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Grudge Match 2023

Six Roadkill rookies are chasing the ultimate glory – or a cold shot of humility. Lucky for them, each has an experienced mentor on their team tasked with one job – keep their rookie from gettin' smoked. Follow each team on their social channels as they build custom rides ready for the strip (powered by a Direct Connection Crate HEMI® engine), then duke it out on Woodward Avenue August 12.

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Team Throtl

Quinn Clark
Rookie

Quinn Clark

Car builder at Throtl. Drifter. Slider. True rookie drag racer.

Rickie Fernandez
Mentor

Rickie Fernandez

Two-time Grudge Match veteran. Driver of the Throtl 1,000+HP Challenger SRT® Hellcat Redeye and 1,000+HP SRT Redeye-swapped Viper.

Team Sick Bastards

EJ Naegeli
Rookie

EJ Naegeli

Vehicle wrapper turned drag racer. A rookie driver who pulled off a 12.29 pass at her first Sick Summer event in a gasser bracket car converted to a drag-and-driver.

Tom Bailey
Mentor

Tom Bailey

Five-time winner of Hot Rod Drag Week. World record holder for street-legal vehicles at 5.77 seconds. Publisher of Sick The Mag and a popular YouTube content creator.

Team Corruptt

Kayla Rundle
Rookie

Kayla Rundle

Automotive design engineer. Performance car enthusiast. Content creator on YouTube, Instagram and TikTok.

Tony Arme
Mentor

Tony Arme

Owner and builder at American Legends Hotrods and Muscle Cars. Grudge Match veteran. Notorious for the “Corruptt Builds” and numerous national award-winning vehicles.

Team Dahminators

Erica Schrull
Rookie

Erica Schrull

Car lover. Dodge enthusiast. Has owned five Dodge Challengers and currently rips in her Pearl White 2016 Dodge Challenger SRT® Hellcat daily driver.

Rob Dahm
Mentor

Rob Dahm

Normal guy. Custom rotary-powered car builder. Content creator on the Rob Dahm YouTube channel. Ready to take on his first piston engine challenge.

Team Soul Snatcher

Lee Carter
Rookie

Lee Carter

Founder of LeeC Parts, a salvage yard specializing in exotics and performance cars. Content creator of the ScrapLife Garage YouTube channel. His car obsession is borderline unhealthy.

Herman Young
Mentor

Herman Young

Content creator of the Demonology YouTube channel, chronicling Dodge SRT® Demon drag racing, tuning and modding. Snatcher of souls.

Team Truck Yeah

Lacey Blair
Rookie

Lacey Blair

Owner of a powder coating shop outside of Dallas, Texas. Truck builder and content creator. First-time drag racer who has competed in dyno and burnout competitions.

Justin Keith
Mentor

Justin Keith

BMX racing prodigy. Founder of Street Car Takeover, the largest street car drag racing series in the country with 18 events at the largest drag strips. Owner of Killer Performance car shop, specializing in restomods.

Team Throtl

Quinn Clark
Rookie

Quinn Clark

Car builder at Throtl. Drifter. Slider. True rookie drag racer.

Rickie Fernandez
Mentor

Rickie Fernandez

Two-time Grudge Match veteran. Driver of the Throtl 1,000+HP Challenger SRT® Hellcat Redeye and 1,000+HP SRT Redeye-swapped Viper.

Team Sick Bastards

EJ Naegeli
Rookie

EJ Naegeli

Vehicle wrapper turned drag racer. A rookie driver who pulled off a 12.29 pass at her first Sick Summer event in a gasser bracket car converted to a drag-and-driver.

Tom Bailey
Mentor

Tom Bailey

Five-time winner of Hot Rod Drag Week. World record holder for street-legal vehicles at 5.77 seconds. Publisher of Sick The Mag and a popular YouTube content creator.