Dodge is keeping its training pipeline intact. The brand today announced a multi-year extension of its partnership with Radford Racing School in Chandler, Arizona, and confirmed that the 600-hp Charger Super Bee Launch Edition will join the school’s fleet when it hits dealerships early next year. For Super Bee buyers, a day of professional instruction at Radford’s 1.6-mile road course comes standard with the vehicle purchase.
The arrangement isn’t new, but the hardware is. The Charger Super Bee brings with it the twin-turbo SIXPACK H.O. engine dialed to 600 hp via a custom calibration, larger 56mm Garrett turbos, and enhanced thermal capacity built specifically for track use. That’s 50 hp more than the Charger Scat Pack’s 550-hp SIXPACK engine, which has been part of the Radford program alongside the 710-hp Durango SRT Hellcat. The Super Bee also adds 16-inch Brembo brakes (the first time that hardware has appeared standard on a SIXPACK Charger), 20-by-11-inch wheels shod with 305 summer tires, functional aerodynamics, and adaptive damping suspension. As detailed at its August debut, the car also posts a 3.6-second 0-60 time, making it the quickest SIXPACK Charger in the lineup.
The Radford program itself covers an 80/20 split of in-car and classroom time. On the performance side, attendees run lead/follow laps on the 1.6-mile road course, work the slalom course and skid/drift pad, and practice braking exercises. Classroom sessions cover vehicle dynamics, accident avoidance, and hands-on instruction for Dodge-specific features including Launch Control and Line Lock. For Charger Scat Pack and Durango SRT Hellcat buyers, the same one-day package is included as part of their purchase.
Radford maintains a fleet of approximately 80 Dodge performance vehicles for the program. Beyond the included day, the school runs paid advanced courses in high-performance driving, GT road racing, defensive driving, and drag racing, with NHRA Sportsman and SCCA license certification available. Dodge owners who previously attended through a prior vehicle purchase can apply credits from a new qualifying purchase toward one of those advanced programs. Owners of non-qualifying vehicles can also pay for access directly through the school.
Dodge’s current Charger lineup runs from the 420-hp SIXPACK R/T through the 600-hp Super Bee Launch Edition at the gas-powered peak, with the all-electric 670-hp Charger Daytona Scat Pack sitting above all of them on output. Every Charger ships with standard AWD and is available as a two-door coupe or four-door sedan. The Durango SRT Hellcat, meanwhile, carries Dodge’s claim of most powerful gas SUV ever via its supercharged 6.2-liter HEMI V8 producing 710 hp and 645 lb-ft of torque.
Dodge sold 24,095 Chargers in 2024, a steep drop from the 70,000-to-80,000-unit annual pace the nameplate held earlier in the decade, when the predecessor LX-platform cars filled dealerships. The brand is now betting on track-credible special editions and factory driving experiences to keep the nameplate visible in a segment that now counts the Ford Mustang, BMW M2, and Toyota GR Supra among its competitive yardsticks. Tying a Radford day to the Super Bee purchase is part of that logic: the car is engineered to be used on a road course, and Dodge wants buyers to actually use it there.
The Super Bee Launch Edition begins arriving at dealerships early in 2027. Dodge has not announced pricing for the Super Bee trim specifically, though the Radford day is included in the purchase rather than offered as a paid add-on.
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