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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.

  • 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.