{"id":60773,"date":"2022-03-31T18:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=60773"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:39","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:39","slug":"wheeling-towards-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/gallery\/2022\/03\/wheeling-towards-victory.html","title":{"rendered":"Wheeling Towards Victory!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As we close out Women\u2019s History Month, Lindsay Wheelock of Lafayette, Indiana, carries on the heritage of women who love fast cars and like to burn rubber. Lindsay, despite being relatively new to racing, is ready to go flat-out in her all-new 2021 Dodge Challenger Mopar\u00ae<\/sub> Drag Pak<\/a> in both NHRA<\/a> and NMCA<\/a> competition. A dental hygienist by trade, and a mother of three, Lindsay spends her weekends behind the wheel unleashing her Mopar supercharged horsepower on the competition and she\u2019s looking forward to producing her first seven-second pass and gaining round wins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cI grew up around cars, my dad always worked at dealerships, so I\u2019ve been around cool cars my entire life,\u201d said Lindsay. \u201cBut we weren\u2019t allowed to race because my mom shut it down. I really got interested in drag racing, however, though by supporting my husband Dustin who raced his cars,\u201d she added. \u201cDustin ran some NMCA events and in September 2019, we saw that Dodge offered 75 free entries at NMCA races in the Dodge\/\/Mopar HEMI\u00ae<\/sup> Shootout. We had a 2018 Challenger SRT\u00ae<\/sup> Demon that my dad had, but no one ever raced it. I urged my dad and husband to enter the car, but I never once thought it would be me behind the wheel,\u201d Lindsay said enthusiastically. \u201cMy husband signed me up, he said \u2018Hey, you need to check your email.\u2019 I looked and there was the entry in my name. So, I tried drag racing in the Dodge Demon<\/a> and after than I really didn\u2019t want to quit.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lindsay was a natural in the Dodge vehicle and she loved NMCA competition. \u201cMy first pass was a mid-11 and by the end of the event, I got it into the low 10s,\u201d she said. \u201cMy second event was at Bradenton in 2020 and we got it into the nines, and we won a Victor award for having the quickest pass, which was a 9.98 elapsed time. It was pretty sweet.\u201d She continued, \u201cIt was at my first event in Indy that I met someone from DodgeGarage. We chatted about the Demon and later that fall, we went to SEMA where Dodge announced the 2021 Challenger Drag Pak. We got on the list to order a car and I was set to have the number 3 Drag Pak built, but unfortunately, we had to back out of our order. Thankfully, things bounced back for us, and we were able to get a car. I wanted the traditional red, white and blue color scheme, which is what we originally ordered, so it worked out because that\u2019s what we ended up with,\u201d said Lindsay. \u201cWe picked up our new race-ready Drag Pak on October 12th<\/sup> last year from Watson Racing in Michigan and we first ran the car in Bradenton this spring. But I did do a burnout at Watson \u2018for media purposes,\u2019\u201d she said with a smile and a wink.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lindsay instantly took to her new Challenger Drag Pak<\/a>. \u201cI love it, it\u2019s a blast and we\u2019re really going to get along well,\u201d Lindsay said about her new Dodge. \u201cIt\u2019s easy to drive and great to see out of, too. We\u2019re facing new challenges with this class. It takes a lot of testing and we\u2019re willing to put in the work and get there. It has the potential to rip off some great times really soon. I really like the competitiveness and the fact that the cars are so close. Everyone in the class is really cool and I\u2019m learning a lot. It seems drastically different then from the HEMI Shootout, which is a street-car-based category. [Factory Stock] is very professional and you\u2019re held to a higher standard. But it\u2019s really hard and that victory one day will be so much sweeter because of it,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cMy goal with this car realistically is to see 8.0s first, then work our way into the 7s and keep working towards winning a race. We\u2019re involved because it\u2019s fun and, of course, to work towards being competitive enough to win.\u201d Lastly, I have to thank Mike Alsop Autogroup, VP Fuels, E3 Spark Plugs, Hoosier Tires, Covered Dogs and, of course, my husband Dustin, my dad and my kids Hayden, Paul and Holland.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are more images of Lindsay and her Challenger Drag Pak doing their thing!<\/p>\n\n\n\n