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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Six of the fastest men you’ll ever meet
Sure, much of the country is snowed under. But engines are being fired up and suspensions adjusted at Daytona International Speedway as the SRT Motorsports team gets ready for the Rolex 24 at Daytona, which is just three weeks away. Part of getting the team ready for the around-the-clock race, which opens the season for
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Vipers Looking For A Big Finish At Petit Le Mans
In the rolling hills northeast of Atlanta, the SRT Motorsports team has spent the week getting its racing SRT Viper GTS-R cars ready for the final race of the 2013 American Le Mans Series — the Petit Le Mans. The race starts Saturday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern and runs for 1,000 miles or 10 hours,
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Racing and high performance fuel car buyers, SRT chief tells Woodward crowd
Building high-performance cars, such as the SRT Viper, and racing them in theAmerican Le Mans Series gets consumers to consider Chrysler Group vehicles, says Ralph Gilles, President and CEO of the SRT Brand and Motorsports and Senior Vice President of Product Design.“Race fans get to the track early and they have the time to do some car
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SRT Viper Race Car Gets a “Rush” for Grand Prix of Baltimore Weekend
The speed and thrill of SRT Viper GTS-R race cars tearing around the streets of Baltimore this weekend in the American Le Mans Series (ALMS), which is part of theGrand Prix of Baltimore presented by SRT, makes an ideal warm-up for the upcoming Ron Howard racing film “Rush.”The movie, which chronicles the battles between Formula One drivers Niki Lauda
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