--- title: "Thieves Caught After Taking Stolen Dodge Hellcat, Chevrolet Camaro, Acura NSX to Drag Strip" description: "Go big or go home." date: "2017-08-07" modified: "2017-08-08" authors: - name: "Kyle Cheromcha" job_title: "Editor-in-Chief" link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha" url: "https://www.thedrive.com/news/13271/thieves-caught-after-taking-stolen-dodge-hellcat-chevrolet-camaro-acura-nsx-to-drag-strip" categories: - "Chevrolet News" - "News" - "News by Brand" tags: - "acura" - "Acura NSX" - "Car Theft" - "Chevrolet Camaro" - "Crime" - "Dodge Challenger" - "drag racing" - "Hellcat" - "luxury" - "Texas" --- # Thieves Caught After Taking Stolen Dodge Hellcat, Chevrolet Camaro, Acura NSX to Drag Strip ![]() *\www.thedrive.com\* Stealing a half-dozen cars—including a 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and a $200,000 [2017 Acura NSX]()—from a single dealership through wire fraud is certainly a bold move. But taking those ill-gotten whips to a public drag racing meet nearby and laying down a few quarter-mile runs for everyone to see? Well, everything's bigger in Texas. Four people are behind bars today after El Paso police say the quartet conned a local Acura dealership out of six cars over the last thirteen months, [according to *CBS4 News*.]() In addition to the NSX and Hellcat, the ring also snagged a 2012 Chevrolet Camaro, a 2014 Nissan Armada, a 2015 Ford F-150, and a 2016 Acura MDX from Fox Acura. And following their arrests, both *CBS4* and *KFOX-TV* obtained spectator video allegedly showing the stolen Acura NSX getting demolished by a C7 Corvette at an amateur drag race event at the El Paso Motorplex earlier this summer. Just an awful launch, really. Though police didn't detail how exactly ringleader Mark Mitchell and his merry band of thieves managed to repeatedly lie their way into the driver's seat, [*KFOX-TV* spoke with]() another dealership manager who claims Mitchell almost made off with a new GMC Acadia from his lot last month using his very particular set of skills. According to Shawn Bryan of Superstar Motors, Mitchell showed up in late June driving the stolen Acura NSX and said he wanted to buy the Acadia for his mother-in-law. He produced fake papers that supposedly proved he had just inherited $5 million, and promised that he'd wire the cash for the car in a few days. Bryan initially bought it—as he points out in the interview, you don't always think too hard about the details when someone shows up in a $200,000 car. When the wire transfer didn't come through after a few days, Bryan told *KFOX-TV* he started asking questions—and the excuses began to pile up. "His accountant had stolen $2.4 million from him. Then he had to be put in the hospital and then it turned into he died and now he sitting in jail and it's mind-boggling," Bryan said. "He literally faked his death and had his wife call people and tell them that he had a heart attack and died so that's why he couldn't end up paying." Bryan [also told *KFOX-TV*]() that he was at the racetrack the night the videos were recorded, and the group ran every one of their cars down the strip at least once. In a satisfying twist, the Superstar Motors team eventually resorted to conning the con man, promising Mitchell's crew a free detailing and promptly stealing the Acadia back when his accomplices brought it in. "I had my guys grab it and put it in the back and put it inside and locked it and of course we never saw the guy after that. He was gone \[and\] that was that," he said. ## Author Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world. ### Author social links [Bluesky]() [Instagram]() [LinkedIn]()