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Roadkill Powered by Dodge Returns for 2018 with More Legal Street Racing

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Dodge has announced that the brand will be sponsoring the 4th consecutive Roadkill automotive festival in Metro Detroit on August 18th, with the main attractions once again being organized street racing, Dodge-themed displays and a massive Show-N-Shine field.

Since 2015, the Roadkill Nights by Dodge automotive festival has been held in Metro Detroit and while the event has changed a bit since the first year, the key attraction is the same. This event offers legal street racing on Detroit's Woodward Avenue, with some insanely fast cars battling on the narrow street track.

History of Roadkill Detroit
The first Roadkill Detroit was held in the parking lot of the old Pontiac Silverdome and back in 2015, they had free drag racing, a free show-n-shine, free admission and plenty of free Dodge swag.

The event in the parking lot of the former Detroit Lions stadium was a huge success, but in 2016, the event moved to the then-new M1 Concourse road racing facility and with that move, the drag racing program was moved to the stretch of Woodward Avenue. For the first time ever, there was legal, organized street racing held in Metro Detroit, making the second Roadkill event a big success as well.

That event also had a big Show-N-Shine area, lots of Dodge-themed displays with free stuff and the insanely popular Dodge thrill rides.

The 2017 Roadkill Nights by Dodge event followed the same format as 2016, but on-and-off rain and a bad crash early in the day pretty much trashed the racing program while also driving away show cars and spectators. It really wasn't a whole lot of fun, but that was Mother Nature's fault and had there not been so much rain all day long, it would have been another fun day for all.

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