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- Woodward Avenue transformed into drag strip for first-ever legal street racing for Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge
- More than 30,000 performance enthusiasts participate in the second-annual free car festival
- Top four #dodge body and #dodge powered cars won total prizes worth $19,000
- First place winner Mike Moran, of Taylor, Mich., wins top prize of $10,000
August 20, 2016 , Auburn Hills, Mich. - Woodward Avenue in Pontiac, Mich., transformed into a drag strip for the first-ever legal street racing during the second annual Roadkill Nights Powered by
#dodge on Friday, Aug. 19. Building on the huge success of last year’s premiere
#event at the Pontiac Silverdome,
#dodge and TEN: The Enthusiast Network muscled their way onto historic Highway 1 – Woodward Avenue – for nine hours of drag racing. Performance enthusiasts traveled from as far away as Kansas and Alabama to race for a total cash purse of $19,000.
“From a
#dodge perspective, this was an absolutely epic
#event,” said Tim Kuniskis, Head of Passenger Car Brands –
#dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT, FCA – North America. “Performance is more than a set of numbers, it’s an attitude. More than 30,000 performance enthusiasts, triple the number that attended of last year, showed up to be a part of this incredible
#event – the first-ever legal drag racing on Woodward. Roadkill Nights is a tremendous opportunity to connect with our fellow performance enthusiasts, embrace those who are already
#dodge owners and give potential owners a chance to get a real feeling what
#dodge is all about.”
More than 350 street-legal cars hit the specially prepped 1/8-mile drag strip on Woodward Avenue between Rapid Street and South Boulevard to compete in high-powered drag racing for cash prizes. In addition, more than 1,000 cars rolled in for a show ‘n’ shine car show. Fans also lined up for thrill rides in
#dodge Charger SRT Hellcats, Challenger SRT Hellcats and
#dodge Vipers on a drifting course with professional drivers.
Mike Moran of Taylor, Mich., won the top cash prize, $10,000, when his 1969
#dodge Charger powered by a 5.6-liter twin turbo Gen 2 HEMI® V-8, sped to a winning finish in an old-school grudge-style drag race.