The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) Drag Racing Series has been lauded for decades for its gender diversity, welcoming women to compete on an equal playing field at all levels of the sport. They’ve won regularly and they’ve earned world championships. But it wasn’t always this way. It has been a rough road to get
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Winning Formula: Alfa Romeo F1 driver breaks barriers, inspires women, on and off the track
The Alfa Romeo Racing ORLEN Formula One team is known to break records, but now they’re also breaking barriers. Meet Tatiana Calderón, the first Latin American woman to drive in Formula One, the premier racing category featuring the fastest, most technologically advanced cars in the world. Calderón began her drive to succeed in a male-dominated
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Jeep® Gladiator Wins Grueling Mint 400 Desert Off-Road Race
The Jeep® Gladiator is the most capable Jeep truck ever and has proven its versatility by winning the Mint 400, a grueling high-speed desert off-road race of up to 400 miles held in early March in the desolate foot hills and dry lake beds south of Las Vegas. The Gladiator came in first place in
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Mopar, Dodge bring the HEMI® rumble to NHRA tracks near you
The warmth of spring reawakens the roar of nitro-fueled HEMI® engines at the drag strip. Do you hear it calling? The Mopar and Dodge//SRT drag racing squad rolls into Houston this weekend for the Mopar Express Lane NHRA SpringNationals Presented by Pennzoil. After four events in the 2019 NHRA season, Funny Car driver Matt Hagan
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Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak Driver Turk Pockets Win, NMCA Championship at Indy
Geoff Turk flew his “Blackbird” Mopar Dodge Challenger Drag Pak straight and true all the way to the winner’s circle at the 17th Annual National Muscle Car Association (NMCA) World Street Finals at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis on September 23. The Yorkville, Illinois, native had ample reason to celebrate — he also wrapped up the
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Six races with everything on the line
The first seven months of the 2018 NHRA season contained plenty of highlights for the Mopar- and Dodge-backed drivers in the Funny Car and Top Fuel classes. Among them: Matt Hagan debuts the redesigned 2019 Mopar Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Funny Car body in Denver, and drives it into the final round at Indianapolis. Leah
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Speed, passion, power = Mopar NHRA Top Fuel dragster Leah Pritchett
March is National Women’s History Month, 31 days set aside each year to call attention to the accomplishments of women, past and present, who chose to step outside what many consider ‘traditional’ gender zones to follow the road less travelled. Mopar Top Fuel racing driver Leah Pritchett has been fueling excitement among NHRA Racing fans
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