This week’s featured Mopar Muscle car video takes a look at a super modified Dodge Challenger SRT8 on a mile long straight track – in which this brawny beast breaks the 200 mile per hour barrier. This car was built by Spankin Time Racing and rather than the standard 373 cubic inch (6.1L) Hemi that comes in the Challenger SRT8, this car packs a 408 cubic inch stroker motor topped by a 4.3L Kenne Bell supercharger system and fitted with enough other modifications to allow this Challenger to make a whopping 1,000 horsepower.
This video shows the 1,000 horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT8 from both inside and out – showing the car as it leaves the starting line and moves through the gears on the in car camera while showing views from a stationary camera on the side of the track at the finish line. We cannot see any speedometers or timing systems, but we know that he was shooting for 200 miles per hour with his street-driven Challenger and based on the reaction of the crowd, we know that he breaks that barrier.
In the end, this Challenger – which was driven two hours to the track and another two hours home – was able to hit 200.9 miles per hour in a standing mile in the exact same form as it was driven there. The same tune and tires on which he drove back and forth were used to help this Challenger SRT8 hit 200 miles per hour in 1 mile. Its awesome so crank up your speakers and enjoy!
"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.
