| Crash sends Kahne's season spinning out of control | | Posted Wednesday, November 08, 2006 10:46:46 AM by Blog57 Team | | For a while Sunday it looked like Kasey Kahne might capture his second Atlanta Motor Speedway win of the season as his No. 9 Dodge Charger was charging through the top 10.With the fastest car during Saturday's practice and sitting in eighth in the points race, 99 behind leader Matt Kenseth, for the NASCAR Nextel Cup championship, everything looked like it might be going Kahne's way.A “brain fade" later, the Enumclaw driver was all over the lap car of David Stremme and heading to the garage 247 laps into the 325-lap race.“We were out there battling," Kahne said. “We had a great Dodge Charger. I thought we were going to be sitting good. The track was coming to us. Everything was working for the No. 9, I mean everything was.“My spotter told me outside, outside, and I ran into him (Stremme).... | |
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| | | NHRA: Schumacher, Medlen and Line Lead at Virginia | | Posted Monday, October 16, 2006 2:46:18 AM by Blog57 Team | | Tony Schumacher set a single season record Saturday at Virginia Motorsports Park with his 12th No. 1 qualifying effort of the year. Eric Medlen and Jason Line also secured top qualifying spots in their categories at the NHRA POWERade Drag Racing Series event. Schumacher's 12 low qualifiers breaks the mark of 11 he set in 2005. His only challenge for this weekend's top qualifying spot came from Rookie of the Year candidate J.R. Todd, who powered his Skull Shine dragster a 4.528 at 318.39 mph during Saturday's first session. In the end, Schumacher's Friday pass of 4.512 at 313.37 mph in his U.S. Army dragster was enough for his 34th career No. 1 position. "I always talk about how important these qualifying points are," Schumacher said. "Look at it this way; Brandon Bernstein has one more round win than me this year but we're more than half a round ahead of him in the points standings.... | |
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| | | 2007 Dodge Charger | | Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 2:12:45 PM by Blog57 Team | | The 2007 Dodge Charger is a modern-styled, four-door coupe that combines rear-wheel-drive muscle car power, sports car handling and leading-edge technology to deliver a thrilling driving experience. New for 2007 are optional all-wheel-drive models that offer best-in-passenger-car, four-season traction. Weve combined American rear-wheel-drive muscle car genes with 21st century DaimlerChrysler performance, safety and customer-convenience technology to make the Dodge Charger a fun-to-drive, affordable, five-passenger sedan, said George Murphy, Senior Vice President Global Marketing, Chrysler Group. By adding all-wheel drive for .... | |
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| | | Once a Rebel, Dodge Charger Is Now a Cop Car | | Posted Saturday, September 23, 2006 2:45:51 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Dodge Charger was a popular muscle car back in the 1960s and 1970s. Now reintroduced, police departments across the country are commissioning the latest model. Reporter Austin Jenkins of the Northwest News Network went on patrol with a good-guy who's driving a bad-guy car. As Washington State Trooper Luis Gonzalez says of the car, "It's got the Hemi engine, 395 horsepower." Dodge markets the Charger as a pursuit vehicle capable of going 150 mph -- and from 0 to 60 in six seconds flat. Dodge says it's already sold the Charger to police departments in almost every state. Recently, when Trooper Gonzalez tried to stop a speeding motorcyclist, the chase topped out at 145 miles an hour. "The motorcycle thought he was going to be able to lose me after 120, keep going [to] 145 -- I was right on his tail.... | |
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| | | Burton's on the bubble after flop in Michigan | | Posted Tuesday, August 22, 2006 2:45:48 AM by Blog57 Team | | Firmly entrenched in the top 10 in the championship standings since the Dodge Charger 500 at Darlington in May, Jeff Burton finds himself on the bubble in the scramble for a berth in the Chase for the Nextel Cup. Burton slipped from fourth to ninth in the title hunt after engine failure on lap 17 in yesterdays GFS Marketplace 400 in Brooklyn, Mich., left him with a season-worst 42 nd-place finish. "Yeah, broken engine," said a dejected Burton, who started on the pole but failed to lead a lap. "Weve had great reliability with our engines, and today we didnt. "This is nobodys fault. Well just keep fighting, and well come back and try to win some races." Kyle Busch falls One week after finishing ninth at Watkins Glen, Chase contender Kyle Busch suffered misfortune on lap 42 when a cut right-front tire sent his No.... | |
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| | | Oregon State Police's New Dodge Charger Patrol Car To Hit the ... | | Posted Monday, July 31, 2006 4:47:11 PM by Blog57 Team | | Albany, Oregon - In addition to the commonly seen Ford Crown Victoria patrol car, starting next week Oregon State Police (OSP) Troopers will be patrolling Interstate 5 and local highways in the Albany area with a newly introduced 2006 Dodge Charger. The Oregon State Police Patrol Services Division recently purchased forty-five 2006 Dodge Chargers for patrolling Oregon highways. Forty-three new Dodge Chargers will be marked in the familiar "OSP Blue" body color with bright yellow graphics, door star emblems, and overhead light bars. Two vehicles will be equipped unmarked patrol vehicles as part of the Department's Aggressive Driving Plan (ADEP) program. "The patrol car is our troopers 'office' from which they work under extreme and dangerous conditions," said Captain Gerry Gregg, Director of the OSP Patrol Services Division.... | |
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| | | Fort Laramie purchases new police car | | Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 2:45:47 AM by Blog57 Team | | BY BESS CARNAHAN The town of Fort Laramie was recently delivered of a new 2006 Dodge Charger with a Hemi police package. It will replace an aging police car that was purchased used years ago. The new car will use considerably less fuel with the police package. It idles on four cylinders and immediately goes to eight cylinders based on demand. The police package also will interface with other agencies and the new WYOLINK network, a statewide safety communications system. Former town mayor, Don Foote and the council approved and ordered the car last year. The old car had served its purpose, Foote said. We were spending a lot of money to keep it running. The council and I were unanimous in our approval of the new vehicle. Police Chief Joe Ibarra said that speed is a problem on Highway 26.... | |
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| | | Got Designs on The Dodge Charger and Kasey Kahne | | Posted Saturday, July 08, 2006 4:56:34 PM by Blog57 Team | | Fans can design Kaseys paint scheme for the September Richmond race in the Dodge Design Your Own Charger Contest AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (June 19, 2006) Race fans who have always wanted to meet and leave a lasting impression on NASCAR star Kasey Kahne, driver of the No. 9 Dodge Dealers/UAW Dodge Charger, now have the chance. .... | |
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| | | 30,000 Dodge Challengers to be built each year in Canada | | Posted Friday, July 07, 2006 10:46:24 AM by Blog57 Team | | We learned over the weekend that the Dodge Challenger received the green light to head into production as a 2008 model, and now we have a little more information from the Chrysler Group concerning exactly how many they plan on building. While Camaro production is being planned at a 100,000 units per annum, the automaker appears to be taking a more reserved approach with the Challenger, with word that they will only build in the neighbourhood of 30,000 of the sought after hot rod each year. This is according to a recent report by the Globe and Mail of Canada. The plant that currently builds all Dodge Magnum, Charger, and 300C units located in Brampton, Ontario is also being charged with building the Challenger, which happens to be based on the same platform as the aforementioned three vehicles.... | |
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