Dodge announced today that it will be building another batch of Challenger Drag Pak cars for 2010.

The company constructed 100 of the drag-strip specials for 2009. The 2010 car is priced at $39,999 and is built for sanctioned NHRA Stock, Super Stock and Comp Eliminator racing. Don't get any funny ideas now, the Drag Pak cars are not street legal.

The 2010 car is offered only with the 6.1-liter Hemi V8. The 2009 car could also be had with a 5.7-liter Hemi and a 5.9-liter Magnum Wedge. The company says 90 percent of the 2009 cars were ordered with the 6.1-liter so there was little point in continuing with the other engines. The 2010 car can be ordered with a 6-speed manual or a 5-speed automatic transmission.

Like the 2009 version, the new batch of cars are about 1,000 pounds lighter than the two-ton-plus street Challenger and includes composite lift-off hood with scoop, Viper-style front seats, polycarbonate door windows, a light-weight cooling module with electric fan, manual rack-and-pinion steering, light-weight front brakes and a special cable-operated throttle linkage and pedal assembly.

Want one of the 70 Drag Pak cars that Mopar will build for 2010? Well, then you've got to submit an application to Mopar, which is, or soon will be,  acquirable at www.mopar.com.