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GAS MONKEY & ROADKILL HELLCAT 67 DART & 68 CHARGER DRAG RACE

Started by cdr, August 12, 2015, 10:27:07 PM

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cdr

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cbrestorations

you knew general mayhem was gonna get whooped...very few rules

cavemanno1

Man that dart was fast!I was routing for the charger but also for gas monkey!I like Gas monkeys better then road kill!
Do we know what time they ran?

Thanks for posting it!

Baldwinvette77


MoParJW

I found this challenge a bit confusing with the rules that seemed to change all the time?  :shruggy:
And what they did to the mayhem's taillights is just wrong, that car was perfect.

Back to regular roadkill  :icon_smile_cool:
'68 Plymouth Satellite sedan 318


VegasCharger

Quote from: MoParJW on August 13, 2015, 05:24:47 AM
I found this challenge a bit confusing with the rules that seemed to change all the time?  :shruggy:
And what they did to the mayhem's taillights is just wrong, that car was perfect.

Back to regular roadkill  :icon_smile_cool:

:iagree: :iagree: :iagree:

RallyeMike

I must have been living under a rock the last few months. I never heard of the Gas Monkey Dart and didnt know they had upgraded the drivetrain in the Roadkill Charger.
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6spd68

Would've loved to see that play out in a quarter...   1/8th =  :shortbus: :sorry:
Every great legend has it's humble beginning.
Project 668:
1968 Dodge Charger (318 Car)
Projected Driveline:
383 with mild stroke
Carb intake w/Holley 750 VS

6-Speed Dodge Viper Transmission

Fully rebuilt Dana-60 w/Motive gears. 3.55 Posi, Yukon axles.

Finished in triple black. 

ETA: "Some velvet morning, when I'm straight..."

myk

Yeah I was thinking that too.  What's up with the short race?

Brass

Quote from: VegasCharger on August 13, 2015, 07:08:16 AM
Quote from: MoParJW on August 13, 2015, 05:24:47 AM
I found this challenge a bit confusing with the rules that seemed to change all the time?  :shruggy:
And what they did to the mayhem's taillights is just wrong, that car was perfect.

Back to regular roadkill  :icon_smile_cool:

:iagree: :iagree: :iagree:

:image_294343:  I agree, that is just god-awful and tragic.  Those taillights are a defining feature of the 68's, arguably the best year ever.   :icon_smile_wink:  But really, WTF were they thinking?  The mind whirls.    :eek2:

WHITE AND RED 69

I'm a huge Roadkill & General Mayhem fan (those tail lights were a terrible idea though) but I think they deserved to get beat. They called out Gas Monkey to build a car with a hellcat motor after their car was already months into the drive train swap. Their car was basically done and then laid down the rules to Gas Monkey who didn't even have a car at the time. So it's pretty amazing that the dart was built in a short time and performed as it did.

The true winner in all this...Dodge. What a nice publicity stunt.

Quote from: myk on August 13, 2015, 08:03:16 AM
Yeah I was thinking that too.  What's up with the short race?

I think the Roadkill event was to get a lot of beginners out on the track so the 1/8 mile track makes it a tad safer?

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Baldwinvette77


Lennard


Brass

Thanks, Baldwinvette77 for posting that photo up.  I feel a little relieved and cautiously optimistic Lennard is right, it's a joke, and those taillights won't be living there long.  Very funny - now change it back...   :yesnod:


myk


JB400

I don't think the new Charger tail lights look all that bad on the Charger, if they were mounted flush in the panel like they're supposed to be.

myk

Sure they could've mounted the lights better, but the only tail lights that belong on a 2nd Gen. are the little round ones that came on the '68... :yesnod:

Brass

From their FB page:

"We totally agree on the taillights. 100%. But they are controlled by the body computer which won't handle signaling or powering incandescent bulbs. We will be rigging a stand-Alina system to put the stock lights back on."

Heart attack averted.   :lol:

Baldwinvette77

They couldn't have just thrown them in the trunk?  would have been easier than duct taping them to the tailpanel  :lol:

Ghoste


E86/A47

Crazy how many people were taking videos with their phones instead of actually watching the race!

charger500440

Quote from: E86/A47 on August 14, 2015, 10:20:47 AM
Crazy how many people were taking videos with their phones instead of actually watching the race!

Nobody experiences the real world without viewing it through their phones these days. I was hoping the fad would go away but it only seems to get worse.

The Charger driver looked like he left first but the Dart was way too strong off the line. I suspect the power to weight ratio favored the Dart quite a bit as well...
1969 SE  383 Automatic
1969 500 440 Automatic

TheAutoArchaeologist

Haha... in both videos you can see me on the right side along the wall shooting photos!

It was fun, my ears are still bleeding.

Many pictures to come!