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In the world of watching drag racing, the only thing better than watching a Dodge tear apart a Ford, Chevy or import brand is watching a pair of classic Dodge performance cars going head to head.  This week’s Mopar Muscle Thursday clip features one such race, with a seriously built 1968 Dodge Charger racing overseas […] More »

The modern SRT Viper GTS-R race program made its less-than-triumphant return to the 24 Hours of LeMans race last year and with a strong finish to the 2013 combined with a strong start to the 2014 endurance racing season – many Mopar racing fans expected this to be the year where the Viper would head […] More »

The 2014 12 Hours of Sebring race was this past weekend and for the second time in as many races – the SRT Viper GTS-R has beaten the Chevrolet Corvette C7R in the GT LeMans (GTLM) class. The SRT Viper GTS-R race team only sent one car to the Sebring Winter test sessions but it […] More »

When we last left you, the Hennessey Performance twin-turbo Viper was having technical difficulties in achieving 230 miles per hour down the Maxton Mile. First it was the transmission causing problems, then it was the engine computer. With those hurdles cleared, it’s time for the sprint, and the HP gang is not messing around.

This past weekend, the endurance racing teams of the Tudor United Sports Car Championship arrived at Sebring International Raceway in Florida for the annual winter testing session and the SRT Viper GTS-R program sent the #93 car to Florida for this important test run.  This is the final open testing session for all of the […] More »

This week’s Tire Shredding Tuesday takes a look at a brand spankin’ new 2013 SRT Viper taking part in a “burnout show”.  According to the information provided, this burnout show is held by a local Chrysler Group dealership and the Viper in action is a new stock vehicle (which I sincerely hope wasn’t sold as […] More »

The modern SRT Viper race teams struggled in their early races of the 2012 and 2013 American LeMans Series but after this weekend’s 3rd place class finish in the 2014 Rolex 24 hour race at Daytona International Speedway, it looks like the Viper teams have finally figured out the winning equation.  Sure, the #91 Viper […] More »