The warmth of spring reawakens the roar of nitro-fueled HEMI® engines at the drag strip. Do you hear it calling? The Mopar and Dodge//SRT drag racing squad rolls into Houston this weekend for the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Presented by Pennzoil. After four events in the 2019 NHRA season, Funny Car driver Matt Hagan
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Speed, passion, power = Mopar NHRA Top Fuel dragster Leah Pritchett
March is National Women’s History Month, 31 days set aside each year to call attention to the accomplishments of women, past and present, who chose to step outside what many consider ‘traditional’ gender zones to follow the road less travelled. Mopar Top Fuel racing driver Leah Pritchett has been fueling excitement among NHRA Racing fans
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HEMI engineer chases record speed
Ken Hardman has his hands full this weekend. As this video shows, he has a steady stream of eager students who want to know more about that long black and white rocket ship-like vehicle with his name on it. That vehicle is something Ken, an FCA engineer, and some friends built in hopes of breaking
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Scuderia Ferrari starting F1 season with new car, new driver
The most successful team in F1 racing will start the 2015 season with a new one-seater. Earlier this month, Scuderia Ferrari unveiled a new F1 car – the SF15-T – sporting a new nose, a more tightly packaged rear end, overhauled suspension kinematics, and optimized brakes. Former champion Kimi Räikkönen again returns and will be
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Farewell to a friend: Denny Darnell
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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Makse attacks the Pirelli World Challenge
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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Racing Vipers ready for return to Long Beach
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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