UPDATE: The No. 93 Dodge Viper took the win the GT Daytona class at the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. In 24 hours the car completed 704 laps of the 3.5-mile circuit and finished 13th overall out of 53 cars that started the race. The No. 33 Viper finished in 9th position in the GT
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We hate losing friends, especially those who made our days brighter and jobs easier. Such is the case with Denny Darnell. Denny was not a headline name (until now) but he was the name behind the headlines for many years, handling motorsports public relations for Dodge and SRT during 2004-2013, years it competed in NASCAR
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For 50 years Mopar power has been a dominant force on race tracks and drag strips. It’s not letting off the gas pedal anytime soon. On Thursday night at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis – site of the annual NHRA U.S. Nationals this weekend — more than 150 Sportsman class drag racers and fans got
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What happens when you take a championship-winning club racer, who just happens to be an accomplished automotive journalist and savvy social media guy, and you put him behind the wheel of the No. 00 FIAT USA/Pirelli Tire/SRT Motorsports Fiat 500? Buckle up people, because we are about to find out. Brian Makse is a two-time
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It had been awhile since NHRA Funny Car driver Ron Capps had stood on the winners’ podium. Seventeen events, to be exact, stretching back to August 2013. Capps had driven his Mopar-powered Dodge Charger R/T to five Funny Car semifinal rounds this season but came up short every time. The drought ended Sunday, when Capps
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A year ago, the racing Vipers of the SRT Motorsports team were happy to leave the ALMS race in Long Beach, Calif., with a pole position and a podium finish in the GT class. This weekend the Viper GTS-R race cars return to Long Beach with the new TUDOR United SportsCar Championship with more confidence
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Strength, power and size. Those qualities have made the 426 HEMI racing engine a dominant force and earned it the nickname “The Elephant.” That helps explain why Mopar is hanging out with elephants as it spends the year celebrating the 50th anniversary of this legendary powerplant. The impact that the 426 HEMI would have on
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