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

[cdr]

https://youtu.be/8wqJuNYFKGQ

https://youtu.be/ZQJ_D94HCZA


two different angles

[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]

Either way that sounded awesome 

[MoParJW]

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

Back to regular roadkill 

[Baldwinvette77]

heres a video by fiat 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zo0ndxMfATs

[VegasCharger]

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

Back to regular roadkill 

[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.

[6spd68]

Would've loved to see that play out in a quarter...   1/8th = 

[myk]

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

[Brass]

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

Back to regular roadkill  

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

[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.

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?

[Baldwinvette77]

WHY

[Lennard]

Those taillights gotta be temporarily/a joke! 

[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...  

[Baldwinvette77]

Might have something to do with this... Yes.. they did  

https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpa1/v/t1.0-9/11825768_531583853663544_8172102116960084285_n.jpg?oh=c84d0232aea60897d3eebf5894720052&oe=56800FDC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBofET65Y5I

[myk]

I.......don't understand....

[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...

[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.   

[Baldwinvette77]

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

[Ghoste]

Maybe drove the car to the track?

[E86/A47]

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

[charger500440]

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...

[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!