April 5-7, Bowling Green, KY
4th Annual Challengerfest at Beech Bend Raceway, (798 Beech Bend Road, Bowling Green, KY 42101) presented by ModernMoparForum.com.
Car Show & Drag Race - Modern Mopars welcome.
More info: www.speedysgarage.net

Here at Mopar Muscle, we’ve always had the opinion that when it comes to performance, numbers don’t lie. And while we’ve all been to car shows, cruise nights, or even the racetrack and heard car owners making claims about how much power their Mopar makes or how quick it will go in the quarter-mile, the proof is only realized when that car is strapped to a dyno or makes a pass down the track. So when it was time to come up with a contest to replace the annual engine dyno challenge held at Comp Cams for the past seven years, we felt a chassis dyno competition would be a great way to let our readers not only experience the event, but participate as well. This year marked the First Annual AMSOIL/Mopar Muscle Numbers Don’t Lie Dyno Showdown, held at the largest Mopar-only event in the country, the Mopar Nationals, and the response has been better than we ever expected.

Making a car run the best it can has different meanings for different people. Some feel that however a car runs just by assembling the parts is good enough. Then, there are the few that really make a science out of perfecting how a car runs. Not only is proper parts selection paramount, but every part is then scrutinized to make its small part of the complete package as best as it can be. Then, you have the guys that race their Mopars in the Pure Stock Drags.

If you haven't made plans to attend the All-Mopar Southern Nationals that are being held at the South Georgia Motorsports Park on Memorial Day weekend (May 24, 25, 26), you better hurry up. For those of you in the Southeast portion of the U.S. that haven't yet heard, Mopar Muscle has decided to become the title sponsor of the All-Mopar Southern Nationals and is the largest multiple-event venue in the Southeast for Mopar fans. There will be three days for racing, a two-day car show, and swap meet. You can also keep up to date by checking out our website (www.moparmuscle.com), our facebook page, or the South Georgia Motorsports Park website.

So you think your Mopar is bad enough to win our AMSOIL/Mopar Muscle Dyno Showdown. If so, you need to enter your car in the 2013 Mopar Nationals (August 9-11) and prove it! We will be selecting 20 cars (10 with power adders and 10 without power adders) to see who has the most horsepower at the rear wheels. Entries must be received at the Mopar Muscle office no later than June 21, 2013. All participants are eligible for trophies, prizes, and getting your car featured in Mopar Muscle magazine.

Those of you who regularly read Mopar Muscle have likely realized that we've replaced our annual engine dyno competition with a new contest, the AMSOIL/Mopar Muscle Numbers Don't Lie Dyno Showdown. And while we really enjoyed challenging engine builders to make big power on the dyno at Comp Cam's research facility, watching Mopar owners back up their horsepower claims on a chassis dyno at the Mopar Nationals has proven to be fun as well. This was the first year of our contest and it already proved to be a big hit, attracting plenty of fans to the manufacturer's midway to watch these powerful Mopars run.

January 21, Melbourne, FL

• Mopar Super Swap XIII is hosted by the Mopars of Brevard at the Wickham Park Pavillion in Melbourne Florida
• Mopar swap meet/car corral, car show with no judging, and a model car show. Additionally, we will be having Don Carltons Original Mopar Missile Duster and a special tribute to all of the winged warriors (Daytona's and Superbird's).
• Info: Jon Warner 321-635-8581, jwarner51@cfl.rr.com; Penny Anderson 321-727-1039; pander2211@aol.com

Make plans now! Mopar Muscle magazine presents the All-Mopar Southern Nationals, and it's an event that you need to be at. It's being held Memorial Day weekend (May 24, 25, 26, 2013), at the South Georgia Motorsports Park. There'll be racing, a car show, swap meet and anything else we can get around by then. Come out and have a blast!

So, what is Lone Star Mopar Fest? For starters, it's a late-model mopar event that you have to go to. It's a family-friendly gathering of 2005-Present 300, Charger, Magnum, Challenger, and Jeep SRT owners. The Space City LX club tell us that they wanted to create an event where owners who like to "show" and owners who like to "go" can all gather in one place. They call it "Where appearance and performance converge".

Darren Tedder
Canton, Georgia
'71 Cuda
926 Horsepower

Rick Trunkett
Hinckley, Ohio
'72 Plymouth Duster
781 Horsepower

Lonnie Jefferson
Waterford, Pennsylvania
'67 Coronet
369 Horsepower

Eddie Streeter
Crestwood, Kentucky
'07 SRT 300
364 Horsepower

Terry Brown
Canton, Georgia
'66 Belvedere
578 Horsepower

Tim Almasy
Massilon, Ohio
'99 Dakota
360 Horsepower

Bill Cherry
Brownsburg, Indiana
'11 Challenger SRT
409 Horsepower

David Belcarz
Flat Rock, Michigan
'03 Dodge Ram
268 Horsepower

Aaron Nolan
Macomb, Michigan
'05 Rumble Bee
267 Horsepower

Chas Hoffner
Perkasie, Pennsylvania
'00 Dakota R/T
368 Horsepower

Tom Herrington
Fairview, Pennsylvania
'68 Coronet
400 Horsepower

Matt Austin
Mason, Michigan
'67 Barracuda
314 Horsepower

Brian Akers
Jacksonville, Florida
'01 Dakota R/T
417 Horsepower

Jaime Thompson
Jacksonville, North Carolina
'09 Challenger
541 Horsepower

As automotive enthusiasts, we appreciate all forms of motorsports and enjoy both watching and participating in events with our own cars. While having fun with one of our own Mopars is great, enjoying a little action with someone else's car is even better. So when the crew at Hotchkis Sport Suspension asked if we wanted to not only ride along with their professional drivers, but to also drive their two E-Body Mopars through the autocross and evaluate their handling, we couldn't turn them down.

Ben Leonard
Addison, Michigan
'70 Charger
267 Horsepower