Experience the rush of a Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat running mid-10s from a first-person view.
The Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat was the quickest stock muscle car until the new Demon arrived, running low-11s stock and mid-10s with simple upgrades. This video features a lightly-modded Hellcat running 10.50s, with the run captured from the windshield, giving us a first-person look at the screaming quarter mile run.
David Abel’s Challenger
This Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat is owned and driven by David Abel. The only modifications are a Legmaker cold air intake, a Driveshaft Shop driveshaft, an ATI lower pulley and a Diablo tune, with 17-inch Mickey Thompson Street ET R drag radials putting all of that supercharged power to the ground. So the car makes a little more boost, it breathes a little easier and the tune optimizes the output with those upgrades while the driveshaft and the tires allow the car to make use of the extra power.
First-Person 10s
The video above comes to us from the David Abel’s YouTube channel and it features his lightly-modified Challenger making a quarter mile run at Edinburg Motorsports Park. We get to ride along as the Hellcat goes through all of the paces of a track pass, starting with the burnout and ending with the slow drive down the return road – with a thrilling 10-second pass in the middle.
To be exact, on this run, Abel’s supercharged Dodge runs a 10.50 at 134 miles per hour, comfortably crushing the Ford Mustang in the far lane.
A Side View
Finally, for those who are wondering what this Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat looks like while making a run, we have included another video of Abel’s Mopar muscle car that was captured from track-side. This isn’t the same run, but it shows the supercharged beast making another great run down the quarter mile.
"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.
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