Jerry and all of the guys from his shop who had a hand in building this car are very proud of it. "It is one of the first cars to be built using NHRA's new 'no tolerance' body templates," Jerry told DRO, "We used to have body templates that give us a couple of inches of tolerance, but not any more. This car fits the template exactly and we had NHRA look at this car every step of the building process."

Take a close look at the rear spoiler and deck area. The wing appears to be small with little or no real down-force except for what is generated by the very small wickerbill.

The Mercury also features some new chassis design from the Haas car factory and although Jerry did reveal a few of them to DRO he wouldn't allow them to be printed. Look for this car to have excellent 60-ft times because of a redesigned and stiffer chassis. You can bet that with the right motor under the hood this car will easily exceed 200 mph in the quarter.

Cunningham told DRO that the car should make its competitive debut at the U.S. Nationals in September. As you can see from the photos the car has made some test laps using a 500-inch wedge motor built by Sonny Leonard. The car ran low sevens at over 190 mph during shakedown runs with a motor that was down on power.

When Cunningham gets his motor program together this Merc could deliver some real bad news to the rest of the Pro Stock competitors. A 500 inch Ford Wedge powers the Merc.

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