"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.
"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.
"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.
"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.
"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.
To ring in our new Mopar Muscle Thursdays feature, I did a quick YouTube search for “Mopar Muscle” and the very first thing that came up was the incredible video below. As a lover of Mopar muscle cars and super hot girls in thongs, this has to be one of the greatest compilations of vintage […] More »
The Dodge Dakota has come to an end but today, we look at one of the sportiest of the midsized picksup in this Trucking Fast Wednesday feature showing a 2nd gen Dakota R/T short cab tearing up a Chevy Trailblazer SS in the quarter mile. We don’t have any specs on the 2g Dakota in […] More »
Yesterday afternoon, the Chrysler Group dropped the details on the highest performance SRT Viper so far with the new 2014 Viper TA designed for legal street use and venomous track use. Many Mopar fans see the TA and think back to the 1970 Challenger T/A but in the case of the 2014 Viper – TA […] More »
What better way to kick off our new “Tire Shredding Tuesdays” than with a compilation album of different Dodge Chargers doing massive, smokey burnouts. Included in this two and a half minute video is an earlier LX Charger sedan cop car, a couple SRT8 models, a blurry clip of a newer Charger that is so […] More »
This past Saturday brought us the 2013 running of the 12 Hours of Sebring and while the 2013 SRT Viper GTS-R teams looked fantastic early on, mechanical issues hit both teams hard during the legendary endurance race. Because of those problems, the best finishing Viper in the 12 Hours of Sebring was the #91 Viper […] More »
Sometimes playing in the mud with your truck is a whole lot of fun while other times it seems like it would be better to pull the truck in question out and head to paved roads. This week’s Muddy Monday feature shows the latter as we watch this 5 minute video of a Dodge Dakota […] More »
We all love the Viper but when I came across this older video of a 1999 Dodge Ram 2500 powered by a Cummins Turbo Diesel outrunning a 2nd generation Dodge Viper GTS – it was just too good to pass up for this week’s Black Friday feature. The video below shows a 1999 Dodge Ram […] More »