Kasey Kahne posted his fourth top 10 in the last five NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races with a solid seventh-place finish in Sunday’s Allstate 400 at the Brickyard. It was his fourth top-10 finish in six outings at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Kahne raced in the top 10 through most of the 160-lap event at the [...]
Archives for July 2009
Weekend Preview: Red-Hot Kasey Kahne Ready to ‘Kiss the Bricks’ at Indy
Posted on: July 23, 2009 - 4:28 pm
RELEASE SPEEDWAY, Ind. (July 23, 2008) – After enjoying a rare non-race NASCAR Sprint Cup Series weekend, the ‘Dodge Boys’ return to action at the hallowed grounds of Indianapolis Motor Speedway for this weekend’s Allstate 400 at The Brickyard. The 20th event on the Sprint Cup regular-season schedule, the Allstate 400 at The Brickyard is [...]
Walter P. Chrysler Museum Cruise Night Happens This Thursday
Posted on: July 22, 2009 - 11:53 am
RELEASE WHAT: Fourth of six summer Cruise Nights at the Walter P. Chrysler Museum WHO: Several hundred auto enthusiasts with their cruisers, as well as hundreds of other spectators, are expected to gather for the fourth annual series WHEN: 6 – 9 p.m. Thursday, July 23 (continues every other Thursday through Aug. 20) WHERE: Walter [...]
Weekend Results: Kasey Kahne Finishes Third At Chicagoland
Posted on: July 13, 2009 - 9:12 am
RELEASE JOLIET, Ill. (Saturday, July 11, 2009) – The first 211 laps of Saturday night’s 267-lap LifeLock 400 at Chicagoland Speedway were uneventful with only two cautions for debris disturbing the on-track racing. That changed dramatically during the final 56 circuits with the yellow flag appearing five times, setting up five double-file shootout restarts and [...]
BREAKING NEWS: Dodge Viper SRT10 To Live On
Posted on: July 10, 2009 - 8:41 pm
(Be sure to vote in our Viper poll on the lower right hand side of the blog – RLD) RELEASE Auburn Hills, Mich., Jul 10, 2009 - Chrysler Group LLC announced today that production will continue for the legendary Dodge Viper SRT10. Originally slated to cease production in December 2009, the Chrysler Group Conner Avenue [...]
Weekend Preview: Busch, Kahne Inside Top 12 With Eight Races Remaining to Chase for the Championship
Posted on: July 9, 2009 - 8:34 am
RELEASE JOLIET, Ill., (July 8, 2009) – The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the heat and humidity of the Midwest as Chicagoland Speedway hosts Saturday night’s LifeLock.com 400. Sitting nearly 50 miles from the Windy City, Chicagoland represents the start of the second-half of NASCAR’s 36 race regular-season point’s schedule. Seven Dodge Chargers will [...]
Yamaha Team to Drive Challenger SRT8 in Grand Prix Races
Posted on: July 6, 2009 - 11:26 am
RELEASE MotoGP Fiat Yamaha Team riders former World Champion Valentino Rossi (right) and Jorge Lorenzo (left) switched gears to the 425-horsepower 6.1-liter HEMI engine of the Dodge Challenger SRT8 as they prepare for the MotoGP Red Bull U.S. Grand Prix races in Laguna Seca, California. While it’s not as nimble as their MotoGP bikes, the [...]
Weekend Results: Kurt Busch Finishes Fifth In Coke Zero 400 at Daytona
Posted on: July 6, 2009 - 8:45 am
RELEASE DAYTONA, Fla. (Saturday, July 4, 2009) — Kurt Busch scored his ninth top-five finish in 18 starts at Daytona International Speedway Saturday night, driving the No. 2 Miller Lite Dodge Charger to a fifth-place finish in the Coke Zero 400 at the 2.5-mile superspeedway. Kasey Kahne was involved in a couple of mishaps including [...]
Weekend Preview: Kurt Busch Seeks Elusive Restrictor-Plate Win at Daytona
Posted on: July 2, 2009 - 9:33 am
RELEASE DAYTONA, Fla., (July 1, 2009) – The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series heads to the ‘World Center of Racing’ for this weekend’s Coke Zero 400 at historic Daytona International Speedway. The 2.5-mile, high-banked superspeedway is the 18th stop on the 36-race, regular-season schedule. Seven Chargers are entered in quest of Dodge’s third win of the [...]
Dodge Challenger: America’s Ideal Sporty Car, Survey Says
Posted on: July 1, 2009 - 12:54 am
More good news for the Dodge Challenger team…Challenger has been named the Best in Class Ideal Vehicle in the Sporty Car Segment by AutoPacific. According the the firm, an Ideal Vehicle award is given to a vehicle that fully fulfills the desires of the buyer. AutoPacific asked owners to indicate their desire to change their [...]
