Street Rodding

It was an exciting event for us, to have the D-Rod featured in the Febuary Issue of Street Rodding. Here is a letter from Christopher Baum, CHME Senior Vice President, Sales & Marketing - Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau.

"Yesterday was quite an exciting day for the Detroit Metro CVB AND Detroit Muscle, as The D-Rod shone brightly during a Ypsilanti photo shoot AND track testing at the Chrysler Proving Grounds in Chelsea.

Shod in B.F. Goodrich wide whitewall MUD & SNOW tires, the car turned .82 Gs on the skidpad, smoked a traction-limited 4.1second 0 to 60 time and- hold onto your hat- a best of 12.26 at 110mph in the 1/4 mile... with "Rapid Rick" Dyer behind the wheel. Car & Driver's Technical Editor, Larry Webster, averaged 121.50, with a peak MPH of 116, so Rick's best ET was no fluke. (The biggest surprise of the day was the weigh-in: 2,866 pounds.) The brakes are finally world class, and both drivers reported that the car was very stable at speed, so The D-Rod goes (and stops) as well as it looks! Let's see: if we add some sticky Goodyear Eagles, change to a Detroit Locker with 4:11s, take off the air cleaner... or we can just keep it the way it is, secure in the knowlege that we can smoke pretty much anything on the street if we have to.

Jeff, Rick and Derrick were a tremendous help in this effort, and in getting the car ready for this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and I can't thank them- and you- enough. It's a pleasure partnering with the entire Detroit Muscle team. Now all we have to do is wait 3-5 months for the feature to come out! I'll let you know when we have a cover date...

Thanks again for everything and best regards, Chris

P.S. As I may have mentioned, the Street Rodder article on The D-Rod is now confirmed for the February issue, which actually comes out much earlier than February."

All of you Detroit Muscle fans out there be sure to pick up the Febuary Issue of Street Rodding when it come out!