Mopar’s Hübinette at Road Atlanta

Dodge Viper SRT10® Formula Drift (FD) driver Samuel Hübinette suffered an earlier-than-desired exit today at Road Atlanta, earning one round win before losing to eventual event winner Chris Forsberg in the Top 16 round of tandem eliminations.

Hübinette qualified his Mopar-powered Dodge Viper No. 5 on Friday, then dispatched of rookie Jeff Jones in the first round of eliminations on Saturday. The second round was very close; the judges saw things even after the first two runs, calling for a One More Time (OMT) battle. Hübinette closely shadowed Forsberg and posted one of the highest entry speeds (87.8 mph) of the event. The judges once again deemed the match to close to call, asking for a second and final OMT. During the second OMT Hübinette remained glued to Forsberg’s tail and made contact. The judges advanced Forsberg, handing Hübinette a rare Top 16 loss.

Hübinette said, “The Mopar Dodge Viper has been running solid. We have had no problems whatsoever, which says a lot about our Mopar-powered engine. We had the right set up to get good usage out of our BFGoodrich KDWs, and we did. We had one of the fastest initiation speeds of anybody this weekend.”

The next event will be at Wall Speedway in Wall, N.J., June 5–6.