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Roadkill Nights – Drag Racing Back on Woodward Avenue

Posted on 24 June 2019 by Ken Zino

Roadkill is now the  traditional kick off to southeast Michigan’s week-long celebration of classic cars and car culture. There will be  thrill rides in the 717-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and the 707-horsepower Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat models, more participants in the celebrity showdown races, and an overall $40,000 purse with $10,000 going towards United Way. Continue reading →

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Dodge Roadkill Nights -Tires Smoking on Woodward Ave

Posted on 11 August 2017 by Ken Zino

As part of the overall power burnout, $10,000 will be awarded to the quickest Dodge car. Caveat: it must be powered by a Dodge engine, not a rat motor or mouse motor or god forbid a blue oval mill. Continue reading →

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GM’s Woodward Test Resulted from Real Durability needs of the Street Racing that the Woodward Dream Cruise Honors

Posted on 19 August 2011 by Ken Zino

In the hay day of the Detroit Three, who were really the Big Three in the 1960s, General Motors used Woodward Avenue not only as a rolling marketing clinic about what kids were driving, but also as a model for a durability test still in use. Continue reading →

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