that afternoon, the FOX Network will pick up the broadcast at 1 p.m. ET and will continue through the finals.<\/p>\n

For more information on Mopar and Dodge in NHRA, check out the Mopar brand\u2019s official blog,\u00a0blog.mopar.com.<\/p>\n

2017 NHRA Championship – Point Standings After Round 17 of 24<\/strong><\/p>\n

(Season Wins in Parentheses)<\/p>\n

NHRA Funny Car<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Ron Capps, Dodge Charger R\/T (6) – 1,383<\/strong><\/li>\n
  2. Robert Hight (2) – 1,247<\/li>\n
  3. Matt Hagan, Dodge Charger R\/T (3) – 1,214<\/strong><\/li>\n
  4. Tommy Johnson Jr., Dodge Charger R\/T (1) – 1,180<\/strong><\/li>\n
  5. Jack Beckman, Dodge Charger R\/T (2) – 1,160<\/strong><\/li>\n
  6. Courtney Force – 1,012<\/li>\n
  7. John Force (1) – 954<\/li>\n
  8. Tim Wilkerson – 792<\/li>\n
  9. J.R. Todd (1) – 788<\/li>\n
  10. Alexis DeJoria (1) – 664<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    NHRA Top Fuel<\/strong><\/p>\n

      \n
    1. Antron Brown (4) – 1,513<\/li>\n
    2. Steve Torrence (6) – 1,482<\/li>\n
    3. Leah Pritchett, Mopar HEMI (4) – 1,453<\/strong><\/li>\n
    4. Tony Schumacher, Mopar HEMI (1) – 1,121<\/strong><\/li>\n
    5. Brittany Force (1) – 1,052<\/li>\n
    6. Doug Kalitta – 1,038<\/li>\n
    7. Clay Millican (1) – 1,014<\/li>\n
    8. Terry McMillen – 722<\/li>\n
    9. Scott Palmer – 679<\/li>\n
    10. Troy Coughlin Jr. – 576<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Leah Pritchett, Papa John\u2019s Pizza\/Mopar\u00ae Pennzoil Top Fuel Dragster\u00a0 No. 1 Qualifier – 3.640 seconds at 330.63 mph \u201cDon Schumacher has given me the best team, in my opinion, and we keep continuing to prove that. I say we have the best team because we have the best hot rod. To go multiple times backing up our national record, doing incredible things in Denver (with a No. 1 and final round), being No. 1 (six times this year), it\u2019s absolutely amazing. The only thing that would ever be better than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":13860,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,849,615],"class_list":["post-13848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-drag-racing","tag-dsr","tag-nhra"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Brainerd_notesquotes_thumbnail.png","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13848"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59214,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions\/59214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}