{"id":13851,"date":"2017-08-24T11:36:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-24T15:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drivesrt.com\/news\/?p=13851"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:25:14","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:25:14","slug":"mopardodge-nhra-sportsman-spotlight-brainerd-minnesota","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2017\/08\/mopardodge-nhra-sportsman-spotlight-brainerd-minnesota.html","title":{"rendered":"Mopar\u00ae<\/sub>\/Dodge NHRA Sportsman Spotlight: Brainerd, Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eric Bell Wins Super Stock Crown<\/strong><\/p>\n

Massive fields participated in the Sportsman categories at the NHRA Nationals in Brainerd, Minnesota, with Eric Bell taking the Super Stock victory for Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> in his GT\/EA 1968 Plymouth Barracuda.<\/p>\n

Bell, a former professional baseball player from Chandler, Arizona, won his first ever national event Wally in his Plymouth powered by a 440 cubic-inch engine when his opponent, Darrell Dietz, went red at the starting line in the final. Bell proceeded to make a lap of 9.301 seconds at 127.10 mph on a 9.22 dial-in. He left with a remarkable .007-second reaction time.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is definitely tough to do, I\u2019ve been at it a long time,\u201d said Bell, who also qualified No. 1. \u201cI had a couple rounds where my lights weren\u2019t that great, but luckily I got by those rounds and then my driving came along in the last few rounds and it all worked out.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Stock Eliminator, Steve Scherschligt of Tea, South Dakota, turned in the best performance for Mopar. Scherschligt made a series of consistent runs to advance to the third round in an H\/SA 1973 Plymouth Satellite, where he finally bowed out after an 11.256-second pass on an 11.24 dial-in. Scherschligt reached a top speed of 115.36 mph and left the starting line with a .108-second reaction time in the round.<\/p>\n

Bell and Scherschligt were each named the Dodge Top Finisher at Brainerd. The program, new for 2017, awards $500 to the Stock and Super Stock competitors who advance the farthest in a Dodge or Plymouth vehicle. The award is in place at all 24 NHRA national events and supplements Mopar\u2019s long-running contingency program.<\/p>\n

Super Stock and Stock Eliminator drivers also competed for class wins at Brainerd, with several Mopar-powered cars taking wins.<\/p>\n

In Super Stock, Rick Johnson of Wayzata, Minnesota, claimed the GT\/AA win in a \u201968 Plymouth Barracuda; Bell won GT\/EA in his \u201968 \u2019Cuda; Brad Haugaard of Ham Lake, Minnesota, took the GT\/IA victory in an \u201906 Dodge Stratus; and Chuck Lofgren from Cedar, Minnesota, won FSS\/H with his \u201910 Dodge Challenger.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, three Mopar-powered machines claimed class wins in Stock. T.J. Diekema of Mason City, Iowa, drove his \u201962 Plymouth Fury to the D\/SA class victory; Corey Hopkins of North Branch, Minnesota, won G\/SA in a \u201969 Dodge Dart; and Scherschligt took home the H\/SA win driving his \u201973 Plymouth Satellite.<\/p>\n

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