It had been awhile since NHRA Funny Car driver Ron Capps had stood on the winners’ podium. Seventeen events, to be exact, stretching back to August 2013. Capps had driven his Mopar-powered Dodge Charger R/T to five Funny Car semifinal rounds this season but came up short every time. The drought ended Sunday, when Capps
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“We are the only people in the United States to have done this!” I told Ashley as we boarded our non-stop flight from Anchorage to Honolulu. “They do run a daily service for a reason,” she dryly retorted. Nonetheless, our excitement and conscious decision to travel from Alaska (No. 49) to Hawaii (No. 50), in
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Texan Lance Green is a fan of two things — rock musician Tom Petty and Mopar. So, it’s no surprise that Green’s music player is loaded with Petty songs and his garage holds four Mopar cars. That stable includes a Mopar ’10 Dodge Challenger that won a Mopar Top Eliminator trophy in 2013 based on
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Got plans for Saturday, April 26? Did you know that it’s HEMI Day? Huh? Yes, HEMI Day. April 26 – 4/26 when expressed in numbers – happens to match the cubic-inch displacement of the Generation II HEMI racing engine that debuted at the 1964 Daytona 500. So, not only is it HEMI Day, this year
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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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Everyone loves a good story and there’s certainly no shortage of online sources for information these days. But if you’re looking for stories about Chrysler, our brands and our vehicles – there’s just one place to go: Chrysler On Demand. It launched just a week ago, and if you haven’t bounced around it yet, take
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The Scat Pack is back! Dodge is rolling out Scat Pack performance stage kits from Mopar, which can help boost the performance of the 5.7-liter HEMI V-8 up to an additional 58 horsepower and 47 lb.-ft. of torque. With the Scat Packs, Dodge enthusiasts can get the maximum performance from their Challenger or Charger and
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