{"id":30832,"date":"2023-04-28T16:42:33","date_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/?p=30832"},"modified":"2023-04-28T16:42:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-28T20:42:33","slug":"payne-dodges-roadkill-nights-moving-to-a-new-strip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/henrypayne.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/payne-dodges-roadkill-nights-moving-to-a-new-strip","title":{"rendered":"Payne: Dodge’s Roadkill Nights moving to a new strip"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roadkill Nights is finding new roads to slay.<\/p>\n

Sponsored by Dodge, MotorTrend\u2019s popular, tire-smoking, ear-shattering, legal drag racing\u00a0event on Woodward Avenue in Pontiac is moving to a new venue this August. Since 2016, it has entertained muscle car fans at the corner of Woodward and South Boulevard and the adjoining M1 Concourse car club property. MotorTrend told M1 this month that the event is moving to a new location.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were apparently concerns with construction on the southbound lanes of Woodward to put in a U-turn lane and whether that might change the configuration of the drag strip,\u201d said M1 CEO Tim McGrane. \u201cConcerns included whether the construction could be done on schedule, and if the northbound lanes would be a suitable, safe alternative.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Michigan Department of Transportation is putting in a Michigan turn north of the busy Woodward-South Boulevard intersection and construction is scheduled to wrap up by Memorial Day. But for MotorTrend, the key issue was safety.<\/p>\n

“M1 has been a tremendous partner. Changing our venue is the result of MDOT making road improvements for the businesses in the area,” said MotorTrend Chief Commercial Officer Eric Schwab who brainstormed the idea of Roadkill Nights with Dodge boss Tim Kuniskis nine years ago. “Putting in a Michigan turn there prevents the southbound lanes from being a straight shot.”<\/p>\n