Stellantis STLAP

• Invite-only media preview, featuring interview opportunities with Dodge Brand CEO Matt McAlear and online automotive personalities, to take place Friday, August 9 at M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan
• Media preview attendees will "hear" the latest news on the all-new Dodge Charger Daytona
• Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race competitors will reveal their race car builds, powered by Direct Connection HurriCrate engines
• Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge main event opens at 10 a.m. ET on Saturday, August 10

July 31, 2024, Auburn Hills, Mich. - MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is back for a ninth year, returning to M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan, and bringing legally sanctioned drag racing to metro Detroit's famed Woodward Avenue on Saturday, August 10. An invite-only media preview of the annual horsepower fan festival will take place at M1 Concourse on Friday, August 9.

Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge media preview opportunities include:

• Interview opportunities with Dodge executives, including Dodge CEO Matt McAlear, and MotorTrend Group executives
• Interview opportunities with Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race competitors, including:
  • Tom Bailey
  • Westen Champlin
  • Morgan Evans
  • Allison Kovalik
  • Mike Musto
  • Garrett Reed
  • Herman Young
• Hear the latest news on the all-new, next-generation Dodge Charger Daytona
• Direct Connection Grudge Race competitors will reveal their race vehicles
• Media can participate in Dodge drift rides

Full event information is available at motortrend.com/roadkillnights.

WHERE
M1 Concourse, 45399 Woodward Avenue, Pontiac, Michigan, 48341

WHEN
Friday, August 9 (invite-only preview) and Saturday, August 10 (main event day)

WHO
Matt McAlear, Dodge brand chief executive officer, Stellantis
For interview requests, please contact Kristin Starnes (kristin.starnes@stellantis.com)

Bill Waldman, group VP automotive sales, MotorTrend
Karen Brown, VP events, MotorTrend
For interview requests, please contact Scott Shaffstall (scott.shaffstall@motortend.com)

SCHEDULE
Friday, August 9 – Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge media preview:

• 9:30 a.m. - Gates open to media
• 10 a.m. - Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge news conference
  • Opening remarks by Dodge Brand CEO Matt McAlear
  • All-new Dodge Charger Daytona news
  • Reveals of Direct Connection Grudge Race vehicles
• 10:45 a.m. - Media interview opportunities, including with Direct Connection Grudge Race competitors
  • Dodge drift rides open for media
  • Lunch available
• Noon - Event concludes

Saturday, August 10 – Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge main event*: 

• 10 a.m. - Gates open to the public; Dodge driving experiences open/MotorTrend merchandise tent open
• 11 a.m. - Drag racing begins – open qualifying sessions
• 3 p.m. - Open drag racing qualifying concludes
• 3:40 p.m. - Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race begins
• 4 p.m. - Top 8 Big Tire/Small Tire announced
• 4:20 p.m. - Opening ceremonies begin
• 4:30 p.m. - Top 8 Big Tire/Small Tire eliminations
• 5:30 p.m. - Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race finals
• 7 p.m. - Top 8 awards
• 7:30 p.m. - Drag strip closes
• 8 p.m. - Dodge driving experiences close
• 9 p.m. - Gates close

*Schedule subject to change

PARKING
Friday/Saturday: Information on media parking for the Roadkill Nights media preview on Friday and for the Roadkill Nights main event on Saturday will be shared closer to the event. Staff will be on site to direct.

RSVP
Please RSVP to Darren Jacobs at darren.jacobs@stellantis.com

EVENT DETAILS
The ninth edition of MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge will pack more performance than ever before. Four-time Dodge NHRA Funny Car champion Matt Hagan and European Dodge brand ambassador Ida Zetterström, who will make her NHRA Top Fuel debut later this year, will unleash their respective 11,000-horsepower and 12,000-horsepower drag cars on the temporary Woodward Avenue drag strip on August 10. Hagan's Tony Stewart Racing teammate and fan-favorite Dodge racer Leah Pruett will also be in attendance and will participate in an autograph session with Hagan and Zetterström.

The Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge main event on Saturday will also host the Direct Connection Grudge Race, now back for a fourth consecutive year. Automotive builders with legions of online followers were given Direct Connection HurriCrate engines, derived from the high-output version of the 3.0L Hurricane Twin Turbo engine, to use as building blocks in their drag car build projects. Direct Connection is the Dodge performance parts brand.

The action-packed Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge main event schedule on August 10 will include:

• Street-legal drag racing in Big Tire and Small Tire classes on Woodward Ave.
• Dodge vehicle displays, including the all-new Dodge Charger Daytona R/T and 670-horsepower Dodge Charger Daytona Scat Pack
• Classic and modern muscle car cruise-in
• Dodge Thrill Rides
• Dodge Demon drag race simulators
• Direct Connection performance parts
• Vendor midway
• Entertainment
• Food trucks
• Appearances by Roadkill's David Freiburger and Mike Finnegan

Dodge//SRT
For more than 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.

Follow Dodge//SRT and company news and video on:
Company blog: http://blog.stellantisnorthamerica.com
Media website: http://media.stellantisnorthamerica.com
Dodge brand: www.dodge.com
Direct Connection: www.DCPerformance.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

For more information, please visit the Stellantis media site for North America at https://media.stellantisnorthamerica.com.

Contact:
Kristin Starnes
(248) 202-9906 (cell)
kristin.starnes@stellantis.com

Darren Jacobs
(248) 512-3156 (office)
(248) 884-5918 (cell)
darren.jacobs@stellantis.com

/PRNewswire -- July 31, 2024/

SOURCE Stellantis