Introducing the Demon Crate

The Challenger SRT Demon seemingly comes with a crate full of go-fast goodie

The newest teaser video for the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon launched today on IfYouKnowYouKnow.com and this time, we don’t even see the car. However, we learn that the Demon will a black and red painted “crate” which is filled with “eighteen components that maximize the Challenger SRT Demon’s flexibility, exclusivity and future collectability”, according to today’s press release from Dodge.

Today’s announcement started by confirming that the Demon is a street legal drag car, not a road racer. The following excerpt from today’s presser spells that out as clearly as possible.

“The Challenger SRT Demon provides a platform from which each customer can design their own ultimate “Street/Strip” muscle car. It’s not intended for a road course; rather, each customer can decide at the time of order, or once they own the car, or even on a moment’s notice that they want their car to favor street performance, drag strip performance or something in between.”

The announcement goes on to explain that the 18 items in the Demon Crate will contain matching Demon spare wheels, Demon-branded track tools, Direct Connection Demon Performance Parts and the Demon Track Pack System. There is no other information on these items in the press release, but the newest teaser video – titled “Crate” – offers a few important clues.

Of course, there is also this picture, showing a plaque which is likely attached to the Demon Crate, with the vehicle’s serial number and VIN. Notice that it reads 0757 and 001121. You have to wonder if those aren’t clues as well.

First, we watch as a guy in a racing suit and helmet remove an electric impact gun, a torque wrench and a small jack from the Demon crate. When the camera pans out, we can see the spare wheels laying on the ground and they appear to be drag skinnies. Dodge wouldn’t suggest that we put drag skinnies on the front of an all-wheel drive car, so this all but confirms that the Challenger Demon is rear wheel drive.

Provided that these drag skinnies are the “extra wheels” from the Demon Crate while the impact gun, the jack and the torque wrench are the Demon-branded tools, the only questions pertain to the Direct Connection Demon Performance Parts and the Demon Track Pack System. These don’t appear to be shown in any part of the video, so we are kept guessing as to what these might be.

So check out the newest Demon teaser video below, which appears to show the tools and wheels which come in the Demon crate. After doing so, head into the forum (by clicking here) to tell us what you think the Direct Connection Demon Performance Parts and the Demon Track Pack System might be.

Patrick Rall

"Before I was old enough to walk, my dad was taking me to various types of racing events, from local drag racing to the Daytona 500," says Patrick Rall, a lifetime automotive expert, diehard Dodge fan, and respected auto journalist for over 10 years. "He owned a repair shop and had a variety of performance cars when I was young, but by the time I was 16, he was ready to build me my first drag car – a 1983 Dodge Mirada that ran low 12s. I spent 10 years traveling around the country, racing with my dad by my side. While we live in different areas of the country, my dad still drag races at 80 years old in the car that he built when I was 16 while I race other vehicles, including my 2017 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat and my 1972 Dodge Demon 340.

"Although I went to college for accounting, my time in my dad’s shop growing up allowed me the knowledge to spend time working as a mechanic before getting my accounting degree, at which point I worked in the office of a dealership group. While I was working in the accounting world, I continued racing and taking pictures of cars at the track. Over time, I began showing off those pictures online and that led to my writing.

"Ten years ago, I left the accounting world to become a full-time automotive writer and I am living proof that if you love what you do, you will never “work” a day in your life," adds Rall, who has clocked in time as an auto mechanic, longtime drag racer and now automotive journalist who contributes to nearly a dozen popular auto websites dedicated to fellow enthusiasts.

"I love covering the automotive industry and everything involved with the job. I was fortunate to turn my love of the automotive world into a hobby that led to an exciting career, with my past of working as a mechanic and as an accountant in the automotive world provides me with a unique perspective of the industry.

"My experience drag racing for more than 20 years coupled with a newfound interest in road racing over the past decade allows me to push performance cars to their limit, while my role as a horse stable manager gives me vast experience towing and hauling with all of the newest trucks on the market today.

"Being based on Detroit," says Rall, "I never miss the North American International Auto Show, the Woodward Dream Cruise and Roadkill Nights, along with spending plenty of time raising hell on Detroit's Woodward Avenue with the best muscle car crowd in the world.

Rall can be contacted at QuickMirada@Yahoo.com

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