"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.
This week’s Black Friday feature looks at a modded up 2010 Dodge Ram 3500 going head to head… or rather tail to tail… with a PowerStroke’d Ford Super Duty and a Duramax powered Chevy HD. The three are playing in the snow, sliding and playing some diesel tug of war amidst a plume of thick diesel […] More »
There is just something magical about watching a big modern American muscle car stomp a Japanese supercar and for this week’s Mopar Muscle Thursday feature – we have a supercharged and stroked 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 stomping a tuned 2010 Nissan GT-R. The 2006 Dodge Charger SRT8 in this video came powered by a 6.1L Hemi […] More »
The Dodge Journey is currently built alongside the Fiat Freemont and the Fiat 500 in the company’s Toluca Mexico plant. But with the introduction of the next generation Journey, production will shift from Toluca to Sterling Heights Michigan. It is expected that the next generation Dodge Journey will be introduced as a 2016 model year […] More »
Business is good for the Chrysler Group right now… so good that the company has decided to cancel the scheduled summer “downtime” for a handful of plants around the country. The company’s three busiest vehicle assembly plants right now are Jefferson North in Detroit, Connor Avenue in Detroit and Toledo North in Toledo Ohio so these […] More »
This week’s Truckin’ Fast Wednesday features a truly unique Dodge Ram roaring down the quarter mile. This is a 1977 Dodge Ram D200 regular cab long bed pickup with a turbocharged 440 cubic inch big-block Mopar V8. The set-up allows this big ol’ Ram to make some very serious power – enough power to rocket this […] More »
The odds are good that if you are a devout Mopar fan who is at least 30 years old, you remember the incredible VIPER television show from the mid to late 1990s. The program featured a hero car role filled by (of course) a production trim Dodge Viper that had the capability to transform into […] More »
The Chrysler Group has been very quiet regarding changes to the 2014 SRT Viper shy of the addition of the new Time Attack model. But thanks to some insider info from Allpar, we have an idea of what colors will be available when the 2014 model year Vipers begin production in July. The 2013 SRT […] More »