Racing

Hurricane-Powered Ram 1500s in Real World Performance

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2025 Ram 1500

The new twin turbocharged inline-six engines in the Ram 1500 lineup are both very powerful on paper, delivering 420 horsepower and 469 lb-ft of torque in Standard Output form; the High Output packs 540 horsepower and 521 lb-ft of torque. Since the non-TRX Hemi engine in the Ram 1500 was rated at 395 horsepower and 410 lb-ft of torque, both of these engines have far more power, but how does that translate to real world performance?

Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X Opens Nitrocross Group E Season with a Win

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Robin Larsson Dodge Hornet R/T FC1-X

The Dodge brand recently announced its involvement with the Nitrocross Group E series with the specially prepared Hornet R/T FC1-X all-electric race cars.  At the recent season opener in Richmond, Virginia, reigning back-to-back champion Robin Larsson gave Dodge its first win in the growing all-electric rally racing series. He followed that Round 1 win up … Read more

A Closer Look at the 2024 Roadkill Nights Hurricane Grudge Match Vehicles

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Earlier this week, we brought you a look at the 2001 Dodge Ram Charger from the Mexican market that was recently showcased in the 2024 Roadkill Nights Hurricane Grudge Match. In our piece earlier this week, our goal was to discuss the Mexican market Ram Charger, as it was apparent that many people were unfamiliar … Read more

Roadkill Nights Racing Program Moved Off of Woodward Avenue

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Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge

One of the staple attractions of Roadkill Nights since it moved out of the Silverdome parking lot for 2016 was the legal street racing program. However, a press release from Stellantis this morning announced that the racing program was being moved off of the street and onto the straightaway of the M1 Concourse road course. … Read more

Dodge Racer Madi Turley Named Grassroots Ambassador for NHRA Thunder Valley Nationals

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Madi Turley Dodge Challenger

There is an unfortunately low number of high school-aged participants in the drag racing world, but Madi Turley and her Dodge Challenger have been turning heads on the track since before she was old enough to legally drive on public roads. Turley got her first bit of national attention when she was signed to the … Read more

Matt Hagan Drives His Dodge Charger Hellcat to a Second Straight Win

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NHRA Route 66 Nationals Matt Hagan Win Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car

Matt Hagan was winless through the first four races of the NHRA 2024 season, but in claiming back-to-back wins with his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat funny car, he has now moved up into the top spot in the early championship race. More importantly for now, Hagan is building momentum and beginning to exhibit the dominance … Read more

Matt Hagan and His Dodge Charger Claim a Historic 50th Win

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Matt Hagan 50th Win

This past weekend, the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series headed to zMAX Dragway for the Four-Wide Nationals, where reigning champion Matt Hagan drove his Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car to his first win of the season. Matt Hagan’s 2024 season hasnt been anywhere near as great as his 2023, where he won 3 … Read more

World’s Quickest Dodge Charger Hellcat Record Changes Twice in a Week

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Colby Davis Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat

After becoming the first Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat driver to run in the 8-second range back in 2019, Zdung Ho held the record for the quickest Hellcat sedan in the world, with his personal best last year sitting at 7.62, until early 2023. That was when Colby Davis and his Charger SRT Hellcat claimed the … Read more

Ticket Sales to Race with the Legion of Demons End This Weekend

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If you have any Mopar product and you want to go racing with a group of the quickest and fastest Mopars on Earth, you only have a few more days to buy tickets to register for the Legion of Demons in January. What started in 2019 as an event specifically for 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT … Read more

Meet the World’s Quickest Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

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Lee Saunders Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 8.89 timeslip

A week ago today, we brought you the news of the first privately owned 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 to break into the 8-second range. That car, owned and driven by Lee Saunders and prepared by Gearhead Fabrications, got down to an 8.947 at 150.33 miles per hour with the full leather interior, aftermarket … Read more

Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 Runs 8s at 4380lbs without Tuning

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Doug Reddicopp Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

Last week, we talked about Doug Reddicopp, who ran a 9.08 in his 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 without removing any components and without any tuning. Doug was back at the track yesterday and while there, he dipped into the 8-second range without any lightweight components or tuning of any kind – running an … Read more

Details on the First Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 in the 8s

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Lee Saunders Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170

A week ago, pictures of a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 running in the high-8-second range showed up across social media with minimal information. Prior to the track pictures of that Demon 170 shown here running in the 8s spread across social media, there were pictures of a similar car on the dyno with … Read more