The Dodge brand of Stallantis in Auburn Hills took its Dodge Roadkill Nights event to Las Vegas Motor Speedway last week to introduce the 1,025-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 via a dramatic helicopter drop.
The Challenger SRT Demon 170 is the seventh and final Dodge “Last Call” special-edition vehicle. Challenger and Charger are scheduled to be discontinued after the 2023 model year.
Dodge enthusiast Jay Leno, professional wrestler Bill Goldberg, blues and rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd, and Josh “Chop” Towbin” also made appearances at the event. MotorTrend television personalities David Freiburger, Mike Finnegan, Chris Jacobs, and Alex Taylor, and automotive influencers Westen Champlin and Demonology also were in attendance.
Prior to the Demon 170 reveal, Dodge announced that Direct Connection stage kits for the modern-era Dodge Challenger now are available for purchase at DCPerformance.com. Direct Connection is the Dodge performance parts brand and is the exclusive source for high-performance parts and technical expertise straight from the factory.
The Dodge Last Call Powered by Roadkill Nights Vegas event featured drag racing on The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway in a variety of categories, including Small Tire, Big Tire, and Fastest Dodge. Christopher Thompson claimed victory in the Big Tire class, with Chris Yanez earning the overall win in the Small Tire category.
Additional event activities included Dodge Hellcat thrill rides, Demon simulators, a cruise-in car show, and sponsor/vendor midway areas. Grammy-winning superstar Diplo wrapped up the night with a one-hour post-reveal performance.
The performance festival will also stage its customary summer event in metro Detroit later this summer.
Taking place at M1 Concourse in Pontiac, the Detroit area event will feature a new format for the Dodge Direct Connection Grudge Race that has highlighted the Roadkill Nights event for the past two years.
Grudge Race competitors will pair up in 2023 and use the all-new Dodge Direct Connection HurriCrate series of engines, derived from the all-new 3.0L Hurricane Twin Turbo engine, as the foundational building blocks of their respective drag car build projects.
A replay of the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 reveal, as well as event highlights from Dodge Last Call Powered by Roadkill Nights Vegas event, is available for viewing at DodgeGarage.com.
