"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.
We have learned that the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat with 707 horsepower and 650lb-ft of torque will start at $59,995 – making it substantially less expensive than the other cars on the list of the most production powerful vehicles in the world. It is also less expensive than the mid- and upper-level Chevrolet Corvette […] More »
When Chrysler announced that the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat would pack at least 600 horsepower, we knew that it would be pretty fast. When we learned that the Hellcat would actually pack 707 horsepower and 650lb-ft of torque, we knew that it would be really fast. Today, we learned that it is mind blowing […] More »
Our latest featured Photo of the Week shows the Dodge Neon SRT4 owned by new DodgeForum member Moparnut228 with the stunning backdrop of an American military items including a warship and a couple tanks. It is one great looking Neon SRT4 with a sick stance and a striking black and white contrasting scheme so in […] More »
The water pump on your Dodge Dakota engine keeps the powerplant cool, but it also eats up a surprising amount of power so if you can run the water pump with some other source than the belt that runs off of the crankshaft, you can free up a few more ponies to send to the […] More »
For our Mopar Muscle Thursday feature we have a video that is hard to beat – with a pair of 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat models doing gigantic, nasty burnouts on a drag strip. The supercharged 6.2L Hellcat Hemi delivers 707 horsepower and 650lb-ft of torque, making it the most powerful American production car of […] More »
Having you ever been driving your Dodge or Ram and suddenly you noticed an unreasonable spike in the engine coolant temperatures and since you weren’t close to home, you were forced to call a tow truck to get your vehicle somewhere safe? What if I told you that you could have cooled the engine of […] More »
Today’s Truckin Fast feature takes a look at a turbocharged 2nd gen Dodge Dakota R/T racing on the quarter mile against a supercharged Toyota Tundra. The video focuses more closely on the ugly Toyota in the far lane so we don’t know what all is done to this Dakota, but the video info claims that […] More »