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    UP FOR THE CHALLENGE

    Jul 14, 2021 4 minutes
    STORY CRAIG PARKER
    PHOTOS
    MATTHEW EVERINGHAM
    I ALWAYS WANTED TO PUT A HEMI IN IT – IT’S THE REAL REASON I BOUGHT THE CAR

    JON Mitchell was there from the beginning. He was lucky enough to ride shotgun in one of the 18 cars that contested Street Machine’s very first Drag Challenge in 2014. “I went with Steve Reimann in his Dodge Dart, and I’ve done every Drag Challenge since,” he says.

    That first DC experience caught Jon hook, line and sinker. At the time, this 1970 Dodge Challenger was at home in his garage, still mid-build. “It really inspired me to finish the car and get it ready for the following year,” he says.

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