Originally Posted by graywolf624
Actually I have to agree with the waste comment, only because the car needed to make it past round 1 to be marketed.. instead they spend the money for logistics only to lose the car.
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True. $2,600 entry fee, probably prepaid lodging fees, wheels and tires, a brown vest and a beanie.
Wrecking a new Challenger in front of all those potential buyers for the very first time? Priceless.
*Seeing how there may be a lot of potential buyers in the crowd, Chrysler entered a replacement.
After putting the first Challenger in the fence yesterday, co-drivers Erich and Ralph, design engineers for Chrysler, have returned to the circuit with a whole 'nother car. One Lap of America will be an exhibition run for them now, since you can't officially run for points once you've replaced your car—so now they're just in it for kicks. The orange SRT rolled into the paddock this morning at Mid America Motorplex in Pacific Junction, Iowa, and completed a perfectly respectable and wreck-free run out on the track.
Ralph told me that they drove wrecked Challenger 200 miles in the shape it was in yesterday with no problems, getting 19 mpg on the highway. It's getting repaired at a friend's shop, and Ralph confirmed that it'll likely be run in the Targa Newfoundland, Canada's version of the Mille Miglia. It's a good thing that race cars never die!
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