{"id":62299,"date":"2022-06-10T09:05:57","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T13:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=62299"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:20:23","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:20:23","slug":"light-em-up-seventh-edition-of-roadkill-nights-powered-by-dodge-returns-legal-street-racing-to-woodward-avenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/events\/2022\/06\/light-em-up-seventh-edition-of-roadkill-nights-powered-by-dodge-returns-legal-street-racing-to-woodward-avenue.html","title":{"rendered":"Light \u2018Em Up: Seventh Edition of \u2018Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge\u2019 Returns Legal Street Racing to Woodward Avenue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Gearheads and performance lovers are receiving a much-anticipated invitation: the seventh edition of MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is set for Saturday, August 13, 2022, when legal street drag racing will roar back to life on Metro Detroit\u2019s famed Woodward Avenue. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement opens another garage door of the Dodge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/never-lift\">Never Lift<\/a>&nbsp;plan, which provides a 24-month road map to the brand\u2019s performance future. More information on the Never Lift campaign is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodge.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Dodge.com<\/a> and&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/\">DodgeGarage.com.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights\nPowered by Dodge, first held in 2015, is a one-day car culture festival that,\nin addition to legal street racing, offers a full slate of fan activities,\nincluding Dodge thrill and drift rides, Dodge driving simulators, a classic and\nmodern muscle car show and much more. The 2021 edition attracted more than\n38,000 enthusiasts to M1 Concourse in Pontiac, Michigan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We are marking the seventh year of\nRoadkill Nights because of the passion of our enthusiasts, who have turned out\nby the tens of thousands year after year to join us in an annual celebration of\nall things high performance,\u201d said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand CEO &#8211; Stellantis.\n\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to return to Woodward with our friends from MotorTrend.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"Light \u2018Em Up: Seventh Edition of \u2018Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge\u2019 Returns Legal Street Racing to Woodward Avenue\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qLE6ZioFZTY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\">&gt;<\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;If you&#8217;ve ever dreamed of watching street-legal drag racing down Woodward Avenue, come to our event! It\u2019s going to be an absolutely epic day and night,&#8221; said Eric Schwab, MotorTrend Group&#8217;s group SVP, head of revenue and partnerships. &#8220;Going seven years strong, the event has something for everyone. Whether you\u2019re a drag racer, car enthusiast or looking for a fun day to spend with family, Roadkill Nights promises a dynamic experience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last year\u2019s popular online automotive builder showdown, won last year by Alex Taylor, will return for 2022 with a new twist. Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race competitors will use Direct Connection parts to build their own a drag-race machine under a tight deadline before bringing it to Woodward to go head-to-head on the strip. Direct Connection parts available as \u201cbuilding blocks\u201d for competitors will include the Hellcrate Redeye 6.2L Supercharged Crate HEMI<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> engine and a plug-and-play Hellcrate Redeye 6.2L Supercharged Crate HEMI Engine Control Unit (ECU).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dodge Power Brokers dealers, the exclusive source\nfor Direct Connection performance parts with staff trained to deliver a\nperformance-focused customer service experience, will work with competitors to\nprovide the Direct Connection parts. The full lineup of Dodge Direct Connection\nGrudge Race competitors will be announced next month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roadkill Nights is an event produced by ROADKILL, a brand of  MotorTrend Group, with a hit show that delivers a one-of-a-kind taste of &#8220;Automotive Chaos Theory&#8221; on MotorTrend+ and MotorTrend TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional information for MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, including information on the event schedule, spectator tickets, car show registration, participant registration for drag racing and an extensive range of available VIP packages, will be available early this summer at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/events\/roadkill-nights\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/events\/roadkill-nights\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Street racing can have serious legal and safety risks. Both ROADKILL and Dodge want enthusiasts to enjoy performance driving in a safe, controlled environment, run by professionals with vehicle safety inspections, driver evaluations and track safety.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gearheads and performance lovers are receiving a much-anticipated invitation: the seventh edition of MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is set for Saturday, August 13, 2022, when legal street drag racing will roar back to life on Metro Detroit\u2019s famed Woodward Avenue. The announcement opens another garage door of the Dodge Never Lift&nbsp;plan, which provides a 24-month road map to the brand\u2019s performance future. More information on the Never Lift campaign is available at Dodge.com and&nbsp;DodgeGarage.com. MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, first held in 2015, is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":62335,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[497,1921],"tags":[896,528,1910],"class_list":["post-62299","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-video","tag-dodge-thrill-rides","tag-drag-racing","tag-grassroots-racing"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/RoadkillNights_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\/62299"}],"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=62299"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62299\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77865,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62299\/revisions\/77865"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62299"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62299"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62299"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}