The new Dodge Dart Pro Stock race car that debuts at the NHRA Gatornationals in Florida this weekend has a bit more of the DNA from the street-legal Dart than you might expect. Race team engineers used the same computerized design tools Chrysler Group engineers used to create the production Dart to develop the Dart
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Mopar NHRA driver Ron Capps For Mopar’s National Hot Rod Association drivers, Sunday is usually a race day. However, with a bit of a break before they head to the next NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series event at the Gatornationals in Florida in two weeks, they’ll get a chance to have a seat and
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Richard Petty and the 1964 Plymouth with the 426 HEMI engine that won the Daytona 500. Photo courtesy of NASCAR. Fifty years ago this weekend, two legends were born on the track in Daytona Beach, Fla. A 26-year-old stock car driver named Richard Petty dominated the field to win the sixth running of the Daytona
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Sure, much of the country is snowed under. But engines are being fired up and suspensions adjusted at Daytona International Speedway as the SRT Motorsports team gets ready for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which is just three weeks away. Part of getting the team ready for the around-the-clock race, which opens the season for
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In the rolling hills northeast of Atlanta, the SRT Motorsports team has spent the week getting its racing SRT Viper GTS-R cars ready for the final race of the 2013 American Le Mans Series — the Petit Le Mans. The race starts Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern and runs for 1,000 miles or 10 hours,
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The SRT Viper GTS is a sports car equally at home on the street and on the race track. To help make this point, our friends over at driveSRT.com have posted a short video clip on YouTube. No wonder that every buyer of an SRT product gets a day of track driving instruction as part
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Building high-performance cars, such as the SRT Viper, and racing them in theAmerican Le Mans Series gets consumers to consider Chrysler Group vehicles, says Ralph Gilles, President and CEO of the SRT Brand and Motorsports and Senior Vice President of Product Design.“Race fans get to the track early and they have the time to do some car
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