AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
Aug. 12,
2024 /PRNewswire/ --
- 2024 MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge marks
the ninth year of daylong festival with more than 40,000 car
enthusiasts gathered to witness packed on-site activities,
including Dodge Drift Rides and first-ever Dodge Hornet Rally
Rides
- Morgan Evans takes home bragging
rights with win in the Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race in her
1987 Dodge D150 with new HurriCrate twin-turbo inline six
engine
- Roadkill Nights event hosts public debut of all-new 2024 Dodge
Charger Daytona, reveal of Charger Daytona's Fratzonic Chambered
Exhaust system
- Jimmer Kline claims the Big Tire
class crown and Mikael Borggren
takes the Small Tire victory
- Sick Powerfest pre-party on August
9 at M1 kicked off two-day horsepower celebration, which
brought a combined attendance of 50,000-plus enthusiasts
- Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge post-event coverage, including
exclusive podcasts, available at DodgeGarage.com
Back for its ninth year, MotorTrend Presents Roadkill
Nights Powered by Dodge brought an adrenaline-filled weekend to M1
Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, on
Saturday, August 10, 2024.
The 2024 Roadkill Nights main event drew a crowd of more
than 40,000 drag-racing enthusiasts for the festival of all things
automotive. Attractions inside M1 Concourse included
adrenaline-fueled drag racing in Big Tire and Small Tire classes
and the Direct Connection Grudge Race, the worldwide public debut
of the all-new Dodge Charger Daytona, Dodge Drift Rides, first-ever
Dodge Hornet Rally Rides, Roadkill stunts and talent appearances,
exclusive merchandise, food trucks, music, entertainment and
more.
Bringing the high-octane drag-racing action inside M1 Concourse,
the new location offered a fan-friendly spectator experience,
including first open, walkable pit areas to allow fans to
interact with racers, and a viewing area that placed event
attendees closer to the drag-racing action.
"In its ninth year, MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights
Powered by Dodge continues to evolve and get better and better,"
said Matt McAlear, Dodge brand CEO -
Stellantis. "From the public debut of the all-new Dodge Charger
Daytona and its Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system, to the Direct
Connection Grudge Race, to first-ever Dodge Hornet Rally Rides and
drag-racing action inside M1 Concourse, it was another weekend for
the history books for the Dodge Brotherhood of Muscle."
"For nearly a decade, we've brought the ultimate car culture
celebration to life at MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights
Powered by Dodge, and this year we introduced some thrilling
firsts," says Eric Schwab,
MotorTrend Group's group SVP, head of revenue, operations and
partnerships. "For the first time, drag racing took place inside
the M1 Concourse, offering walkable pits and enhanced viewing areas
that brought fans closer to the action than ever before. With these
new experiences, along with the worldwide debut of the all-new
Dodge Charger Daytona, we welcomed over 40,000 fans for an
adrenaline-fueled weekend, proving once again that Roadkill Nights
continues to set the bar for action-packed automotive
excitement."
Roadkill Nights also raised the bar with this year's
Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race. Seven drivers dropped
Direct Connection HurriCrate engines in their build projects in a
quest for ultimate Dodge bragging rights. In the final round,
Morgan Evans took the lead off the
starting line and never looked back, defeating the Dodge Challenger
SRT Demon driven by Garrett
Reed.
"We worked so hard over the last two months, and I can't believe
we got here and we ended up winning. The truck worked incredibly,
and I couldn't have asked it to do better," said Evans. "We built a
1987 Dodge D150 with the new HurriCrate twin-turbo inline six.
I love that thing. I can't get over how well it performed. It's
twerky, and it spools fast."
Also new for 2024, Sick Powerfest kicked off the action as
the official Roadkill Nights pre-party on Friday, August 9, also at M1 Concourse. Fans
lined up for Dodge Drift Rides and Dodge Hornet Rally Rides, as
well as for a chance to catch all the action in the World Burnout
Championship with $25,000 up for
grabs. With 10,000-plus attendees, the Sick Powerfest pre-party
helped drive combined attendance to 50,000-plus for the entire
two-day horsepower celebration.
At the Roadkill Nights main event on Saturday, the Big Tire
(over 275mm width) and Small Tire (275mm width and under) classes
saw competitors battle for bragging rights and cash prizes on the
first-ever drag strip at M1 Concourse in Pontiac. Each class winner earned $5,000, with the fastest Dodge cars in both
classes taking home another $5,000
each. In Big Tire, Jimmer Kline was a repeat winner, with
Mikael Borggren also going
back-to-back in the Small Tire class.
"It was a huge win for the event to come inside M1 Concourse
with a stadium feel and completely unprepped surface that was
honest, no-prep style drag racing," said Brian Lohnes, Roadkill Nights announcer and NHRA
broadcaster. "It required a much higher skill set to be successful.
The winners were repeat winners for the most part, but also highly
talented drag racers that were pushed to their limit to
succeed."
For Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge post-event coverage,
including exclusive podcasts featuring an interview with Dodge
Brand CEO Matt McAlear and a
roundtable discussion with Direct Connection Grudge Race
competitors, visit DodgeGarage.com.
MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge: By The
Numbers
40,000+ MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by
Dodge attendance
50,000+ Combined attendance of Roadkill Nights and Sick
Powerfest pre-party
100+ Drag race competitors
4,900+ Dodge Drift Rides and Dodge Hornet Rally Rides
participants
300+ Cruise-in cars
1/8 mile Length of drag strip
1,000,000+ K-rails installed (in pounds)
19,000+ Burnout Box weight (in pounds)
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Dodge//SRT
For 110 years, the Dodge brand has carried on the spirit of
brothers John and Horace Dodge.
Their influence continues today as Dodge shifts into high gear with
a lineup that delivers unrivaled performance in each of the
segments in which the brand competes while moving forward to a
future that includes electrified muscle in the form of the
next-generation, all-new Dodge Charger.
The next-generation Dodge Charger electrifies a legend, with the
Charger retaining its title as the world's quickest and most
powerful muscle car led by the all-new, all-electric 2024 Dodge
Charger Daytona Scat Pack. The all-new Dodge Charger will also
offer performance choices via multi-energy powertrain options
including the 550-horsepower Dodge Charger SIXPACK H.O.,
powered by the 3.0L Twin Turbo Hurricane High Output engine.
Dodge also keeps its foot on the gas as a pure performance brand
with the 710-horsepower Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, the most
powerful SUV ever, and best-in-class standard performance in the
compact utility vehicle segment with the Dodge Hornet.
Dodge is part of the portfolio of brands offered by leading
global automaker and mobility provider Stellantis. For more
information regarding Stellantis (NYSE: STLA), please visit
www.stellantis.com.
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Company blog: http://blog.stellantisnorthamerica.com
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