Category Archives: Events
Petty’s Garage 2013 Spring Fling Draws Car Lovers from Across North America
The third annual Petty’s Garage Spring Fling Car Show and Drag Race Experience sponsored by the Automotive Lift Institute (ALI) drew hundreds of people from across the United States and Canada to North Carolina over Memorial Day weekend. The event kicked off on Friday, May 24 with a “street night” at Piedmont Dragway in Julian, [...]
Woodward Dream Cruise 2012
Woodward Dream Cruise is the one traffic jam Detroit never misses. The 2003 Dream Cruise was highlighted by the electric power outage for northeastern United States; Detroit still held Woodward Dream Cruise. In 2011, mini tornado shear winds tore down displays; Detroit still held Dream Cruise. For 2012, all conditions were perfect for a week’s [...]
Mopar® HEMI® Challenge Set for August 30–31 in Indianapolis
Auburn Hills, Mich. , Aug 7, 2012 - The 2012 Mopar® HEMI® Challenge will take to the track for the 12th consecutive year during the Mac Tools U.S. Nationals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis, Aug. 30–31. For the second straight year, $15,000 will go to the winner of the Mopar HEMI Challenge, which pairs [...]
33rd Annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals
Mopar Hits Thunder Mountain for the 33rd Annual Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals Mopar hosts longest continuous-running sponsorship in the NHRA Full Throttle Drag Racing Series Allen Johnson aims for sixth straight final-round appearance at Bandimere Speedway in Pro Stock, fourth career win at Thunder Mountain Jeg Coughlin Jr. chases third Mopar Mile-High NHRA Nationals Pro [...]
Mopars at the Motorplex
Ennis Texas | May 19, 2012 By: Kalem Romero As you roll into the event you know you’re in for a Mopar treat. Passing by the swap meet you see those old nostalgia parts you used to see laying around your farther or grandfather’s garage and it brings you back to a time when you [...]
Spring Fest 7, via Eagle Mountain Road
By: JCnBOYS LXForums.com Our journey to SpringFest 7 started at 7am on Friday March, 23rd. Texting back and forth “Are you up yet?” We planned on meeting at Einstein’s bagels at 8am and getting on the road by 8:30. All five cars showed up, Magnum, Challenger, Charger, Concorde and dare I say a CTS-V. While we [...]
Mopar® Customized Rides Take Spotlight at Beijing International Automotive Exhibition
Company’s Service, Parts and Customer-care Brand to Display ‘Moparized’ Chrysler 300 Ruyi Design Concept, Jeep® Wrangler Arctic and Fiat® Freemont Fiat Freemont features numerous Mopar® accessories Jeep® Wrangler Arctic gets ‘Moparized’ ‘Moparized’ Chrysler 300 Ruyi Design Concept to make debut New 172,222 square-foot Mopar product distribution center in Shanghai distributes more than 35,000 parts and [...]
7th Annual Spring Festival of LXs
SoCal Style Meet and Greet of Chrysler 300, Dodge Charger, Challenger and Magnum Owners The seventh annual Spring Festival of LXs will be held this Saturday, March 24 on the tarmac at the Orange Country Great Park (formerly Marine Corp Air Station El Toro) in Irvine, Calif. With nearly 1,000 registered vehicles and owners coming [...]
PRI Announces Transition and Sale to SEMA
Performance Racing Industry (PRI), producers of the motorsports business magazine and trade show, finalized plans to be purchased by the Specialty Equipment Market Association (SEMA). The transaction is set to close in late March 2012. With 20-plus years of publishing and management experience at PRI, John Kilroy will serve as Vice President/General Manager of PRI [...]
Woodward Wrap-Up 2011
By: Steve Legel In case you haven’t heard … The Woodward Dream Cruise wrapped up it’s 17th year with a bang! Woodward Dream Cruise is billed as the world’s largest one day rolling car show. The Cruise attracts over 40,000 (forty thousand, not a typo) special interest cars and an estimated 1 and ½ million [...]