MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights by Dodge: An Update!
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Returning for the seventh year in a row, MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights by Dodge dominated its return to Woodward Avenue on August 13th, 2022. The event garnered an attendance record of over 40,000 performance enthusiasts to the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan. It also managed to obtain over a million views for the popular one-day festival of street-legal drag racing.
“This is the seventh year of MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, and what a difference — we’ve gone from racing in the parking lot of an abandoned stadium to legal street drag racing on historic Woodward Avenue, with M1 Concourse serving as an amazing stage for our horsepower circus. It was great seeing thousands of Dodge enthusiasts come out to the event and cheer Alex Taylor as she defended her crown and took the win in the Dodge Direction Connection Grudge Race. We’re going to give performance lovers, even more, to cheer about as we push the pedal on Dodge Speed Week, with three separate nights of worldwide product reveals and a full brand display on Woodward Avenue during Dream Cruise weekend on August 20.” -Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand chief executive officer – Stellantis
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The historic Woodward Avenue was transformed overnight into a 1/8 -mile straight-line drag strip to host the 115 street-legal drag racers for spectators to watch and get their adrenaline pumping as the racers drifted along in Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger SRT Hellcats, and Ram TRX trucks throughout the M1 Concourse! Even fans who were unable to physically attend the event were able to watch via Livestream, and it can even be viewed after the fact on the MotoTrend Youtube channel. Fans can continue to get access to post-event coverage on the DodgeGarage website and enjoy two-half-hour Roadkill episodes that will air on MotorTrend Television. An additional hour-long episode full of coverage will also air of MotorTrend’s Roadkill TV series, giving fans a lot to look forward to on or off the event site.
The Showdown also returned and even leveled up last year’s Grudge Match by adding a new spin to it. Eight Competitors had the chance to face off with the champion from last year’s match, Alex Taylor, with a $10,000 budget to build and run a Direct Connection crate engine to their liking. The catch was, that it had to compete with a Direct Connection six-speed manual transmission that all stayed within that budget. Taylor took the win once again, as she matched her 1955 Plymouth Savoy against the 2016 Dodge Challenger of Champlin, who beat out the other 7 competitors for the chance to go head-to-head with the reigning champion.
This year’s event offered a wide arrange of events that hosted something for everyone. There was even a Direct Connection Alley area with Dodge Challenger SRT Demon virtual drag race simulators, Direct Connection crate engines and parts on display, and so much more! As this epic event comes to an end, it made historic landmarks this year with all of the events it had throughout the week! The results for the Motor Trend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge race results are below!
Big Tire Racing Results
Joe Barry, Colorado Springs, Colorado – 1956 Chevrolet 210
Lenny Melton, Salisbury, North Carolina – 1956 Dodge Dart
Small Tire Racing Results
Mikael Borggren, Northville, Michigan – 1987 Volvo Wagon
Tony Karamitsos, Mishawaka, Indiana – 1969 Chevrolet Camaro
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