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By Clay McNear

Published on January 16, 2008 at 4:01am

Dodge? Cool? Who knew? While we’ve been preoccupied with the Far East, the American auto manufacturer has been making insidious inroads into our collective subconscious with its whiz-bang Viper engines and curvaceous Rams. Join fellow fanatics at the Viper Truck Club of America’s MOPAR Desert Challenge.
Sun., Jan. 20, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., 2008


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