For the second year in a row, Hellcat Hemi-powered Dodge muscle cars dominated the TX2K Heavyweight class and for the second year in a row, the Challengers and Chargers leading the way were all built by Baily’s Hyperformance. Chris Baily, who runs Baily’s Hyperformance and who campaigns the world’s quickest 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon, … Read more
Dodge is putting its image where its car is, racing a Dodge Charger Daytona in the 41st One Lap of America, sponsored by Tire Rack and Grassroots Motorsports magazine. The 670-hp electric car will run from place to place, competing in skid pad, autocross, time trials, and bracket drag racing. #mopar #dodge #charger-daytona #onelap
This past weekend, Tony Stewart drove the Tony Stewart Racing (TSR) Rayce Rudeen Foundation Dodge//SRT dragster to victory at the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at the Strip in Las Vegas – marking the racing legend’s first win as a driver in the drag racing big leagues. As a car owner, Stewart has celebrated wins in both … Read more
Ram is expected to start racing in the NASCAR truck series next year—coincidentally the same year Cadillacs, a General Motors marque, will join Formula One (F1) racing. GM will ironically buy Ferrari engines until their own engines, developed in the United States, are approved by the FIA, F1’s governing body. TWG Motorsports and General Motors … Read more
I believe that this is the first video showing a new 2024 Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack battery electric vehicle racing against a Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack with the 392 cubic inch Hemi. This video was posted to Instagram by Randall_ModFX and in addition to showing the 8th mile drag race, we get a … Read more
According to The Athletic, part of the New York Times, Ram is planning to return to NASCAR truck racing with the 2026 season, and Dodge may be rejoining the mainstream car series later on. Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota all compete in the national truck series. Ram has not fielded a truck there, but Dodge has. … Read more
If you are at all active in the modern Mopar community, you likely know that some 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon owners purchased a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 with a matching VIN and matching paint. Knowing that those pairs exist, we knew that it was only a matter of time before we saw … Read more
This morning, Dodge’s Direct Connection brand took the wraps off of their news for the 2024 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, introducing a pair of crate engine blocks, two supercharger snout kits and the 3.0-liter IHI supercharger kit that many Mopar owners have been eagerly anticipating. First up, two new engine blocks are coming to … Read more
Matt Hagan is the only Dodge Charger driver in the NHRA Mission Foods Drag Racing Series Funny Car Championship Chase and with two events left on the season, he is currently in third place, 168 points out of first. With 100 points awarded to the winner of the second-to-last race of the season and 150 … Read more
The 9th annual Rebelle Rally wrapped up this past weekend and once again, a Jeep took the win, with the team of Nena Barlow, Teralin Petereit and their 2024 Jeep Gladiator Mojave claiming the Bone Stock class win and the overall victory. This is the third overall win for Barlow and Petereit in the past … Read more
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?
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
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
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
Back in early June, we brought you the news that Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge would be back for 2024, but at that time, we didn’t know exactly when or where the event would be held. However, we now know that for 2024, Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is moving back to M1 Concourse and … Read more
David ZatzDavid Zatz started what was to become the world’s biggest, most comprehensive Mopar site in 1994 as he pursued a career in organizational research and change. After a chemo-induced break, during which he wrote car books covering Vipers, minivans, and Jeeps, he returned with Patrick Rall to create StellPower.com for daily news, and to … Read more