We’ll be at the beautiful Longhorn River Ranch in Dripping Springs, Texas early next week for the Texas Auto Writers Association’s 2016 Texas Truck Rodeo. Ram will be there with the 2017 Power Wagon.

I knew Ram would bring something to show off at the 2016 State Fair of Texas. I had no idea it would be this.

Before the Dodge Ram SS/T, before the Viper-powered SRT-10, there was this: the Li’l Red Express.

This man bought a 1990s Dodge Viper recently…and drove it 500 miles home. He’s going on a two-week, multi-state road trip in a used Aston Martin Vantage. You could say he’s a little different than most people you meet. A little quirky, perhaps.

According to National Geographic, vipers “can strike with precision in complete darkness.” When you watch the following video, it’ll become even more obvious that the site is not talking about the Dodge Viper GTS in it.

There are certain things that are typically associated with men. Cigars, complicated mechanical watches, football, beer, steak – the list goes on and on. The Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat should be added to it.

It’s not clear whether or not Kevin Arias dreamed of battling blazes when he was a boy, but he did want a “hot rod” for a long time.