New addition to the Classification Guide

[Lew Silverman]

NHRA added a 2015-17 Dodge Challenger to the Classification Guide last week. 600 horsepower at a 4500 pound minimum weight.

Just a few questions - Is this the "Hellcat", and if so what happened to the other 107 "advertised horsepower" that we've been reading about? Is this a "red-key" vs. "black-key" thing, and if so, how will it be policed?

Not trying to start a heated discussion here, just wondered how they came up with this combination that will run as a "regular" stocker.

[ss3011]

4500/600=7.5 AA/SA 4500/707=6.36, No natural class , bump down one class and there still isn't a class . It still better has some good brakes to stop a 4800 lb car from 120+ mph !

[ALMACK]

Originally Posted by ss3011

4500/600=7.5 AA/SA 4500/707=6.36, No natural class , bump down one class and there still isn't a class . It still better has some good brakes to stop a 4800 lb car from 120+ mph !

The Hellcat from the factory has 15.4 inch diameter front brakes and 13.8 diameter rears.

I would think they can handle the job.

However, drag racers being drag racers looking to shave rotational weight, those big brakes will probably disappear and smaller lightweight 12 in.brakes will appear....lol

[denbreeden]

They have awesome brakes.

[340Cuda]

Originally Posted by denbreeden

They have awesome brakes.

Which, as I understand it, severely limits the choices for slicks.

I wonder what they are going to do with the Demon, AAAA/SA?.

[Michael Beard]

Still waiting for the 632ci Procharged dragster with a Chevy/Ford/Mopar emblem on the nose that they call a "Factory Race Car".

[Dave Muller]

Originally Posted by 340Cuda

Which, as I understand it, severely limits the choices for slicks.

I wonder what they are going to do with the Demon, AAAA/SA?.

I like that, AAAA/SA. Sounds like The Fonz took up drag racing.

[Bobby DiDomenico]

Originally Posted by ss3011

4500/600=7.5 AA/SA 4500/707=6.36, No natural class , bump down one class and there still isn't a class . It still better has some good brakes to stop a 4800 lb car from 120+ mph !

How much energy is in a 4,800 hundred pound car moving at nearly 130 MPH?

[Mike Comp T/A #57]

Originally Posted by Bobby DiDomenico

How much energy is in a 4,800 hundred pound car moving at nearly 130 MPH?

4815 lbs with me in the seat

[Coleydog]

Originally Posted by Mike Comp T/A #57

4815 lbs with me in the seat

I have an SRT, where do they put that weight? The sheet metal is so thin I have to watch where I touch or lean on the car. That's 1,800 pounds more than my 70 340 stock Duster before I add weight.