AUBURN
HILLS, Mich., Aug. 1, 2022
/PRNewswire/ --
- Seventh year of MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by
Dodge, featuring legal street drag racing on Woodward Avenue, set
for Saturday, August 13, 2022, at M1
Concourse in Pontiac,
Michigan
- Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race brings back last year's
popular online automotive builder showdown, with competitors using
Direct Connection parts to build their own drag-racing machines and
battling it out once again on Woodward
- Media-only preview, featuring interview opportunities with
Dodge executives, Roadkill stars and online automotive
personalities, scheduled for Friday, August
12
MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is back for
its seventh year on Saturday, August
13. The one-day car culture festival will see thousands of
automotive enthusiasts flock to Woodward Avenue for the ultimate
celebration of legal street racing. The event will also feature a
media-only preview on Friday, August
12.
Media opportunities include:
- 2021 Grudge Race winner Alex
Taylor will reveal her new Dodge Direct Connection Grudge
Race vehicle build, along with vehicle reveals from returning
competitors Tavarish, Westen
Champlin and throtl, and five formidable event
"rookies"
- Media can participate in Dodge thrill and drift rides in
Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcats on the M1 Concourse skidpad and
north loop portion of the track, as well as a special off-road
course with the Ram 1500 TRX Thrill Ride Experience
- Interview opportunities with Dodge executives, Roadkill show
hosts and online automotive personalities
WHERE:
M1 Concourse,164 South Blvd. West, Pontiac, Michigan 48341
WHEN:
Friday, August 12 (media-only
preview) and Saturday, August 13,
2022
WHO:
Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand Chief Executive Officer, Stellantis
For interview requests, please contact Dave
Elshoff, david.elshoff@stellantis.com
David Freiburger, Roadkill TV
show co-host
For interview requests, please contact Megan Sawyer, megan@evolveprandmarketing.com
Preston Patterson, Dodge chief
donut maker
For interview requests, please contact Darren Jacobs,
darren.jacobs@stellantis.com
Alex Taylor, winner of the 2021
Grudge Race
For interview requests, please contact Megan Sawyer, megan@evolveprandmarketing.com
SCHEDULE
Friday, August 12 – MotorTrend
Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge press preview:
- 10:30 a.m. – Gates open to
media
- 11 a.m. – Roadkill Nights news
conference
-
- Opening remarks by Dodge Brand CEO Tim Kuniskis, reveals of
Direct Connection Grudge Race vehicles
- 11:45 a.m.
-
- Media interview opportunities, including MotorTrend influencer
interview opportunities
- Dodge drift and thrill rides, Ram TRX Thrill Ride Experience
off-road rides open for media
- Lunch available
- 1:30 p.m. – Event concludes
Saturday, August 13 –
MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge
event:
- 9 a.m. – Gates open to
credentialed media
- 10 a.m. – Gates open to the
public – event begins
-
- Photo opportunities as muscle/vintage/classic cars enter for
cruise-In
- Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge event activities begin – Dodge
Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcat thrill and drift rides, dyno
testing and Ram TRX Thrill Ride Experience off-road course
- 11 a.m. – Drag racing begins –
open qualifying session (all drag racing can be viewed via
livestream at DodgeGarage.com, Dodge.com, Dodge and MotorTrend
YouTube channels)
- 4:45 p.m. – Dodge Direct
Connection Grudge Races begin
- 5:45 p.m. – Top Eight shootout
driver announcements
- 6:15 p.m. – Opening ceremony
- 6:30 p.m. – Top Eight shootouts
begin (Small Tire & Big Tire)
- 8:30 p.m. – Top Eight winners'
awards ceremony
- 9 p.m. – Event concludes
*Schedule subject to change
PARKING
Friday: For media preview, parking will be inside M1
Concourse (164 South Blvd. West, Pontiac,
Michigan 48341). Staff will be on-site to direct
Saturday: Media parking will be available at the M1
Concourse South Lot on South Street
MEDIA RSVP
Please RSVP to Darren Jacobs at
darren.jacobs@stellantis.com
EVENT DETAILS
MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge returns for
the seventh year, bringing legal street drag racing to Woodward
Avenue, as well as a classic and modern muscle car show,
exhilarating interactive experiences and immersive, fun-filled
activities at M1 Concourse in Pontiac,
Michigan. Also returning are Dodge thrill and drift rides in
Challenger and Charger SRT Hellcats, where participants can go for
the rides of their lives. A Direct Connection Alley area at the
event will include a display trailer with Dodge Challenger SRT
Demon virtual drag race simulators, Direct Connection crate engines
and parts on display and much more.
Celebrity appearances will also be on tap for Roadkill Nights,
including David Freiburger,
Mike Finnegan, Steve Dulcich, David
Newbern, Mike Cotten, Lucky
Costa, Cristy Lee, Steve Magnante and KJ Jones. Dodge Chief Donut
Maker Preston Patterson, who won a one-year role as the ultimate
Dodge brand ambassador in May, will also serve as an emcee at the
event.
MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge also kicks
off the multi-day Dodge Speed Week event, scheduled for
August 12-20, 2022. Following the
press conference on August 12 and the
Roadkill Nights main event on August
13, Dodge Speed Week continues with three consecutive days
of worldwide product reveals at M1 Concourse on August 15-17, and wraps up with a Dodge brand
display, in conjunction with the Modern Street HEMI® Shootout
group, on August 20 during Dream
Cruise weekend.
Fans can follow all the Roadkill Nights action, including
pre-event behind-the-scenes content and commentary on the Dodge
Direct Connection Grudge Race builds, at
www.dodgegarage.com/roadkill-nights-2022, or on social media
channels with hashtags #RoadkillNights and #PoweredByDodge. For
complete event information, including ticket info, visit
www.motortrend.com/roadkill-nights-2022/.
Street racing can have serious legal and safety risks. Both
ROADKILL and Dodge want enthusiasts to enjoy performance driving in
a controlled environment on a closed course, run by professionals
with vehicle safety inspections, driver evaluations and track
preparation appropriate for drag racing conditions.
ROADKILL
The ROADKILL brand delivers a one-of-a-kind taste of "Automotive
Chaos Theory" and features authentic gearheads David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan in a variety of mediums, including
Roadkill Nights branded events, and Roadkill, Roadkill Extra,
Roadkill Garage, and Roadkill's Junkyard Gold shows, available on
MotorTrend+.
MotorTrend Group
MotorTrend Group, a Warner Bros. Discovery company, is the largest
automotive media company in the world, bringing together Warner
Bros. Discovery's MotorTrend TV and a vast automotive digital,
direct-to-consumer, social, and live event portfolio, including
MOTOR TREND, HOT ROD, ROADKILL, AUTOMOBILE and more than 20 other
industry-leading brands. With a monthly audience of 26 million
across web, TV and print, and 110 million social followers,
culminating in 1.3 billion monthly impressions across all
platforms, MotorTrend Group encompasses television's #1 network for
automotive fans, a leading automotive YouTube Channel and
MotorTrend+, the only subscription streaming service dedicated
entirely to the motoring world. MotorTrend Group serves to embrace,
entertain and empower the motoring world.
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.
Dodge drives forward as a pure performance brand, offering SRT
versions of every model across the lineup. For the 2022 model year,
Dodge delivers the drag-strip dominating 807-horsepower Dodge
Challenger SRT Super Stock, the 797-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT
Redeye, the most powerful and fastest mass-produced sedan in the
world, and the Dodge Durango SRT 392, America's fastest, most
powerful and most capable three-row SUV. 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 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). In 2021, the Dodge brand ranked
No. 1 in the J.D. Power APEAL Study (mass market), making it the
only domestic brand ever to do so two years in a row.
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.
Follow Dodge and company news and video on:
Company blog: http://blog.stellantisnorthamerica.com
Media website: http://media.stellantisnorthamerica.com
Dodge brand: www.dodge.com
DodgeGarage: www.dodgegarage.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/dodge
Instagram: www.instagram.com/dodgeofficial
Twitter: www.twitter.com/dodge and @StellantisNA
YouTube: www.youtube.com/dodge,
https://www.youtube.com/StellantisNA
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