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Article: DODGE RETURNS TO MONSTER TRUCK RACING.
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- Advanced Materials & Composites News
- Article date:
- January 21, 2002
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After a six year absence from factory-backed monster truck racing, Dodge is grabbing the competition by the horns and debuting an all-new 2002 Ram-based "Raminator" to Chrysler Group employees and Michigan monster truck fans.
The truck made its competitive debut January 19, in the U.S. Hot Rod Association Monster Jam at the Pontiac (Mich.) Silverdome.
The "Raminator" name was selected from more than 1,500 employee entries. The contest to name the Dodge monster truck drew submissions from all over the world, and sometimes came with drawings and photographs. Dan Miles, an electrician at DaimlerChrysler's Sterling Heights (Mich.) Assembly Plant, was lucky ...