‘Tis the Season: Check Out Turn Four, Auction Winners and More…

By Mike Accavitti

Director, Dodge Marketing

Not to interrupt the launch talk, but I thought I’d share some thoughts
from last weekend.
The Dodge Challenger 500 was a great time. While we love winning races
at Dodge, a close second was watching the Hemi Orange Dodge Challengers
pace the field. These modern day power machines looked particularly
hott under the lights […]

Release: The Official ‘08 Challenger Production Announcement

We talked about this earlier this week, but here’s the official Press Release for your files. We should have lots more for you in the days ahead, and likely more over the weekend, including some pics of a Challenger along the production line and some NASCAR to boot.

Source: Chrysler Media Services
PRESS RELEASE
Chrysler Celebrates Production of […]

NASCAR: GEM Getting Back to Winning Ways after Vegas

By Mike Delahanty

Manager, Dodge Motorsports
(Editor’s Note: This is a post from Mike D. related to the run in Las Vegas a bit over a week ago. He’ll be putting his thoughts from Atlanta up here soon, but we thought you’d enjoy seeing his thoughts from the previous week in the meantime. We’ll have the MOPAR […]

Contests: Who’s the #1 NASCAR Mom?

By Jodi Tinson
Chrysler Public Relations
Hey Dodge blog readers! Women make up about 40 percent of the NASCAR fan base, leading the professional football and baseball in the percentage of female
viewers on broadcast networks.
With these kinds of demographics, Dodge has launched the “Wave the Green
Flag” contest to recognize a special NASCAR mom at the Dodge Challenger
500 […]

Winner of #43 Dodge Challenger SRT8 Auction Revealed

By Richard Martin

Owner, #43 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8

(This is a note from the winner of the #43 auction. He has a great story to tell. For quotes from Kyle Petty, some Dodge Challenger details and more, the full press release is included after the jump. — RLD)
We (Rich and Irene) are extremely pleased and gratified […]

Test Video: NASCAR Drivers Dance With the Dodge Challenger Mule

This video shows some of our favs on the NASCAR circuit (Kurt Busch, Kasey Kahne and Bobby Labonte) taking a peek at the Dodge Challenger concept along with some footage from the road as they drive a Challenger dressed as a Charger in some pretty decent driving action. Enjoy…

Dominance at Daytona: What it Meant to the Dodge Boys and the Million Dollar Promise

By Mike Delahanty

Manager, Dodge Motorsports
**Programming note: Listen to Dodge driver and 2008 Daytona 500 Champion Ryan Newman on the Jim Rome Show today in the 1-2p EST hour…click here for station information***
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Unlike most sports whose seasons culminate in a major game or event, NASCAR starts its racing season with the biggest […]

Daytona 2008: Now That’s One (and a Two and a Five, Six, Seven, Eight) to Remember

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — Pardon our use of exclamation points!! But we’re still giddy over here as Dodge is enjoying the tasty flavor of victory. Heck, Dodge is enjoying the tasty flavor of virtual domination with our cars powering six of the top eight finishers…including the winner…at the 50th running of the Daytona 500. We’ll […]

Inside Scoop: Bringing a Speed Record Back to Dodge (Part 2)

By Ryan Isabell
Lead Chassis & Simulation Engineer, Dodge Motorsports

…continued from Part 1
After almost four weeks of engineering, late night phone calls, all-night wind tunnel shifts, blood, sweat and gears we were ready to make our attempt at bringing the Worlds Fastest Stock Car record back to Dodge. What looked like the end to […]

Inside Scoop: Bringing a Speed Record Back to Dodge (Part 1)

By Ryan Isabell
Lead Chassis & Simulation Engineer, Dodge Motorsports

BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS, Utah — Back in 1971, two men went to Bonneville with the goal of setting a land speed record using the #71 Dodge Daytona NASCAR stock car. They accomplished that goal by going over 216 MPH. The Dodge and those drivers […]