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Victory Performance NSS season finale this weekend at Indianapolis

Dennis Diepenbrock (Dennis Mothershed photo)

This weekend’s Monster Mopar Weekend at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis is the sixth and final race of the Victory Performance Nostalgia Super Stock Series.

The championship looks to be a battle between last year’s Champ, Dan Beale, and Series veteran Dennis Diepenbrock. Last year, Beale went into the Finals tied with Al Corda for the lead and eventually had to win a one-race run off to claim the title.

This year he will have to overcome a two-round deficit to reclaim his title. Diepenbrock's 1964 Plymouth Wagon has been deadly consistent this year and he has done a good job of driving. With his 20-point lead, it is his championship to lose.

The race for the money and prizes available for third through fifth may even be more exciting than the championship as 10 drivers are in striking range of those positions. They include Charlie Kuenster, coming off of his emotional World Series victory, and third place driver, Wally Krueger. He has quietly gone rounds all year and could easily walk away with a victory at Indy.

There were 42 cars in the Victory NSS race at Gateway earlier this year and Series Administrator Chris Schneider says he expects to top that number at Indy.

On top of the $2,500 purse, at the Indianapolis event $25.00 per round bonus money will be added from the series sponsors: A&A Transmission, Indy Cylinder Head, TTI Exhaust and Mancini Racing. Also, if a new racer to the Series wins the race, they will get a $100 bonus from Schneider. Along with $1,000 the winner is eligible for a new pair of Mickey Thompson slicks.

In the series championship, first place gets $1,000 and a Competition plus 727 race transmission from A&A Transmission; second gets $600 and a pair of race ready 440-1 heads courtesy of Indy Cylinder Head; third gets $400 and a set of Headers courtesy TTI Exhaust; fourth gets $300 and a $500 gift certificate from Mancini Racing; and fifth gets $200 and a drive shaft kit provided by Victory Performance Parts. [9/19/2012]

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#30 By Wesley Young in Kettering Ohio on 12/17/2012 at 17:51

To Randy Lindamood- only class I know of might be the Super Stock GT classes. Hey aren't you Roger's son? Met you one time at Mickey D's in Dayton.

#29 By Richard Kratz in Santa Clarita, CA on 12/07/2012 at 15:53

Now actually! See out story about the new Mopar Performance Calibration program: http://www.moparmax.com/features/2012/Chrysler-Performance-1.html

#28 By Randy Lindamood in Warren, MI on 12/07/2012 at 15:41

Where can a 2011 Challenger with a gen II Hemi Race?

#27 By Con in Australia on 05/18/2012 at 03:11

Can sombody plaese get some facts on dodges future in nascar????

#26 By market apps in market apps on 03/29/2012 at 06:58

Hi, possibly i'm being a little bit off topic here, but I was browsing your site and it looks impressive. I'm building a blog and trying to make it look neat, but everytime I touch it I mess something up. Did you design the blog yourself? Could someone with little experience do it, and add updates without messing it up? Anyways, good information on here, very informative.

#25 By jim power in fontana,ca on 03/02/2012 at 18:49

Am I the only one that getting kinda sick of hearing about Alex??.. no offence Alex, I sign on to read about mopars, not you.

#24 By Wesley Young in Kettering Ohio on 01/26/2012 at 12:36

It is obviously NOT a Hemi...look at the valve train. The engine is a 1959 Rambler 327...not kidding.

#23 By bruce bodenschatz in summerhill on 12/07/2011 at 13:01

cant get thru email contest looks like 354 or 392 hemi

#22 By Kay Burk in O'Fallon, MO on 09/09/2011 at 13:39

Mopar Memos are updated weekly. And, what's, with, the, commas?

#21 By KERRY,BLAIR in athens,tn on 08/17/2011 at 23:37

you,idiots,could,update,at,least,once,aweek,with,something,new,same,old,crap,for,a,month,between,you,and,big,ho,dot,com,i,aint,got,nuttin,2,read,lets.see.some.koverage,of,the,mopar,events,from,the,little,ones,to,the,big,ones,see,you,at,bristol,thats,my,kar,they,got,on,the,mailer,its,fun,and,growing,that,is,a,nice,place,nice,people,and,i,invite,everbody,up,sept,2,3,4,something,for,everone,

#20 By Wayne Graefen in Under the X in Texas on 06/02/2011 at 15:01

That '59 Chrysler is not a limousine, it is an airport sedan and likely built by Stageway in Arkansas. The only limousines throughout that era were built for Chrysler by the Ghia Carrozzeria in Turin Italy on Imperial chassis. How do I know? I own Nelson Rockefeller's '60 Crown Imperial formal limousine by Ghia ordered when he had just become governor of New York state.

#19 By create barcode in US on 04/13/2011 at 23:44

This is a great achievement for gray to be in finals. Nice post.

#18 By Calcium Carbonate in Calcium Carbonate on 04/11/2011 at 23:31

convertible car one the most superbly design cars in the world....gr8 work.
love to see this soon...n exciting abiut its drive

#17 By Geoff Stunkard in on 03/31/2011 at 15:12

I am DIGGING how the two Drag Pack Challengers look head-on; hard to decide which one I like the best!

#16 By bruce bodenschatz in usa on 03/17/2011 at 12:16

about the force hemi. mike dunn says its about the same motor they just moved a little metal here and there. what pisses my off is the ford pro stock motor. just look at the valve covers it looks just like the dodge. mopar should sue.

#15 By Eben Hedman in Burlington, WA. on 03/12/2011 at 03:33

That looks like a Big block chevy in that crashed '64 Dodge. Am I missing something?

#14 By MoparMax in O'Fallon, MO on 03/08/2011 at 16:02

Craig, according to our sources, John Force's FC motor is a standard Top Fuel funny car motor, just with Ford branding. NHRA regs prohibit teams from developing their own engine design for both competition and safety reasons, so the only major differences between Force's engine and that of anyone else would be minor.

#13 By Craig Richard Thomas in Otsego, Michigan on 03/08/2011 at 08:56

I would like a strait and true answer also. What is the engine that John Force racing use's in it's funny car's.
Is it a Boss Hemi or a Chrysler Hemi. It look's no different than any other fuel engine on the circuit. Other than it has
Ford and Boss all over it. Is it a Chrysler design? Nobody seem's to know the answer to this question. Is it a Chrysler Hemi in
Ford Clothing for Ford sponsership dollar's?

#12 By con perdikooris in Sydney Australia on 02/17/2011 at 07:37

Hi, guys. I have heard that John Force is running a FORD engine in his funny car???? is this true or is ford plastering their brand all over a mopar design?
i have seen a couple of pics of it and it still looks like a mopar hemi design.

#11 By iron furniture in iron furniture on 01/27/2011 at 02:13

If it will success, i will definitely introduce to it in next month. I was also waiting for new car.

#10 By KERRY,BLAIR in TN on 01/26/2011 at 18:14

U,SAID,CHARGER,LOOKS,LIKE,70,CHALLENGER

#9 By Chris Hatfield in Washington Pa on 01/07/2011 at 15:07

have any of the TRUE MOPAR fans picked up the latest issue of Drag Racer they did a story on the SS/AH cars and on the cover was Harry Holtons car it was a very good story.

#8 By Jimmy Ray in Atoka, TN on 12/10/2010 at 22:24

Correction to the Holly Springs, Miss. race........

Jerry Miles was NOT the overall NSS winner (he did win NSS/F Class and runnered up in the overall). Gabriel Ray was the overall winner, and NSS/C Class winner.

Thanks for making this correction in a future issue,
Jimmy Ray (proud winners Dad, and NSS/D Class Winner!)

#7 By della woods in lake orion, michigan 48362 on 12/01/2010 at 09:13

great Mag....

#6 By Moparmajic /Flying Arrow in Oxford ,Ms. on 11/19/2010 at 10:01

Hey folks pretty good mag and has gotten the attengtion of my tech/secretary. Yea female that I am training that just loves MOPARS- esp. Vipers and the current Challenger get her fired up. Here family owned a Mopar dealer at one time so.... Yes she had worked on a Viper at my shop . Specialize in BMW/Mini somePorsche/Vipers, BUT my heart is with Mopars. Have a 77 Arrow Super Gas car i built about all by my self in the early 90s and ran it awhile until my biz got crazy. Now trying to get back in afer a bad divorce that should be over soon. Running small block parts that I bought from Herb Mc Candless/Hensley Motorsports/Hays Performance and Ed Hamburger back in the day. Trying to get a 414 and a 398 going from all the parts laying around... Matter of fact have 1 of 12 of the INDY designed cranks that Mopar had when developing the Indy engines back in the later 70s or 80s, got it from a friend on mine out of PA that also runs a cuda with Ray Barton power...

#5 By MoparMax.com in O'Fallon, MO on 07/23/2010 at 18:22

Bruce,

We're working on it! We had a reporter at Chryslers at Carlisle. Look for a complete report soon.

Matt Schramel
MoparMax.com

#4 By bruce bodenschatz in new germany on 07/19/2010 at 13:23

this is mopar max right where is your coverage of chryslers at carlisle im beginning to visit your site less because your behind in whats going on

#3 By MoparMax.com in O'Fallon, MO on 07/13/2010 at 14:00

Carolyn,

Jack Beckman, Ron Capps, and Matt Hagan drive for Don Schumacher Racing. Here is a link to their contact information: www.shoeracing.com.

Matt Schramel
MoparMax.com

#2 By Carolyn McConaughey in Pennsylvania on 07/13/2010 at 13:59

Reprinted from "Letters to the Editor"
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I was wondering if you could help me get a fan mail address for the Mopar Funny Car team?

#1 By Jim Richey in Lake Orion, Michigan on 07/13/2010 at 13:57

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Awesome restoration. I never saw it myself but often do see Della Woods and her brother Bernie. Wish they could still own it, they are very deserving people.

Ed. Note: Our article about restoring Della Woods’ car ran in 2008. Here is the link: www.moparmax.com/features/featurecar/iii_11-della-1.html.


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