There’s a minimum of one Dodge Challenger SRT Demon on the earth that is doing what it was designed and constructed to do. A current video from Drag Race and Automotive Stuff on YouTube takes us to Houston Raceway Park in Texas for a sequence of drag races the place the slowest automotive runs 10 seconds flat with a velocity of 141 mph.
Thoughts you, this discipline features a Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, which runs the quarter-mile in 11.6 seconds straight from the manufacturing unit flooring. It is a far cry from a mid-nine-second Demon, however it’s best to know that not one of the autos on this video are inventory. The truth is, it is the Jeep that runs the aforementioned time of 10 seconds at 141 mph. We do not know what modifications are executed to the SUV for that form of efficiency, however we clearly see the purging of a nitrous oxide system occurring on the beginning line.
Technically talking, the Trackhawk runs 10.02 seconds, which might be sufficient to rival a inventory Demon. Alas, we additionally see some naawws purging from the Challenger, and the parachute on the again is not only for present. When the sunshine goes inexperienced the Demon’s wheels go airborne and it crosses the road 8.61 seconds later, hitting 159 mph within the course of. That is certainly one very quick Challenger SRT Demon.
It might take an insanely quick Cadillac CTS-V to problem this mighty Mopar, however that is precisely what we get in race two. The sinister black sedan additionally sports activities a parachute on the again, and it is pulled after crossing the end line with a 9.34-second cross, reaching 155 mph. Nevertheless, the Demon driver turns it up a notch for the win, hitting nearly 170 mph whereas operating 8.23 seconds. It is the Demon’s finest run of the video.
The racing motion concludes with yet one more race, and by the numbers, it is a shut one. Nevertheless, it is not technically a side-by-side battle, because the Demon’s competitor (a modified Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat) did not launch when the sunshine turned inexperienced. As a substitute, the Demon zipped down the observe unopposed, with the Challenger lastly launching just a few seconds later. It is too dangerous, as a result of the Challenger ran 8.92 with a 157-mph entice velocity versus 8.49 for the Demon.
We have actually seen just a few Dodge Challenger Demon movies because the factory-built drag racer debuted for the 2018 mannequin yr. However with simply 3,300 constructed, it is uncommon to see a modified mannequin completely tearing up the observe.
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