{"id":57186,"date":"2021-10-29T10:06:47","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T14:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=57186"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:21:00","slug":"dodge-teases-new-performance-initiatives-at-dodge-srt-nhra-nationals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/racing\/2021\/10\/dodge-teases-new-performance-initiatives-at-dodge-srt-nhra-nationals.html","title":{"rendered":"Dodge Teases New Performance Initiatives at Dodge\/\/SRT<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> NHRA Nationals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Dodge brand is doubling down on its role\nas a pure performance brand with a sneak-peek at one of two new performance-based\nprograms, set to be announced in early November. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing superstars Matt Hagan and Leah Pruett will help kickoff the launch sequence by carrying special \u201cDirect Connection\u201d graphics on their respective race cars, beginning with today\u2019s qualifying sessions at the Dodge\/\/SRT<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil, scheduled for October 29-31 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. \u201cTune\u201d in for the virtual announcement of the Dodge brand\u2019s two new performance initiatives on November 8 at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Dodge.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dodge.com\/dodge-muscle.html\" target=\"_blank\">Dodge.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCDragPak_IMG001-992x661.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"661\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCDragPak_IMG001-992x661.jpg\" alt=\"Direct Connection liveries on 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on Dodge NHRA vehicles\" data-id=\"57202\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/dctf_img001\" class=\"wp-image-57202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCTF_IMG001-992x641.jpg 992w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCTF_IMG001-576x372.jpg 576w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCTF_IMG001-768x496.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCTF_IMG001.jpg 1170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCFC_IMG001-992x671.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"992\" height=\"671\" src=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCFC_IMG001-992x671.jpg\" alt=\"Direct Connection liveries on Dodge NHRA vehicles\" data-id=\"57201\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/dcfc_img001\" class=\"wp-image-57201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCFC_IMG001-992x671.jpg 992w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCFC_IMG001-576x389.jpg 576w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCFC_IMG001-768x519.jpg 768w, https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCFC_IMG001.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 992px) 100vw, 992px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dodge brand is doubling down on its role as a pure performance brand with a sneak-peek at one of two new performance-based programs, set to be announced in early November. National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) drag racing superstars Matt Hagan and Leah Pruett will help kickoff the launch sequence by carrying special \u201cDirect Connection\u201d graphics on their respective race cars, beginning with today\u2019s qualifying sessions at the Dodge\/\/SRT\u00ae NHRA Nationals Presented by Pennzoil, scheduled for October 29-31 at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. \u201cTune\u201d in for the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":57189,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[575],"tags":[528,849,615],"class_list":["post-57186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-racing","tag-drag-racing","tag-dsr","tag-nhra"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/DCTeaser_Feature.jpg","icon_selection":"article","external_link":"","featured_article":[],"upload_background_image":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57186"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/27"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57186"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59019,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57186\/revisions\/59019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}