When Scott and I were asked to develop an enthusiast-based tour featuring the 2011 Dodge Charger R/T and Dodge Challenger SRT8 392, we had no doubt it would be an amazing experience. Piloting two of the last true rear-wheel-drive, HEMI V8-powered American muscle cars across 8,000 miles of the… Read More
And Then There Were Three
Posted on February 7, 2011
As stated previously, SMS Supercars was the last stop on the HEMI Highway Tour. And even though torrential rain had dashed much of our hopes for a huge finish in SoCal, we were astounded by the undying support of those who still showed up in defiance of Mother Nature. These… Read More
SMS And The Butterfly Effect
Posted on February 4, 2011
I struggled on how to start this one. I mean, Steve Saleen has been made famous by one of the Challenger’s most bitter rivals of all time, the Ford Mustang. As a Dodge fan, one mention of the name “Saleen” probably sends chills down your spine. He built monster Mustangs… Read More
A Pyrate’s Life for Me!
Posted on January 31, 2011
December 9, 2010, Stop #20 – Dallas, TX – Hurricane Katrina rocked New Orleans, it rocked Louisiana, it rocked the United States … hell it rocked the world. So what do you do when life throws you a curve ball so big you lose literally everything? You do what… Read More
Dodge Goes “Green”
Posted on January 24, 2011
If you’ve been reading the blog here at Red Letter Dodge, we truly hope that you have enjoyed the stories and pictures we captured on the HEMI Highway Tour. While it was just 40 days of activity, you may never have guessed that Heather and I had been building… Read More
When it Rains, it Pours…Dodge Enthusiasm, That Is
Posted on January 19, 2011
Who would have thought that HEMI Highway would encounter the worst weather of the entire trip in Southern California? Certainly not us, but that’s precisely what happened – 13” of rain in three days, to be exact. But that didn’t stop Dodge fans and members of So-Cal Challengers from… Read More
Here, John, You Can Drive. But We’re Gonna Need Your Dyno.
Posted on January 18, 2011
Ever since the advent of the performance car, mankind has been in a constant pursuit to push the limits of speed and horsepower. And while many of you who own a Dodge product leave them in completely stock form, many others simply can’t resist adding grunt to the… Read More
We’re Gonna Need the Paddles for This One
Posted on January 14, 2011
The HEMI Highway Tour gave Heather and me a real close look at Mopar culture. And what’s most fascinating is how owners take our products and enhance them to a level far beyond what most of us could ever imagine. While in Jacksonville and Orlando, Florida, we got our… Read More
‘Tis Always the Mopar Season
Posted on January 13, 2011
If you’re a Mopar enthusiast, every day at the Jim and Rhonda Hatzelis household is like Christmas. The walls are covered in Mopar memorabilia, the décor skews toward Mopar, with a touch of Looney Toons (after all, Road Runner was a star in the Merrie Melodies cartoons long before… Read More
Squeeze the Citrus, And a Little Mopar Comes Out
Posted on January 10, 2011
Florida is appropriately called “The Sunshine State.” Let’s face it, they’ve earned it. But Florida could be easily called “The Mopar State,” as well. No matter where we went, communities in Florida rolled out the red carpet for us and our two HEMI-powered cars. We couldn’t have felt… Read More
