If you have paid any attention to the world of record-setting modern Mopar monsters, the odds are good that you have heard of the Epling Garage Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat. Since the Hellcat cars hit the street, the father, son and grandson(s) team of Leon, Jason, Logan and Aiden Epling have been setting records for … Read more
The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat owned, built, tuned and driven by Zdung Ho has long-held the record for being the quickest Hellcat sedan in the world, having been the first to break into the 8-second range back in 2019. Since becoming the first four-door Hellcat car to run in the 8s, the man known simply … Read more
Last month, the Modern Street Hemi Shootout headed to Virginia Motorsports Park for the second stop on the 2021 schedule, leading to two days of action-packed modern Mopar drag racing. Series boss Dan VanHorn credited the VMP track crew for providing a great surface, adding that “Tyler Crossnoe is the top dog there and was … Read more
The Mopar racing world is fortunate to have one of the best-known active professional female racers with Leah Pruett, but at the grassroots level, women are far more active in the motorsports world. In the Modern Street Hemi Shootout series for example, there is a group of women with monster Mopars who are all routinely … Read more
A few months back, we brought you the news of the first modern Dodge Charger to break into the 7-second quarter mile range. That Hemi-powered machine is owned, driven, built and tuned by AJ Berge of Hemituner Performance. Berge’s 2006 Charger ran a 7.98 and 7.97 back in February and since then, he hasn’t made … Read more
This past weekend, the Team Mopar NHRA Dodge Charger funny car racers headed to Las Vegas for the Denso Spark Plugs Four Wide Nationals, looking for their first win of the young 2021 season. As the name of the event suggests, this stop in Vegas includes four-wide drag racing, with four cars competing side-by-side-by-side-by-side, creating … Read more
Late last month, the Modern Street Hemi Shootout opened their 2021 season with the first event at Orlando Speedworld being sponsored by Legmaker Intakes. The season got off to a great start, with the event beating any past opener by more than a hundred registered race cars, with NHRA superstar Leah Pruett serving as the … Read more
For the fourth-straight year, Mopar and Dodge are teaming up to present the Hemi Shootout at all six of the 2021 National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) events. The first NMCA event is the 19th annual Muscle Car Mayhem at Bradenton Motorsports Park in Florida, March 18th through the 21st.The class is open to all 2005-and-later … Read more
A Don Schumacher Racing Dodge Charger funny car won every single event during the shortened 2020 NHRA racing season, with Matt Hagan taking home the class championship as Team Mopar teammates Tommy Johnson Jr, Jack Beckman and Ron Capps finished second, third and fourth in the championship race. Hagan won two of the last three … Read more
When the Modern Street Hemi Shootout opens their 2021 schedule with the Legmaker Intakes event at Orlando Speedworld, NHRA superstar and Mopar racer Leah Pruett will be in attendance. Pruett will be handling a handful of duties, and while she won’t be making any passes in either of her NHRA race cars, she went down … Read more
This past weekend, AJ Berge, owner and tuning mastermind of Hemituner Performance became the first person to put a modern Dodge Charger in the 7-second quarter mile range. Berge set this remarkable record during a private track rental at Orlando Speed World Dragway and not only did he run the first 7-second quarter mile by … Read more
While flipping through the current “No Reserve” auctions on Bring-A-Trailer.com, I came across this 1972 Dodge Charger. When I first found it, I thought “why on Earth is this cool race car only $1,000 right now”, but upon closer inspection, I figured out why. This car has a ton of issues, even as replicas of … Read more
The Hellraisin 2020 Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock shown here is owned and driven by Ron Silva. Silva was one of the first 2018 Demon owners to get into the 9-second range while routinely being one of the quickest stock Demon owners on the track. Silva has sold his Demon and moved onto the gorgeous … Read more
This weekend, Houston Raceway Park will host the Clash of the Legion – a three-day drag racing event that showcases the best of the modern Mopar performance machines. This event includes the Legion of Demons, which is comprised of scores of dedicated drag racers who participate in a 2018 Challenger Demon, but it also includes … Read more
While many racing associations canceled their 2020 season due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the crew from the Modern Street Hemi Shootout series managed to hold their entire season. They had to make some date changes to work around local emergency restrictions on crowd-based activities, but in the end, Dan VanHorn and his team were able … Read more
