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Less than 24 hours after more than 10,000 people attended the first-ever “Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge,” the auto brand on Thursday announced the event will return in 2016. Dodge and SRT President and CEO Tim Kuniskis said the Fiat Chrysler... “The ‘Roadkill Nights powered by Dodge’ came together very organically and in a very short amount of time,” Kuniskis said in a statement on Thursday. thrill rides with professional drivers in Dodge Viper SRT and Dodge Charger and Challenger SRT Hellcat models. A competition also took place that awarded the fastest Dodge vehicle owner a 707-horsepower Hellcat engine with transmission and wiring harness. Sterling Heights resident Brandon Phillips won the engine with his 1969 Dodge Challenger Super Bee 446 Pack. He beat a 2001 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins diesel. The feature race of the night pitted Richard Rawlings’ Gas Monkey Garage custom 1967 Dodge Dart powered by a Dodge SRT Hellcat powertrain against Roadkill’s “General Mayhem” 1968 Dodge Charger, also upfitted with a Hellcat powertrain. Source: www.detroitnews.com