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Meet Alex Taylor, pure-Mopar racer and RYNO supporter
November 22nd, 2021 Chris Phillip
RYNO welcomed drag racer Alex Taylor into the Dream Giveaway Garage last week. You'll be able to meet Alex in person at our PRI booth December 9-11 in Indy. Alex is a drag racer, mechanic and automotive content creator who grew up in the shop with her dad and competed in the 2013 HOT ROD Drag Week at age 16 as the youngest participant ever. Alex will be upgrading her NHRA Competition license, as s...
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Dodge Looking for Chief Donut Maker - Lead Foot and Love of Hellcat Power Required
November 18th, 2021 Chris Phillip
It's time to make the donuts. Dodge is having fun with its muscle car madness these days. Now, the brand that brought you the Hellcat is looking for a Chief Donut Maker. We're ready to guess that the kind of donuts Dodge is talking about occur in parking lots when copious amounts of throttle are applied with the steering wheel fully clocked either right or left. The pay - $150,000 a year to drive...
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Dodge Says Tonight There's Gonna be a Jailbreak
November 17th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Dodge is so cool! The company that refuses to let muscle cars die is now offering to jailbreak paint colors and option codes so you can build and order your very own 1 of 1 Dodge muscle car. The practice was common-place is the 1960s, but the big car companies starting putting together option groups and packages in the 1980s and it's been hard to build a 1 of 1 car ever since. The $995 option jail...
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Ford's Iconic Shelby Mustang Gets The Heritage Treatment
November 15th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Raise your hand if you're a fan of the color Brittany Blue, the hue which appeared on the 1967 Ford Mustang G.T. 500. For 2022, Ford is going retro with a Heritage Edition Mustang GT500, which brings that iconic hue back from the muscle car's first era. The Heritage Package includes Wimbledon White stripes (another classic hue from the Mustang's first-generation!) And for those well-heeled buyers...
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Well-To-Do Race Teams Get Turnkey Z06 with GT3 Specs ... in 2024
November 12th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Chevrolet is feeling good and it wants race teams to feel even better. Starting in 2023, teams can purchase a turnkey Z06 with GT3 specs, making it eligible for series such as IMSA, as well as FIA and SRO-sanctioned GT3 competitions. The arrival of the Corvette Z06 GT3.R in 2024 will mark the first time Chevy is offering a turn-key, customer-focused racing Corvette for competition use, said Mark S...
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GT500 in a Box
November 10th, 2021 Chris Phillip
At a buy-in nearing $100K for a loaded example, you might not be able to afford Ford's latest GT500, but if you have an older Ford vehicle, you can still breathe fire like a Shelby. Ford now offers the GT500 crate engine over the counter and horsepower fans are rejoicing! The 5.2L Predator V8, rated at 760 horsepower and 625 lb-feet of torque is available from Ford Performance for a suggested pric...
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10 Seconds to Love
November 9th, 2021 Chris Phillip
The 2023 Corvette Z06 isn't due out for another nine months, but that's not stopping America's favorite sports car from doing some bragging. According to car-show shoutouts shown with a pre-production Z06, the 2023 super-Vette will lay down the law with a 10.6 second quarter-mile time. That makes the new Z06 equally as fast as the outgoing C7 ZR1, then the fastest production Vette in history. "The...
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Dodge Goes Steady with Radford Racing School!
November 7th, 2021 Chris Phillip
It couldn't have happened to a nicer couple. While RYNO was at the SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Radford Racing School announced an agreement with Dodge//SRT that extends the automaker’s sponsorship, which names Radford as the Official High Performance Driving School of Dodge//SRT. With the purchase of a new Dodge//SRT vehicle, owners receive a day at Radford Racing School that includes professional dri...
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New Z06 Scheduled for Summer 2022. 0-60 MPH in 2.6 Seconds
October 27th, 2021 Chris Phillip
Chevy is hitting home run after home run with the eighth generation Corvette and now it's grand slam time. Beginning in summer 2022, production orders for the 2023 Corvette Z06 begin and this is a game-changer for Corvette fans. Chevy brags the new Z06 will be the most powerful naturally aspirated Corvette ever made - 670 horsepower. Even more impressive is the 0-60 mph time - 3.6 seconds. The new...
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Hybrid Mustang Two Years Away - The Legendary 5.0 Gets a Jolt
October 26th, 2021 Chris Phillip
The news all over the Internet this week is about the 2023 Ford Mustang, which, according to sources, is getting hybrid 5.0L and hybrid 2.3L Ecoboost powerplants. According to one news site, "An eagled-eyed member of the Mustang7G.com forums spotted an engineer who reportedly listed experience working on two separate powertrains marked as hybrids — one based on the 2.3-liter turbocharged four-cyli...
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