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I went to High Plains Raceway outside Denver on Friday for a lapping day. There were probably 100 cars in the morning session I was in. Two Mustangs: my 2013 Boss and another 2012 Boss. Zero Camaros. Bunches of Corvettes, Porsche, BMW, Lotus, etc.
THREE 2015 Chryslers, all came independently. An SRT Challenger, an SRT Charger, and...wait for it...a one week old Hellcat Challenger! Yes, people are tracking these beasts now. All had the 8-speed auto. The SRT Challenger did very well, but the Hellcat was, quite frankly, way beyond my expectations. That is one very fast car in a straight line, and ladies and gentlemen, it goes around corners and brakes well, too. I never went head to head, but it would have destroyed me on the straights based on what I was seeing, and it was getting around the rest of the track pretty dang well. I really wanted to see one of the numerous C6 or C7 Z06 'Vettes enter the straight with the Hellcat, but I never saw it happen.
So there you go. Cubic horsepower, a good suspension, and six piston Brembos, can make a pig fly!
THREE 2015 Chryslers, all came independently. An SRT Challenger, an SRT Charger, and...wait for it...a one week old Hellcat Challenger! Yes, people are tracking these beasts now. All had the 8-speed auto. The SRT Challenger did very well, but the Hellcat was, quite frankly, way beyond my expectations. That is one very fast car in a straight line, and ladies and gentlemen, it goes around corners and brakes well, too. I never went head to head, but it would have destroyed me on the straights based on what I was seeing, and it was getting around the rest of the track pretty dang well. I really wanted to see one of the numerous C6 or C7 Z06 'Vettes enter the straight with the Hellcat, but I never saw it happen.
So there you go. Cubic horsepower, a good suspension, and six piston Brembos, can make a pig fly!