Dodge Rocks Gas Monkey was held on November 1, in Dallas, Texas. The event welcomed more than 900 Dodge Vipers, Challengers, Chargers and other Dodge vehicles, along with over 2,000 attendees, to the Gas Monkey Live concert venue owned by Richard Rawlings, creator of the Gas Monkey Garage franchise. Attendees had the chance to take a drag strip thrill ride from the passenger seat of the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT^® Hellcat with a professional driver behind the wheel. Guests also had the opportunity to try their hand at a pair of Dodge simulators. Dodge Rocks Gas Monkey was capped by legendary rockers Mötley Crüe taking the stage for a full concert.

The Dodge Viper ACR Concept was just one of the Dodge/SRT^® vehicles on display at the SEMA show in Las Vegas last week. The white Dodge Viper ACR Concept featured distinctive ACR stripes, just like the original ACR design, with a black stripe running down the center of the Viper and an offset red accent stripe running through the full length of the vehicle on the driver’s side, including through the steering wheel. One of the most visible details of the Dodge Viper ACR Concept was a massive rear wing mounted on aluminum stanchions. The concept vehicle also featured an aggressive carbon-fiber front splitter.

Painted in Sublime, the Dodge Challenger T/A Concept turned plenty of heads last week during SEMA. The Dodge Challenger T/A concept was outfitted with graphics on both sides of the body, and special T/A badges were prominent on the front quarter panels. Under its SRT^® hood with Mopar_® hood pins was the tried and true 6.4L HEMI^® V8 engine. A Mopar matte black front splitter was paired with a Mopar matte black gurney-lip decklid spoiler to provide additional downforce. Another of the highlights was a side exhaust with electronic cutouts, allowing the driver to switch from the stock rear-exit exhaust.

The all-new 2015 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack was on display last week at SEMA, marking its first extended public appearance. Powered by the 6.4L HEMI^® V8 engine, the 2015 Dodge Charger R/T Scat Pack produces 485 horsepower and 475 lb.-ft. of torque. All of that power is put to the ground through an eight-speed TorqueFlite^® automatic transmission with paddle shifters. The four-door modern-day muscle car sprints from 0-60 mph in the mid-four-second range and turns mid-12-second quarter-mile times.

A new 2015 Mopar_® Dodge Charger R/T NHRA Funny Car made its debut at SEMA last week. The new 2015 Mopar Dodge Charger R/T Funny Car was designed and developed on a virtual platform, using the same production-based technology and tools applied to the street vehicles, in a collaboration between Chrysler Group LLC. production and race engineers and the Don Schumacher Racing team. The new race car will makes its competitive debut at the 2015 season-opening Winternationals event in February in Pomona, California.

Cameron Lawrence earned his second consecutive Trans Am Series TA2 championship on Saturday, November 15 at Daytona International Speedway in Florida. The title marked the first for the Dodge brand in Trans Am. Driving a Miller Racing-prepared Dodge Challenger SRT^®, Lawrence also won the race at Daytona, which was his seventh victory of the 2014 season.

Matt Hagan claimed his second NHRA Funny Car title in his Mopar_® Express Lane Dodge Charger R/T for Don Schumacher Racing on Sunday, November 16 in Pomona, California. Hagan faced rival John Force in the final round at Pomona, downing the 16-time series champion to earn his fourth win of the season. The championship marked the fifth in the last four years for the Mopar and Dodge brands in NHRA competition.