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Hey, a little Challenger never hurt ‘nobody! I grew up in the Bronx in the ‘70's and Muscle Cars were all around me well into the ‘80’s. My older brother would take me to the bicycle shop so we could buy little cars picked out from the Matchbox and Hot Wheels displays. In time I took my younger brother to do the same. Cars of all sizes became very cool to me in their own way and on their own scale, especially Muscle Cars!
I started a blog and website in 2012 to showcase the die cast Challengers and the full scale Challengers they were based on. My dream was to take and post a picture of a Challenger every day and share some of the smiles that it brought to me with the world. My original goal has always been to make people smile. Challengeroftheday.com is a vehicle to make this happen.
Every day is a Challenger Convention for me. I love taking photos of full size cars and scaled down versions. I try to capture the essence of the cars I am photographing - no matter what size. I want to capture the joy I feel and share it. I want to make people as happy looking at the pictures as I am taking them.
I love life and appreciate how fortunate I am. I have been able to make a lot of people smile since I landed in the driver’s seat of my 2011 Dodge Challenger. Now I'm smiling more than ever in my 2019 Scat Pack Challenger. I’ve also made some really great friends as a result of the Challenger connection to a shared passion. Not just a shared passion for Muscle Cars either but for the secret power they represent. The power to make people smile!
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Sophia's Beast
Challenger of the Day
Sophia Cormier is a real character! But she also possesses a super power - the natural ability to make people smile!! Paired with her trusty sidekick, Beast, she is a force to be reckoned with!!! Check out her words and follow Sophia & Beast in the links below!!
Hello. My name is Sophia Cormier. I am a proud owner of a 2014 Dodge Challenger RT 100th Anniversary edition. I named my Challenger, ‘Beast’. Beast is 1 of 151. I feel in love with Beast when I saw him on the dealership show room floor, and knew he was the one for me. I bought him brand new. I take Beast drag racing up at New England Dragway. My best time is 13.3 at 106mph. I daily my Challenger, and love doing snownuts (snow donuts). I love going to car shows and meets, displaying my vehicle, and love taking pictures and videos. I look forward to seeing and meeting fellow car enthusiasts at car shows and meets. I always get excited to see another Mopar. Mopar or no car!
moreAngry Grape Ape
Charger of the Day
It takes a positive mindset and a daily consistency to be Charger of the Day. Persistently creating and outputting a motivating feeling comes naturally to those who seek to embrace this road. Once you are driven to help others it becomes your own motivation and an abundant source of energy. Don't be fooled by his angry visage. Bryan Donaldson is a really good guy who would go out of his way to help you or someone else he never met! It is a great pleasure to introduce Bryan and Angry Grape Ape!!!
For as long as I could remember I have always wanted a muscle car. Ford Mustang, Chevy Corvette, and of course the Dodge Charger. Because of some very difficult situations, I was in a wreck in 2012 and messed my back up pretty bad, and was receiving disability from the VA for injuries that occurred in the military. I was finally blessed with the opportunity to purchase one of my dream cars. It has been a blast and the community of Dodge owners is beyond amazing.
I came from the Jeep scene and that in itself is a whole culture. I am an advocate for Veterans when it come to Vet suicide, I am a suicide survivor, and I am a ministry leader for a Christ Centered 12 step recovery program called Celebrate Recovery. I am working towards a bachelor degree in Christian Ministries with the goal of becoming a pastor. I’m not famous or anything but because of the Grace of God and what he has done in my life I’m able to help others to find healing and hope in a hopeless world. I love to encourage others and help them with what I’ve been through in my life. I would have decals all over my car now to bring awareness but my wife won’t let me. She says the car is way more sexy without them.
moreClydeGreenF8
Challenger of the Day
It takes the right combination of Excitement, Enthusiasm and Energy to be the quintessential Challenger of the Day. Stacy McNabb Griffin has that perfect mixture and with a muse like Clyde it is no wonder. Please read Stacy's story, check out her amazing photos of Clyde, and follow the Instagram Link at the bottom of the article!!!
Many thanks to Challenger Joe for featuring #ClydeGreenF8! Our quest for the perfect ride began last year at Camaro Fest in Maggie Valley, NC, where we reminisced about Smokey & The Bandit and fell in love with America's classic muscle cars. We scoured Facebook Marketplace, buying a beat-up Camaro and Firebird, eager to get them restored and hit the open road "south bound and down". But soon, we realized we'd bitten off more than we could chew.
After fruitless weekends of restoration work, my husband surprised me with a LastCall 2023 Challenger RT WideBody ScatPack Swinger Edition in F8 Green - the same color as my 1992 Chevrolet S-10 from the day we met! After 25 years of family life in minivans and Suburbans, we're thrilled to cruise in our new Challenger on weekends, windows down and music blasting.
moreTwisted Hemi
Charger of the Day
Patrick Ammons is a Car Guy's Car Guy who goes out if his way to promote the Positive side of car culture and share his enthusiasm. His Dodge Charger is truly an amazing one of a kind build! He shows it and competes in car shows and also shares great pics on his Facebook page including all the other cars he sees at the shows!!
I asked Patrick for a few words about his car and true to form he speaks about uniting car enthusiasts. It is no wonder he is a Top Rising Creator on Facebook. Listen to what he has to say and get to a car show in person or on his personal page. It is a great pleasure to share with you the First Dodge Charger Featured on ChargeroftheDay.com!!!
Patrick Ammons: "Something that I want others to know is that progress takes time. If you put in the hard work and time to better yourself you are able to accomplish anything you put your mind to. In the car community there are going to be people that try to put you down. They are going to look down on what you are doing and the moves that you are making. People need to know to ignore those people and continue what you are doing. The hard work and dedication will pay off in the end. Those same people that are putting you down will never be able to accomplish what you are doing. It's easy to get caught up on what people will say about you but remember to always press forward."
moreThe Beest
Challenger of the Day
It is a great pleasure to share with you the Featured Challenger of the Day: The Beest & Nita Wade!!! We love sharing smiles at ChallengeroftheDay.com and The Beest and Nita are both Smile Machines!!! Please Follow Nita at the links below the photos and Smile!!!
I bought The Beest 3.5 years ago. I had just purchased a beautiful brand new (but boring) Rav4, and for some reason started looking around for something a little more exciting. I'm a 63-year-old female, and fast cars, modified cars, racing is in my blood (genetically) but unlike my brother (who had a Viper and multiple Mopars his whole life), I never fully embraced it. Oh, I always modified my cars a bit, added the sports package in both brand-new Toyotas I bought, but that's about it. I was always sensible. Lol. When my brother heard I was looking for something, he immediately started hunting for a yellow Challenger because he knew I had a thing for yellow cars, and HE was a Mopar fanatic. I didn't really care one way or the other...Until I saw that car on the dealership website, and my whole life changed.
Since I bought that car, it went from being 'a beast' to him being The Beest. He became a living thing, and I started making little changes, which turned into huge changes. My vision for what The Beest would become has pretty much stayed consistent. I wanted him to be a car that, when he drove by you, you snapped your head and did a double take. If he pulled into a parking lot, folks walking by would stop and stare. If he went to a car show, people took notice. He's done all these things and so much more. The feeling I get when other car owners come over and start noticing all the little details, when they drool over how he sounds, gushing over this car I've poured my heart and soul into, is unbelievably rewarding. And the kids! To them this car is an immediate magnet. No, it's not a Camaro, but many still say 'Bumblebee' And gravitate to it... Wanting to touch it and get inside. And I let them. After all, it's still 'just a car'. Fingerprints wipe off, and if I can make their day by letting them sit in my driver seat? That car show was successful, and My day is complete. There's nothing better.
moreNorm Jr aka Lee
Challenger Joe and Friends!!!
My friends Joey, Barry and I would sit at the bus stop and watch the cars pass by. We lived in The Bronx, home to the busiest street in the country, and in the late seventies we saw every kind of muscle car and every car ever made for that matter. Dodges were always among our favorites and as ten year olds we already knew who Mr.Norm was!!!
I was so excited to have the chance to interview Norm Jr., aka Lee Kraus, and talk about his Tribute Challenger for his legendary dad Mr. Norm. We had a great conversation and he shared his perspective about what it was like being a kid at the Most Famous Dodge Dealership in the world. He shared a lot more than that! We really hit it off and spoke for over an hour about everything from classic muscle cars to the current state of affairs for the car industry. I was looking for a little background to drive this story and drove away with a great friend. Thank you very much Lee (aka Norm Jr) for taking that ride with me!!!
It is with great pleasure that I present Mr Norm’s son Lee Kraus, aka Norm Jr., and his Amazing Tribute Challenger!!!
1) Growing up with your dad, did you ever feel like a kid inside a candy store?
moreFar Out
Challenger of the Day
There are about 300 billion stars in the Milky Way Galaxy and 4000 Solar Planetary Systems. Some stars shine brighter than others and Katsuya Tamaki's photographs are really out of this world. It is with Great Joy that I present these Far Out Challengers!!!
"I live in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, and there are many mountains around. So I'm doing some tuning so that I can drive comfortably on the mountain pass. In Japan, this car has been featured in magazines many times. I also have an old 1973 Challenger. Also ram van and Grand Cherokee are unified in blue".
moreS1NYSTR
Challenger of the Day
This sinisiter Challenger is an awesome build that was first contemplated back in the early seventies! Check out John Cimino's Scat Pack Shaker Story:
Just love the journey with this car. I grew up in Newark NJ and a friend of mine had a 1973 Challenger with a 318 and 3 speed. As a teenager we cruised in that car until the wheels fell off. I swore that one day I would own a Challenger of my own. Well that day came and I bought this car as a Basic Black Scat Pack and just kept adding to it to make it my own. All red carbon fiber accents. Painted the SHAKER in Redline Pearlcoat. All engine accents from American Brother Designs. Oil Catch can from Billet Technologies. Borla Atak Exhaust. Marquee Red/Black Rims. 275/40/20 Cooper Tires. Barton Shifter. Custom Splitter from Downforce Solutions. Tiger Stripe Taillights from Luxe Auto and the list goes on. This is my daily driver with 84,000 miles on it. If you have something you enjoy you should use it! I still look back to admire it every time I park.
Check out more photos on Instagram s1nystr2016 and on Facebook John Cimino and Follow That Challenger!!
moreRubyred
Challenger of the Day
This Awesome Cuda Tribute by Ruby Guerrero Workman is definitely a labor of love! Dedicated to her mom, Maria Romero Guerrero, it is a great modern rendition of the original Cuda. Now a word from the proud owner:
“This is my beautiful beast Rubyred. When I was a kid, my mom had a red ’71 Cuda and it’s what started my obsession with muscle cars! When my mom became ill with Cancer, I looked around for a Cuda I could restore but my budget wasn't great. I bought Rubyred and decided to do a total conversion Cuda kit for my mom. She passed away four months after I bought her. So it became a project in memory of her. I know she’s grinning ear to ear even though she never saw it completed. I'm still doing things to her but I love her to pieces. Even if don't win I hope people appreciate my love of muscle cars and the labor of love I took on!”
Ruby has a contagious passion for Challengers and is also the creator of the Facebook Group Dodge Challenger Owners & proud of it! ;). Check out the group and click here to connect with Ruby on Facebook and Instagram too!
moreChallenger Joe Featured In Mopar Magazine


