{"id":81139,"date":"2024-09-08T09:59:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-08T13:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dodgegarage.com\/news-api\/?p=81139"},"modified":"2024-09-06T07:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-06T11:04:49","slug":"1971-dodge-challenger-a-rare-indy-500-festival-pace-car-with-unmatched-legacy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/showcase\/2024\/09\/1971-dodge-challenger-a-rare-indy-500-festival-pace-car-with-unmatched-legacy.html","title":{"rendered":"1971 Dodge Challenger: A Rare Indy 500 Festival Pace Car with Unmatched Legacy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The 1971 Dodge Challenger Indy 500 Festival Car stands as a shining example of muscle car history and racing heritage. One of just 50 produced, this iconic Challenger was part of the prestigious fleet used during the legendary Indianapolis 500. Its bold design, unique features and limited production make it a highly sought-after collectible among Mopar<sub>\u00ae<\/sub> enthusiasts. Powered by a 383 Magnum V8, this Challenger isn\u2019t just about looks \u2014 it packs the performance punch that made Dodge a staple of muscle car culture. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oldcarsweekly.com\/features\/car-of-the-week-1971-dodge-challenger-indy-500-festival-car\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Today, it serves as a symbol of the golden age of American automotive engineering and racing tradition<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo credit: Mark Winzenread | OldCarsWeekly.com<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Disclaimer: This editorial article contains information and links to a third-party site. We can\u2019t guarantee 100% accuracy (we do our best) or vouch for their other site content (nobody\u2019s perfect) outside of this link. Let us know in the comments if there\u2019s something you think we need to review.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 1971 Dodge Challenger Indy 500 Festival Car stands as a shining example of muscle car history and racing heritage. One of just 50 produced, this iconic Challenger was part of the prestigious fleet used during the legendary Indianapolis 500. Its bold design, unique features and limited production make it a highly sought-after collectible among Mopar\u00ae enthusiasts. Powered by a 383 Magnum V8, this Challenger isn\u2019t just about looks \u2014 it packs the performance punch that made Dodge a staple of muscle car culture. Today, it serves as a symbol [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":81137,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[526,2948],"class_list":["post-81139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-showcase","tag-challenger","tag-dodge-classics"],"acf":[],"custom_fields":{"post_thumbnail_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rare500PaceCar_Feature.jpg","social_image":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Rare500PaceCar_Social.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\/81139"}],"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=81139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81145,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81139\/revisions\/81145"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/81137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.api.dodgegarage.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}