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More than a mere muscle car, the 2019 Dodge Challenger has the technology the style, the comfort and of course the power to make it the most desirable and fun to drive performance vehicle in recent memory. Anyone on Long Island who has driven the new Dodge Challenger can attest to its superb handling, muscular power and classic styling. The Challenger makes people stop and stare. Turning heads from St James to Holbrook, from Patchogue to Eastport and every town in-between. The 2019 Dodge Challenger took the highest award as the Car of Texas at the annual Texas Auto Roundup…

“Fast Jack” Beckman was seeking a lot of firsts on a picture-perfect afternoon during the rain-delayed 59th annual NHRA Winternationals at Auto Club Raceway at Pomona. Driving the Mopar-powered Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat, he certainly had a great day of it.
 
First winner in 2019. First winner in a Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat body. First career win at his home track. The 2012 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series Funny Car champion and his Don Schumacher Racing (DSR) team came out swinging in the season opener...
 
 

Drag Pak Driver, Pritchet Grabs NHRA Third Consecutive Win.

Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak driver, Leah Pritchett clinched the 2018 NHRA Factory Stock Showdown championship at the AAA Texas NHRA FallNationals in Dallas, racing to her third consecutive win of the season and grabbing her first championship in her first full year in the class.

Pritchett’s win at Dallas was the fifth in the seven-event NHRA Factory Stock Showdown season for the Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak, the brand’s modern-day “package” car, and also the fifth in a row for a Mopar Dodge Drag Pak driver.

Ron Capps and Mopar Dodge//SRT Take 60th Career Victory at Pacific Raceways.

Ron Capps and the power of Mopar was on the front foot at the 31st annual CatSpot NHRA Northwest Nationals at Pacific Raceways in Seattle as Funny Car racer Ron Capps took his Dodge Charger R/T all the way to victory for a milestone 60th career win.
 
The finale of the three-race Western Swing, was the ninth of the 2018 NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series for Mopar Dodge//SRT Don Schumacher Racing competitors, and the sixth of the season for a Mopar Dodge Charger Funny…

Dodge//SRT engineers are regulars at the drag strip and well known for creating the record-setting Challenger SRT Demon. Now, they are at it again, using their proven experience to create a new street-to-strip drag car. The result: the drag-oriented, street-legal 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320, unveiled today in Denver prior to the Dodge Mile-High NHRA Nationals Powered by Mopar, taking place at Bandimere Speedway.
 
1320 stands for the quarter-mile distance (1,320 feet), the Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 is powered by the 392 HEMI® V-8 that delivers 485 horsepower...

Dodge Is The New Title Sponsor For Mile-High NHRA Nationals.

The announcement has just been made that Dodge has signed on as title sponsor of the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series national event at Bandimere Speedway in Denver.

“Performance and competition fuel Dodge owners and the Dodge//SRT team every single day,” said Steve Beahm, Head of Passenger Cars, Dodge//SRT, Chrysler and FIAT, FCA – North America. “The sounds, smells and thrills of drag racing bring this attitude to life for the thousands of Dodge and Mopar fans who make the Mile-High NHRA Nationals a ‘must-see’ event.”

Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody Completes America's Most Powerful Muscle Car Lineup Ever.

Muscle car enthusiasts will have their heads turned on every corner of every street on Long Island, from Port Jefferson to Ronkonkoma, from Patchogue to St James, from Sayville to Riverhead.  “The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Widebody completes our strongest Dodge muscle car lineup in history,” said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Cars – Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT – FCA North America. “Our brand, engineering and design teams poured a ton of effort into making the new SRT Demon...

Ram Heavy Duty Truck Wins Gold Hitch Award From "The Fast Lane Truck" (TFLtruck).

TFLtruck, The Fast Lane Truckhas honored the 2017 Ram 3500 with their Gold Hitch award for the heavy-duty segment. The 6.7-liter Cummins diesel-powered Ram 3500 Heavy Duty took top honors for outstanding pulling power, braking, fuel economy, comfort and handling under extreme towing conditions. Scoring the trucks, TFLtruck editors took to the notorious Eisenhower Pass “Ike Gauntlet” located outside Denver with a loaded gooseneck trailer in tow.

Fourth Straight Win For Capps In All-Mopar Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car Final at Topeka'.

Capps defeated Hagan’s Mopar Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T from the left lane with a pass of 3.924 seconds at 321.42 mph after a .054-second reaction time. Hagan turned in a pass of 3.985 at 318.92 with a .057 reaction time off the starting line. Capps and team had lane choice for the final, and made a last-second decision to move to the left lane just before the cars were fired. The race was a re-match of…

Ron Capps Drives Mopar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car in Second Win of Season at NHRA Four-Wide Nationals.

You wpn't see Mopar Funny Cars on the streets of St James, Smithtown, Port Jefferson, Riverhead, Sayville or Setauket, but you can guarantee they will be tearing up the lanes at official drag strips on Long Island. Two lanes or four- cars featuring Mopar HEMI® power in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series will find the winner’s circle this season. Ron Capps took home the Wally trophy in the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at Charlotte’s zMAX Dragway to…