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Dodge Direct Connection and Jay Leno's Garage Team Up to Offer New Line of Co-branded Premium Car Care Products

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Saturday, August 19, 2023
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Direct Connection, Dodge brand's performance parts line, and Jay Leno's Garage announce a new line of co-branded car care products

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  • Direct Connection, Dodge brand's performance parts line, and Jay Leno's Garage announce a new line of co-branded car care products
    New initiative will deliver more than 20 premium car detailing and car wash supplies under the Direct Connection/Jay Leno's Garage banner, including Direct Connection quick detailer, Direct Connection interior detailer, Direct Connection all-purpose cleaner and more
    Iconic television host and comedian Jay Leno and Dodge Brand CEO Tim Kuniskis teamed up today to announce a new line of co-branded car care products from Direct Connection, the Dodge brand's performance products line, and Jay Leno's Garage.
  • The new initiative will feature more than 20 premium car detailing and car wash products under the Direct Connection/Jay Leno's Garage banner, including Direct Connection quick detailer, Direct Connection interior detailer, Direct Connection all-purpose cleaner and many more products.
  • Jay Leno's Garage was also announced earlier this spring as the trusted source for premium car care products delivered with the new, 1,025-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170.
  • The Direct Connection detailing bucket starter kit, delivered in a 3.5-gallon Direct Connection bucket, will include:
    The new car care products will be offered exclusively at DCPerformance.com , the online headquarters of the Direct Connection brand.

NPMA Launches New Video Series as a Cautionary Reminder of Stinging Insect Dangers

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Wednesday, August 9, 2023
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FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beware of stingers! The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) unveiled its latest video project, Do Not Disturb, to show consumers just how easy it is to accidentally disturb stinging or biting insects.

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  • Project seeks to educate the public about various stinging insect species found in the U.S.
    FAIRFAX, Va., Aug. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Beware of stingers!
  • The National Pest Management Association (NPMA) unveiled its latest video project, Do Not Disturb , to show consumers just how easy it is to accidentally disturb stinging or biting insects.
  • "Every year, 500,000 Americans visit the Emergency Room due to injuries related to stinging insects," said Dr. Jim Fredericks, board-certified entomologist and Senior Vice President of Public Affairs at NPMA.
  • "Do Not Disturb was created to show that insect bites and stings can be more than just a nuisance.

How to Prevent Unwanted Pests from Invading Your Backyard Barbecues this Summer

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Thursday, July 27, 2023
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FAIRFAX, Va., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of summer, barbecues and outdoor gatherings are in full swing and unwanted pests are hoping to join in on the fun. An online survey from the National Recreation and Park Association reports having a picnic or barbecue is a favorite summertime outdoor activity in the U.S. To protect families during their summer celebrations, the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) is sharing tips to prevent encounters with pests like ants, ticks, mosquitoes and stinging insects.

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  • FAIRFAX, Va., July 26, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- In the midst of summer, barbecues and outdoor gatherings are in full swing and unwanted pests are hoping to join in on the fun.
  • NPMA is warning Americans about the threats pests pose and how to prevent them from ruining backyard barbecues.
  • "Summer barbecues are supposed to be all about fun but mosquitoes and ticks are a couple of pests that are more than just a nuisance.
  • You'll want to watch out for stinging insects especially – these pests send more than half a million people to the emergency room each year."

Last Call for Dodge 'Last Call,' Drive Begins for Final Orders of HEMI®-powered 2023 Dodge Challenger and Charger Muscle Cars

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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Production of 2023 Dodge Charger and Challenger vehicles will end no later than December 31, 2023.

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  • Production of 2023 Dodge Charger and Challenger vehicles will end no later than December 31, 2023.
  • For more information on the Dodge Challenger, Dodge Charger and all-new Dodge Hornet, visit Dodge.com .
  • The 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 represents the seventh and final Dodge "Last Call" special-edition model, commemorating the Dodge Challenger and Dodge Charger, which are coming to an end in their current HEMI-engine-powered forms at the end of 2023.
  • Six Dodge "Last Call" models were previously introduced: the Dodge Challenger Shakedown, Dodge Charger Super Bee, Dodge Challenger and Charger Scat Pack Swinger, Dodge Charger King Daytona and Dodge Challenger Black Ghost.

Racing History Revived: Oldest Known NASCAR Champion Car Featured in Documentary, on Display at Henry Ford Museum

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Monday, July 17, 2023
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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich., July 17, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The Hagerty Drivers Foundation, a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, debuts its documentary on the history of the oldest known NASCAR championship car, titled "The Fabulous Hudson Hornet."

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  • The film uncovers the serendipitous turn of events that led the small Detroit manufacturer to become a standout champion in the emerging stock car racing craze of post-war America.
  • At the center of the story is a humble, self-trained racer named Herb Thomas, one of stock car racing's first stars.
  • A special exhibit at the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation opened this past weekend in conjunction with the debut of the documentary.
  • The influential race car featured in the film, will be displayed at the museum until October 22, 2023.

Organic Brand Tractor Beverage Company Takes On Industry Monoliths In Its First Ad Campaign

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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
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Tractor Beverage Company , the first and only certified organic, non-GMO beverage company dedicated to foodservice, is launching its debut consumer ad campaign that takes industry monoliths head on.

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  • Tractor Beverage Company , the first and only certified organic, non-GMO beverage company dedicated to foodservice, is launching its debut consumer ad campaign that takes industry monoliths head on.
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    Organic Brand Tractor Beverage Company Takes On Industry Monoliths In Its First Ad Campaign (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Farmer-founded, the Tractor team is on a mission to create a cleaner, healthier planet, one drink at a time.
  • But being the new beverage company on the block is tough in a competitive environment with limited fountain space and a QSR landscape dominated by legacy soda conglomerates.
  • But with industry monoliths taking notice and attempting to prevent Tractor’s expansion, the brand decided to take their mission and their message directly to consumers.

What's behind Australia's $1 billion defence deal with Germany?

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Tuesday, July 11, 2023
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This unique deal, worth more than A$1 billion, is driven by the demands for a rapid German rearmament after the strategic shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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  • This unique deal, worth more than A$1 billion, is driven by the demands for a rapid German rearmament after the strategic shock of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
  • Germany doesn’t have adequate military production capacity to meet its suddenly pressing new defence needs.
  • Then, if necessary, an airborne air defence fighter aircraft could be vectored to intercept the intruder.
  • With this move, Australia will now share the burden of continual air patrols in Eastern Europe made necessary by the Russian invasion.

Bringing Germany and Australia closer together

    • As part of the contract, the Australian government mandated Rheinmetall build the majority of the vehicles in Australia.
    • The new Boxers being built for Germany will be based on the Australian Army’s reconnaissance vehicle design, but given a different name: “heavy weapon carrier infantry”.
    • The Boxer deal helps to bring Germany and Australia closer at a time when Berlin is increasingly interested in Indo-Pacific defence matters.
    • And later this month, Germany will send more than 200 soldiers to participate in the
      Talisman Sabre, a large, multinational, military exercise in eastern Australia.

Why the deal matters to both countries

    • For Scholz, buying vehicles from the factory of a German arms manufacturer in Australia is more attractive than buying US-made arms.
    • Moreover, the deal would seem pivotal in ensuring Rheinmetall Defence Australia is now chosen over South Korea’s Hanwha to build 129 new Infantry Fighting Vehicles for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
    • For Albanese, the Boxer deal is one of Australia’s largest defence export orders ever, which will create hundreds of jobs.
    • However, the deal will have some direct effects on the defence force in the short term.

Could more deals be forthcoming?

    • These deals were announced even before the NATO summit, so could there be more to come?
    • Australia is reportedly in negotiations to potentially give up to 41 old Hornet fighter jets to Ukraine.
    • Ukraine is apparently interested in the retired jets, if perhaps only to spur others into gifting it a much larger number of F-16s.

Australia is not giving Ukraine the military support it needs – sending our retired jets would be a start

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Tuesday, June 27, 2023
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This week, Australia announced its latest package of military and humanitarian support for Ukraine, totalling approximately A$110 million.

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  • This week, Australia announced its latest package of military and humanitarian support for Ukraine, totalling approximately A$110 million.
  • The package comprises 70 military vehicles, which include 28 M113 armoured personnel carriers and other support vehicles (trucks, trailers and “special operations vehicles”).

Why has this latest package been criticised?

    • The primary issue with the package is the supply of the M113 armoured personnel carriers.
    • The M113 armoured personnel carriers that Australia is sending to Ukraine date back to the Vietnam War.
    • Australia is in the process of retiring them in favour of a new, modern design of armoured personnel carrier.

Why are we not giving the Ukrainians what they want

    • As Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said this week:
      On Hawkei, I know that has been raised, the advice is that would not be the best way to provide assistance to Ukraine.
    • On Hawkei, I know that has been raised, the advice is that would not be the best way to provide assistance to Ukraine.
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      Why can't the West agree on how much military support to send to Ukraine?

We have other hardware we could offer

    • Ukraine’s air force currently utilises old Soviet-era fighters, predominantly MiG-29s and Sukhoi Su-27s, which have been jerry-rigged to deploy Western munitions.
    • After dragging its feet for months, the US recently announced it will approve allied exports of F-16 jets to Ukraine.
    • First, it would require export approval from the US, which is required for all US military hardware to be resold or re-exported.
    • However, this will be an issue for the F-16, or any other Western fighter jet sent to Ukraine’s air force.

Why Australia should do more

    • The European Union, for instance, just announced it will increase its military aid fund to Ukraine by a further €3.5 billion (A$5.7 billion).
    • But as Matthew Sussex, one of Australia’s leading Russia experts, has pointed out, Russia is a strategic competitor to Australia that will increasingly pivot its attention to the Indo-Pacific region.
    • As such, our geographic distance is no excuse for weak support to a state attempting to counter an illegal and devastating invasion by Russia.

'MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge' Moves Street-legal Drag Racing on Woodward to New Location, Expands Footprint of Horsepower Festival

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Thursday, June 15, 2023
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"We can't wait to bring Roadkill Nights and street-legal drag racing to the heart of downtown Pontiac," said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand CEO – Stellantis.

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  • "We can't wait to bring Roadkill Nights and street-legal drag racing to the heart of downtown Pontiac," said Tim Kuniskis, Dodge brand CEO – Stellantis.
  • "Roadkill Nights continues to evolve each year, with the Pontiac stop serving as the second of two Roadkill Nights events in 2023.
  • MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge, now in its eighth year, will mark its second stop of 2023 with the event's visit to Pontiac.
  • More details on the 2023 MotorTrend Presents Roadkill Nights Powered by Dodge event will be shared in the coming weeks.

Midwest Automotive Media Association Rallies 100 Journalists for the 2023 Rally

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Thursday, June 8, 2023
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The Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) hosted the 2023 Rally May 23-25 at Road America.

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  • The Midwest Automotive Media Association (MAMA) hosted the 2023 Rally May 23-25 at Road America.
  • 100 journalists put nearly 90 of the industry’s latest vehicles through their paces including on-track, autocross, street drives, and a technical off-road course sponsored by Jeep.
  • Honda wrapped up the day with a dinner presentation on the latest safety technology in the 2023 Honda Pilot.
  • More than ever before, Rally has proven to be a robust content generator for media members.