If you remember the super hairy, Super Beard contest Dodge hosted back in March, you may remember that one of the sick prizes up for grabs was an SRT Track Experience Gift Card. The card entitled the winner to one free day of pavement-pounding excitement behind the wheel of the Dodge and SRT high- performance line-up, including the Dodge Challenger SRT8, Dodge Charger SRT8, Dodge Caliber SRT4, Chrysler 300C SRT8 and the Jeep Grand Cherokee SRT8. While anyone who’s ever seen one of the SRT high-performance machines bearing down on them in the rear-view mirror is familiar with the power of SRT, not everyone can say they’ve truly felt it. With the SRT Experience, enthusiasts can harness all the power of Chrysler’s Street Racing and Technology products and flog it into submission on a closed course. Professional instructors from the Richard Petty Driving Experience school you on the proper way to safely dominate the track, and the rest is in your hands. From technical courses designed to challenge the skills you brag to your buddies about to performance laps that will leave skid marks in at least two places, the Experience has it all.
On Wednesday, we here at RLD joined fellow SRT junkies at the famed Virginia International Raceway in Alton, VA, to participate in the SRT Experience for ourselves. We had an amazing time, and we brought back enough footage to keep you hunkered down in front of your monitor for hours. We also logged a lot of quality time with both the instructors and the owners, and we’ll be recounting the entire experience here on RedLetterDodge (right down to the heat stroke). Be sure to follow us closely for behind-the-scenes photos and stories that we’ll eventually be telling our grandchildren.
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i’m thinking SRT8
July 30, 2010 @ 10:16 am
Signed up for the October experience in LV. Thank you Dodge for offering this into the purchase of the Challenger.
I just want to do figure 8 burnouts all day, so make sure you stock up on the rubber….
August 1, 2010 @ 9:49 am
When I did mine a few years ago, the drag racing was abbreviated on a parking lot course. They didn’t use the drag track. I was hopping to learn how to really learn the ins and outs of drag racing, so I could go to the track at home with some 1/4 mile experience and confidence. The rally portion wasn’t very impressive either. I did enjoy bombing around the circuit behind the chase car, however. Tearing into a wide sweeping turn at 120 mph is a blast.
August 2, 2010 @ 2:48 pm
We did the SRT experience at Road Atlanta! Was amazing, I am planning my next trip!
August 2, 2010 @ 10:24 pm
Speaking of Chargers, Dodge needs to keep us informed on what some of their refreshes will look like. There is nothing going on at this blog. You would think that Dodge has stopped making cars. Slapping a mopar stripe on a car and painting the wheels black just doesn’t cut it. It has been so long since we have seen something new that the media is making up their own pictures of what the new products will look like. And if you look at this picture, no one will ever buy a Dodge again. RLD, you have to release some more pictures of your new refreshes. The media is just ruining your cars: http://www.insideline.com/2011-dodge-charger.html
August 11, 2010 @ 1:18 am
OK this is off topic but I had to post it somewhere! August in Northern California is a car lovers dream. This is the week of Pebble Beach Concourse, lots o’ car shows and auctions; basically everyone breaks out their rides. I have dreamed for some time about cruising in a nice car, during the events.
The PC SRT8 will be out in full force this weekend, and I am stoked to drive this car amongst the bazillion ferraris, vettes, lambos, you name it.
Its all about the ride, and the joy of driving! BTW, rumor going around about a green challenger spotted……
August 14, 2010 @ 8:18 am