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[[Image:MotownMissle.jpg|thumb|350px|Motown Missile Challenger]]

== Intro ==
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The Motown Missile (the name changed to the Mopar Missile for the 72 [[Cuda]]) originally a 1970 [[Dodge]] [[Challenger]] that [[Chrysler]] had the [[Ram Chargers]] build as a test bed for the new [[Pro Stock]] class of the [[NHRA]]. New ideas were tied and the better ideas were passed along to the other [[Chrysler Sponsored Drivers]].

== Drivers ==

* [[Dick Oldfield]] was the first driver of the Motown Missile. He also worked on the [[transmissions]] and rear chassis. Oldfield, originally from Buffalo, New York,  had previously driven a Chrysler sponsored  64 [[Hemi]] Dodge in [[Super Stock]] called the [[Iron Butterfly]], which was made famous from a horrific transmission explosion at the [[US Nationals]] in 1969.
* [[Akron Arlen Vanke]]

== Crew ==

== Cars ==

=== 70/71 Challenger ===

The first of the Motown Missiles was a 1970 Dodge Challenger. It was updated to a 1971 in 71 with replacement of the front and rear panels and [[tail lights]]. One of the more famous items tested was the [[Clutchflite]], which was basically and [[automatic transmission]] using a heavy flywheel and a [[clutch]] (instead of a [[torque converter]]) to launch. They're were deemed to not be reliable and a 4-speed replaced it. Another one of the less successful items tested was to lighten the [[rear axle housing]] by [[acid dipping]], [[Swiss Cheese Drill]] it, and use [[freeze plugs]] to plug the holes.

=== 72 Cuda ===

=== 73 [[Duster]] ===

== Sponsors ==

* [[Jegs]]

== References ==

* [[Mopar Action Magazine]] October 2010 pgs 10-15
* [http://www.competitionplus.com/2005_10/missile.html Competition Plus.com]

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