AUBURN HILLS, Mich.,
July 16, 2020 /PRNewswire/ --
- Mopar Dodge//SRT Funny Car of Matt
Hagan and Mopar Dodge//SRT Top Fuel Dragster of Leah Pruett from Don Schumacher Racing (DSR)
will be sporting new "Demon-possessed" SRT Hellcat Redeye paint
schemes as they return to Indianapolis for the Lucas Oil NHRA
Summernationals on July
18-19
- Fierce new paint schemes promote the recent reveal of the
2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye, the most powerful and
fastest mass-produced sedan in the world
- Hagan looking forward to repeating his winning performance
from this past weekend with new SRT Hellcat Redeye look in second
Indianapolis event
- Pruett gets back behind the wheel of her Mopar Challenger
Drag Pak to compete in Factory Stock Showdown this weekend
The Mopar Dodge//SRT Funny Car of Matt
Hagan and Mopar Dodge//SRT Top Fuel Dragster of Leah Pruett will be sporting new
"Demon-possessed" SRT Hellcat Redeye paint schemes to battle the
"dog days of summer" – traditionally associated with the start of a
month of high heat, drought and adversity – that begin this weekend
with the Lucas Oil National Hot Rod Association (NHRA)
Summernationals in Indianapolis.
It is the second of two consecutive national events at Lucas Oil
Raceway to restart the 2020 NHRA schedule after a four-month pause
in competition.
The fierce-looking red-and-black paint schemes for the two Don
Schumacher Racing (DSR) entries come on the heels of the early July
public unveiling of the new 797-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT
Hellcat Redeye, the most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan
in the world. With a top speed of 203 mph and quarter-mile elapsed
time of 10.6 seconds at 129 mph, the 2021 Charger SRT Hellcat
Redeye is designed and engineered to appeal to muscle car
enthusiasts who want even more — more power, more performance and
more bragging rights at the drag strip.
After driving away with bragging rights and a Wally trophy of
his own by earning his first national event win of the season at
this past Sunday's E3 Spark Plugs NHRA Nationals, Hagan is looking
forward to trying to repeat that performance aboard his new-look
Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye this weekend.
"It's beautiful and those colors really pop and I think it's
going to look great at 330 mph, so don't blink," says Hagan, whose
speed has earned him two No.1 qualifier awards this season to date.
"It's one of those deals where Dodge has always come out with some
awesome schemes, the coolest and fastest cars. I love that they
really give me an opportunity to engage with the fans and the stuff
they sell on the showroom floor. Dodge always comes out with some
cool stuff and I'm excited for fans to see it because I love it.
It's an amazing paint scheme.
"My Hellcat Redeye Funny Car might be faster and more fun to
drive," adds the two-time Funny Car world champion, "but when you
have a production car that you can grab off the showroom floor and
take it out there, that's pretty awesome. It's pure power. It's
probably the closest you can get to what we're drag racing, having
that raw power in the palms of your hands and underneath
you."
Pruett is also looking forward to showing off the new Dodge//SRT
Hellcat Redeye look on her DSR Top Fuel dragster.
"I'd like to say that I'm surprised how good it looks, but I've
come to expect nothing but the remarkable from Dodge when it comes
to showcasing their cars," says Pruett. "They stand out on the
racetrack and they stand out when it comes to how the cars look and
how they perform. It makes me feel like when you've got a really
nice dress and your dancing shoes on and you look hot-to-trot, then
you go and have a good night out on the town.
"They've actually simplified that paint scheme into something
that really pops with the chrome detail and that flat black is
simple and refined," says Pruett. "While I love my blue Mopar for
how sleek and cool, like with a lot of o's cool it is, this Redeye
is spicy hot."
After reaching the quarterfinals in the NHRA's return to the
drag strip last weekend, Pruett is also hoping to harness some of
the energy she feels comes with the new Redeye look to maintain her
top-five position in the Top Fuel point standings.
"This Redeye dragster is going to have a good weekend. I can
just tell. There is an aura about it. The Redeye stands for
ultimate power and it's a way for us to be able to relate to those
Redeye owners. It's a new version for us to highlight. We had the
1320 and the Demon and I personally have driven a couple of Redeyes
and wish I had one of my own. I feel that we are going to not only
look good but do well," says Pruett.
The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye-themed paint schemes will
remain on the two DSR entries through the next two scheduled NHRA
events, including the Dodge Mile-High Nationals at Bandimere
Speedway near Denver, Colorado, on
Aug. 7-9.
Pruett is also slated to get back behind the wheel of her Mopar
Challenger Drag Pak this weekend to compete in the season debut of
the rescheduled 2020 SamTech.edu NHRA Factory Stock
Showdown.
While development of the new-generation Challenger Drag Pak
continues, its release has been postponed to 2021 due to the
challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. An on-track NHRA
debut is now slated for next season. Despite the delay, Pruett is
confident that the team can still make some gains through the eight
scheduled events.
"Coming back to racing has brought some sense of normalcy back
and getting back in the Drag Pak is one of my favorite places to be
on earth," says Pruett. "We were very much looking forward to
debuting a new Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak this year, but even
though we're not, we're still going to be out there entering,
qualifying and competing and chasing down a Wally (trophy) with
Mopar Dodge//SRT and making as much power as we can, while we can,
in the circumstances that we can."
Heading into the shortened two-day NHRA event, Jack Beckman leads the trio of Dodge Charger SRT
Hellcats at the top of the Funny Car points standings that includes
his DSR teammate Tommy Johnson Jr.
and Hagan, each with a win this season. Ron
Capps and his HEMI®-powered Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat sits
sixth in points, but is working to change that this weekend at the
only racetrack on the circuit at which he has never earned a Wally
trophy.
In Top Fuel competition, Pruett will be joined again by
Tony Schumacher and Cory McClenathan for the second of their
two-event cameos. Schumacher is looking for his 85th Top Fuel event
win as the NHRA's most successful Top Fuel pilot of all time, while
McClenathan is in the hunt for a 35th career victory, which would
tie Mopar legend Don Garlits' 35
NHRA wins.
Qualifying highlights will air on FOX Sports 1 at 7 p.m. Eastern on Saturday, July 18, while Sunday's elimination
rounds, including live action, will be broadcast on the FOX
national broadcast network starting at noon Eastern.
Dodge Garage: Digital Hub for Drag Racing News
Fans can follow all the NHRA's action this season at Dodge Garage,
the one-stop portal for Dodge//SRT and Mopar drag racing news. The
site includes daily updates and access to an online racing HQ,
news, events, galleries, available downloads and merchandise. For
more information, please
visit www.dodgegarage.com.
@DodgeMoparMotorsports on Instagram
The @DodgeMoparMotorsports Instagram channel continues to
share content capturing Dodge//SRT Mopar drivers in action in the
NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series, NHRA Sportsman grassroots
racers competing in classes such as Factory Stock Showdown, Stock
and Super Stock, as well as additional motorsports series.
Official Driving School of Dodge//SRT
Dodge is the official sponsor of the Bob Bondurant School of High
Performance Driving in Chandler,
Arizona, where guests get behind the wheels of the fastest
street-legal cars in the world with professional instruction and
time on the track. Customers who buy a new SRT model receive one
full-day session as part of the Dodge//SRT Package and have the
opportunity to learn how to get the optimum performance from their
new vehicles in a controlled environment. For more
information, visit dodgegarage.com/track-experience.
Mopar
Mopar (a simple contraction of the words MOtor and PARts) is the
service, parts and customer-care brand for FCA vehicles around the
globe. Born in 1937 as the name of a line of antifreeze products,
the Mopar brand has evolved over more than 80 years to represent
both complete care and authentic performance for owners and
enthusiasts worldwide.
Mopar made its mark in the 1960s during the muscle-car era, with
Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road
and racing use, and expanded to include technical service and
customer support. Today, the Mopar brand's global reach distributes
more than 500,000 parts and accessories in more than 150
markets. With more than 50 parts distribution centers and 25
customer-contact centers globally, Mopar integrates service, parts
and customer-care operations in order to enhance customer and
dealer support worldwide.
Complete information on the Mopar brand is available
at www.mopar.com. Mopar is part of the portfolio of
brands offered by global automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. For
more information regarding FCA (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA), please
visit www.fcagroup.com.
Dodge//SRT
For more than 100 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
muscle cars and SUVs that deliver unrivaled performance in each of
the segments where they compete.
2021 marks the year that Dodge is
distilled into a pure performance brand, offering Hellcat-powered,
700+ horsepower SRT versions of every model across the lineup. For
the 2021 model year, Dodge delivers the drag-strip dominating
807-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Super Stock, the new
797-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT Redeye, the most powerful and
fastest mass-produced sedan in the world, and the new
710-horsepower Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, the most powerful SUV
ever. Combined, these three muscle cars make Dodge the industry's
most powerful brand, offering more horsepower than any other
American brand across its entire lineup.
In June 2020, Dodge was named the "#1 Brand in Initial
Quality," making it the first domestic brand ever to
rank No. 1 in the J.D. Power Initial Quality Study
(IQS). Dodge is part of the portfolio of brands offered by
global automaker Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. For more information
regarding FCA (NYSE: FCAU/ MTA: FCA), please
visit www.fcagroup.com.
Follow Dodge, SRT and FCA news and video on:
Company blog: http://blog.fcanorthamerica.com
Media website: http://media.fcanorthamerica.com
Dodge brand: www.dodge.com
Dodge Garage: www.dodgegarage.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dodge or https://www.facebook.com/FiatChrysler.NorthAmerica/
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dodgeofficial or
www.instagram.com/FiatChrysler_NA
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dodge or www.twitter.com/FiatChrysler_NA
YouTube: www.youtube.com/dodge or www.youtube.com/fcanorthamerica
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