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The engineering prowess that powered the Chrysler family of vehicles showed major gains with engine performance. You know the names of engines from Chrysler: Hemi. 440. Red Ram. Hellcat. RedEye. 340 Six Pak. Engines that shook when at rest. Engines that thumped out the bassline that powered Detroit. Engines that gave Ford, GM and American Motors fits at tracks all over the United States. Engines that were copped by European brands due to their performance potential and anvil-like durability. Engines that, when prodded, would rouse the dead, startle the deaf, and send anyone not standing pound-for-pound against them running for the hills. The most common testing ground for a Mopar's performance potential is the simple drag race. From the days of the Stone/Woods/Cook and the Ramchargers race teams to the fuel injected and superchaged terrors fresh from the assembly line, the measuring stick that many use as the ultimate base for Chrysler's most potent machines measures one thousand, three hundred and twenty feet long and is composed of two lanes of asphalt with a bit of excess runoff at the end, so the drivers can scrub off all of that speed.
Holley MoParty 2021 turned a whole fleet of racers loose on Beech Bend Raceway's drag strip and we saw it all over the weekend. From James Reeves' highly-strung Dodge Omni Shelby GLH to the absolutely beastly Dodge Charger that Chris Harrigan of Legmaker Intakes was using to tear through Street King with, the spread of potential in the staging lanes was huge. Nostalgia Super Stock racers with their Max Wedge-era mills and a Hellcat/RedEye/Demon class for the newest and baddest spanned the year gap. Unfortunately, Mother Nature ran us all down at the finish and washed out Sunday's finals, meaning that the racers had to split the pots, but there was no shortage of action...or tire smoke!
The 2021 Holley MoParty True Street competition boiled down to a battle of the all-wheel-drive late-model Mopars and the traditional rear-wheel drive Challenger SRT Hellcats.
It should be no surprise that supercharged, AWD trucks on sticky tires found fertile hunting ground in True Street. Before battling at the strip, participants were required to participate in a thirty-mile street cruise. All cars are required to roll on DOT-legal tires, have working lights, horns, and other street-oriented safety equipment.
Each camp dipped their toes into the 9's, but when the smoke cleared, Bob Martire from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in his 2016 Dodge Challenger edged out Pavel Volokh's Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk. Martire's blistering 9.680 average topped runner up Volokh's 9.879 ET mean over the three runs.
Tina Boggess set the third fastest times and snatched 10-second class honors with a 10.128 ET average in her 2021 Dodge Durango. The 11-second class win went to Dakota Goodwin in his 2021 Dodge Charger running a 11.026 average. Jackson Fletcher piloted his 2018 Charger to the top of 12-second class with a 12.075 average. The 13-second bracket was snagged by Ken Mason with a 13.105 average in his 2010 Dodge Charger. Nashville, Tennessee's Don Fielder won the 14-second group with a 14.097 average in his '06 Charger. With an average of 15.789, Cincinnati's Ed Sinks won the 15-second class with his 2020 Durango.
