"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.
While there are a great many cars in the race, show and “fun field” area of the Mopar Nationals each year, almost none of those cars would make it to the show if not for the Dodge and Ram trucks that pull the trailers from around the country. While there are hundreds (if not thousands) […] More »
Thanks to the high flying Duke Boys, there are few things that we haven’t seen a 1969 Dodge Charger do on the roads of Hazzard County but since drifting was really invented yet when Bo and Luke tore up the ‘shine running scene, we have never really seen the General partake in the sport of […] More »
The only thing better than checking out a cool custom car or truck is seeing how the progress went from stock to modified and with today’s Cool Thread post, we look at the transformation of 2k10HemiRam’s pickup from the day he bought it to the (current version of the) finished product. This thread starts out […] More »
The Chrysler Group announced earlier this week that they would be debuting a new Ram brand Concept vehicle at the upcoming 2013 Woodward Dream Cruise and thanks to the first few teaser images that were issued last night – we can guess that this concept offers a first look at the next generation Ram 1500 […] More »
While this video could just as easily fit into our Black Fridays segment, this clip of a heavily worked early 3rd gen Ram 2500 blowing away a supercharged Viper AND a Toyota Supra on the quarter mile is just too good to pass up for Truckin’ Fast Wednesday. This 3rd generation Dodge Ram 2500 is […] More »
Have you recently purchased a 2002 through 2008 Dodge Ram and you are unsure about the towing capabilities of your truck of the maximum capacity for your factory hitch setup? Maybe you have owned your Ram 1500 since it was new and you just cannot recall how much your truck will safely tow? If you […] More »
The Chrysler Group has announced the first bits of pricing information for the 2014 SRT Viper and for those prospective buyers looking to put the “base” Viper (non-GTS) in their driveway or garage – it will cost you $2,000 more than it would to buy the base 2013 Viper. However, this price increase comes due […] More »