• Team Mopar® drivers will take part in Mopar Virtual ‘Duel in The Dirt’
• 20th Annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show details
Center Line, Mich. — Attendees of the 20th Annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show will go head-to-head with professional race car drivers in the Mopar® Virtual “Duel in The Dirt.” The Mopar “Duel in the Dirt” will take place on Dec. 6 - 7 in the Mopar exhibit at the PRI Trade Show at Florida’s Orlando Convention Center. The PRI Trade Show will be held Dec. 6 – 8.
Qualifying for the Mopar Virtual “Duel in The Dirt” is open to all professional race car drivers and registered PRI Trade Show attendees. “Duel in The Dirt” contestants will take part in qualifying laps in sprint car simulators on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 40 top qualifiers will be joined in eight eliminations features on Friday, Dec. 7 by the eight top qualifying professional racers.
Team Mopar drivers tentatively scheduled to participate include NHRA POWERade Drag Racing stars Gary Scelzi, Ron Capps and Allen Johnson. Jerry Coons Jr., 2007 United States Auto Club (USAC) National Midget Series champion, and Shaun Carlson, owner and team director for NuFormz Racing [that maintains Mopar’s two-time Formula Drift champion Samuel Hübinette’s Dodge Charger SRT8], are also tentatively scheduled to participate.
There is a $1,000 first-place check and trophy, with $500 for the runner-up. The competition’s “Hard Charger” will take home $250.
Complete competition rules will be on display at the Mopar exhibit. Live coverage will be provided by RaceFanRadio, which will broadcast from the Mopar Image Center Stage. USAC’s Rob Klepper will emcee the Friday eliminations features.
Visit www.moparspeed.com on Monday, Dec. 10 for a Mopar Virtual “Duel in The Dirt” recap.
20th Annual PRI Trade Show details
The 20th Annual PRI Trade Show will be held Dec. 6 – 8. The world's largest racing trade show attracting approximately 42,000 racing industry members worldwide from over 40 countries, PRI provides a professional atmosphere for racing industry product buyers to meet with manufacturers of racing components and shop machinery. For more information on PRI, visit www.performanceracing.com.
70 Years of Mopar
When Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928, the need for a dedicated parts manufacturer, supplier and distribution system to support the growing enterprise led to the formation of the Chrysler Motor Parts Corporation (CMPC) in 1929.
Originally used in the 1920s, Mopar (a simple contraction of the words MOtor and PARts) was trademarked for a line of antifreeze products in 1937. It was also widely used as a moniker for the CMPC. The Mopar brand made its mark in the 1960s – the muscle car era. The Chrysler Corporation built race-ready Dodge and Plymouth “package cars” equipped with special high-performance parts. Mopar carried a line of “Special Parts” for super stock drag racers and developed its racing parts division called Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use.
Today, Chrysler LLC’s Global Service & Parts division is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of nearly 250,000 authentic Mopar replacement parts, components and accessories for Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge vehicles sold around the world. To assure quality, reliability and durability, all Mopar parts and accessories are designed in strict adherence to Chrysler engineering standards.
• 20th Annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show details
Center Line, Mich. — Attendees of the 20th Annual Performance Racing Industry (PRI) Trade Show will go head-to-head with professional race car drivers in the Mopar® Virtual “Duel in The Dirt.” The Mopar “Duel in the Dirt” will take place on Dec. 6 - 7 in the Mopar exhibit at the PRI Trade Show at Florida’s Orlando Convention Center. The PRI Trade Show will be held Dec. 6 – 8.
Qualifying for the Mopar Virtual “Duel in The Dirt” is open to all professional race car drivers and registered PRI Trade Show attendees. “Duel in The Dirt” contestants will take part in qualifying laps in sprint car simulators on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The 40 top qualifiers will be joined in eight eliminations features on Friday, Dec. 7 by the eight top qualifying professional racers.
Team Mopar drivers tentatively scheduled to participate include NHRA POWERade Drag Racing stars Gary Scelzi, Ron Capps and Allen Johnson. Jerry Coons Jr., 2007 United States Auto Club (USAC) National Midget Series champion, and Shaun Carlson, owner and team director for NuFormz Racing [that maintains Mopar’s two-time Formula Drift champion Samuel Hübinette’s Dodge Charger SRT8], are also tentatively scheduled to participate.
There is a $1,000 first-place check and trophy, with $500 for the runner-up. The competition’s “Hard Charger” will take home $250.
Complete competition rules will be on display at the Mopar exhibit. Live coverage will be provided by RaceFanRadio, which will broadcast from the Mopar Image Center Stage. USAC’s Rob Klepper will emcee the Friday eliminations features.
Visit www.moparspeed.com on Monday, Dec. 10 for a Mopar Virtual “Duel in The Dirt” recap.
20th Annual PRI Trade Show details
The 20th Annual PRI Trade Show will be held Dec. 6 – 8. The world's largest racing trade show attracting approximately 42,000 racing industry members worldwide from over 40 countries, PRI provides a professional atmosphere for racing industry product buyers to meet with manufacturers of racing components and shop machinery. For more information on PRI, visit www.performanceracing.com.
70 Years of Mopar
When Chrysler bought Dodge in 1928, the need for a dedicated parts manufacturer, supplier and distribution system to support the growing enterprise led to the formation of the Chrysler Motor Parts Corporation (CMPC) in 1929.
Originally used in the 1920s, Mopar (a simple contraction of the words MOtor and PARts) was trademarked for a line of antifreeze products in 1937. It was also widely used as a moniker for the CMPC. The Mopar brand made its mark in the 1960s – the muscle car era. The Chrysler Corporation built race-ready Dodge and Plymouth “package cars” equipped with special high-performance parts. Mopar carried a line of “Special Parts” for super stock drag racers and developed its racing parts division called Mopar Performance Parts to enhance speed and handling for both road and racing use.
Today, Chrysler LLC’s Global Service & Parts division is responsible for the manufacturing and distribution of nearly 250,000 authentic Mopar replacement parts, components and accessories for Chrysler, Jeep® and Dodge vehicles sold around the world. To assure quality, reliability and durability, all Mopar parts and accessories are designed in strict adherence to Chrysler engineering standards.
