{"id":70784,"date":"2023-06-15T10:00:13","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T14:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=70784"},"modified":"2024-03-25T11:19:48","modified_gmt":"2024-03-25T15:19:48","slug":"motortrend-presents-roadkill-nights-powered-by-dodge-moves-street-legal-drag-racing-on-woodward-to-new-location-expands-footprint-of-horsepower-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/press-room\/2023\/06\/motortrend-presents-roadkill-nights-powered-by-dodge-moves-street-legal-drag-racing-on-woodward-to-new-location-expands-footprint-of-horsepower-festival.html","title":{"rendered":"\u2018MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge\u2019 Moves Street-legal Drag Racing on Woodward to New Location, Expands Footprint of Horsepower Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is taking\nstreet-legal drag racing on famed Woodward Avenue to the center of downtown\nPontiac, Michigan, as well as growing the overall footprint of the one-day\nhorsepower festival. The popular enthusiast event is scheduled to take place on\nSaturday, August 12, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9\"><iframe title=\"Roadkill Nights 2023\" class=\"embed-responsive-item\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6dgODDCbKo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\">&gt;<\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, which set a\none-day attendance record of more than 40,000 attendees in 2022, will move the\nstarting line for street-legal drag racing competition to the corner of\nWoodward Avenue and W. Pike St. in Pontiac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe can\u2019t wait to bring Roadkill Nights and street-legal drag\nracing to the heart of downtown Pontiac,\u201d said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand CEO \u2013\nStellantis. &#8220;Roadkill Nights continues to evolve each year, with the\nPontiac stop serving as the second of two Roadkill Nights events in 2023. Our\nlittle horsepower circus has grown from a grassroots event to a can\u2019t-miss\nevent for any true muscle car enthusiast.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, now in its eighth year, will mark its second stop of 2023 with the event\u2019s visit to Pontiac. Dodge Last Call Powered by Roadkill Nights Las Vegas, held at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on March 20, 2023, brought the horsepower festival out west for the first time and served as the setting for the helicopter-drop reveal of the 1,025-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT<sup>\u00ae<\/sup> Demon 170, the seventh and final Dodge \u201cLast Call\u201d special-edition vehicle to be revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;With an expanded footprint and a new venue, we are thrilled\nto bring the excitement of street-legal drag racing and the dynamic experience\nof MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge to downtown\nPontiac,&#8221; said Eric Schwab, MotorTrend Group&#8217;s SVP, head of revenue,\noperations and strategic partnerships. &#8220;If you\u2019ve ever dreamed of\nwitnessing the adrenaline of drag racing on Woodward Avenue, this is the event\nfor you. Whether you\u2019re a drag racer, a car enthusiast or simply looking for a\nfun car festival with your family, Roadkill Nights guarantees an unforgettable\nexperience.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to street-legal drag racing, the second Roadkill\nNights Powered by Dodge event of 2023 will feature a classic and modern muscle\ncar show, Dodge Thrill Rides, Dodge displays and Dodge performance vehicles, a\nvendor midway and much more, bringing tens of thousands out to the streets of\ndowntown Pontiac.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled that Roadkill Nights is staying in Pontiac and moving to our downtown,\u201d said Mayor Tim Greimel. \u201cThe move downtown will reduce noise to residential neighborhoods, while bringing more activity, customers and patrons to support downtown restaurants and other business establishments.\u201d More details on the 2023 MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge event will be shared in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roadkill Nights is an event produced by MotorTrend Group. With a hit show, Roadkill delivers a one-of-a-kind taste of Automotive Chaos Theory. For more information on Roadkill and Roadkill Nights, follow <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RoadkillShow\/\" target=\"_blank\">facebook.com\/roadkillshow<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/roadkillshow\" target=\"_blank\">twitter.com\/roadkillshow<\/a>. Fans can follow the action of Roadkill Nights with hashtags #RoadkillNights and #PoweredByDodge or watch ROADKILL across <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/plus\/\" target=\"_blank\">MotorTrend+<\/a>, MotorTrend TV or <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.motortrend.com\/fasttv\/\" target=\"_blank\">MotorTrend FAST TV<\/a> through Samsung TV Plus and XUMO.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge is taking street-legal drag racing on famed Woodward Avenue to the center of downtown Pontiac, Michigan, as well as growing the overall footprint of the one-day horsepower festival. The popular enthusiast event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, August 12, 2023. &gt; MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, which set a one-day attendance record of more than 40,000 attendees in 2022, will move the starting line for street-legal drag racing competition to the corner of Woodward Avenue and W. 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