meta_pixel
Tapesearch Logo
Log in
The MuscleCar Place

TMCP #403: Live from Roadkill Nights 2019: Special Feature – Kevin Hellman, John Hammer, David Freiburger, and Mike Finnegan!

The MuscleCar Place

Robert Kibbe

Automotive, Leisure, Business, Careers

4.8701 Ratings

🗓️ 16 August 2019

⏱️ 56 minutes

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

In this weeks show we sent The MuscleCar Place staff writer Scott Stap to Pontiac, Michigan to attend the amazing Roadkill Nights event, presented by Dodge! Listen in for feature interviews with Kevin Hellman (Dodge Brand Manager), John Hammer (Dodge Experiential Manager), and Roadkill's own David Freiburger & Mike Finnegan!

The post TMCP #403: Live from Roadkill Nights 2019: Special Feature – Kevin Hellman, John Hammer, David Freiburger, and Mike Finnegan! first appeared on The Muscle Car Place.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0

The Muscle Car Place Online Podcast, episode number 403.

0:03.7

This week, we are breaking a lot of new ground.

0:06.5

We have Kevin Hellman, the actual brand manager from Dodge, on our show.

0:11.9

We have David Fryberger, the living legend from Hot Rod and Roadkill in his first ever appearance.

0:17.9

On our show.

0:19.1

We have our old pal Mike Finnegan back from Roadkill Finnegan's

0:23.1

garage on our show. And we have John Hammer, a real race car driver who runs Dodges' experiential

0:30.3

marketing team with a fleet of Hellcats on our show. Why? Because we have live coverage from the 2019 Roadkill Nights event. What started

0:41.8

out a few years ago as a crazy idea at the old Pontiac Silver Dome now today has legal drag racing

0:47.6

on Woodward Avenue. Why? Because Dodge is all in. Dodge is putting all their chips in on events like this because events

0:55.4

drive interest, interest drives requests from customers, and request from customers turn into

1:00.6

cars like the 2020 Charger Hellcat Widebody. I mean, the goal here was really to give our customers

1:06.0

more of what they're asking for. So they're always asking for more power and more grip. So

1:09.3

with more power, you need more grip, right? So it's kind of always chasing each other. So, you know, maintains the

1:14.2

707 horsepower, but we have the wider tire patch with those 305s and the 20x11 wheels at all four

1:19.2

corners. So this is the Muscle Car Place weekly online podcast. Brought to you by National Parks Depot.

1:29.2

This is the weekly show dedicated to people worldwide who love American muscle cars.

1:35.1

Whether you're buying them, selling, restoring, or even racing them, this is the place for you.

1:41.4

Now, here's your host, Rob Kibby.

1:47.6

Yes, indeed, I am Rob Kibby and welcome to the Muscle Car Place podcast. Well, this is a fun one, especially if you are a fan of Roadkill and Dodge,

1:54.0

or Roadkill or Dodge, or Dodge or, doesn't matter. It's all going to get covered today. This show is

2:00.3

100% dedicated to both of those

...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Robert Kibbe, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Robert Kibbe and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.

Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.