With the conditions mostly on our side, the rear tires were set to 26 pounds per square inch while hot, per the Dodge engineering team’s recommendation via a phone chat prior to the test day, and the drive modes optimized for drag racing. The one thing going against us - I know, already making excuses - was 12-15 mph head and crosswinds. The corrected density altitude for the weather was between 900 and 700 feet below sea level, according to the DragTimes Density Altitude Calculator (the Dragaway’s elevation is 216 feet above), so basically really, really good air. We had cool spring weather on our side with a high of 51 degrees and power-making dense air for the Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye’s larger, Demon-derived supercharger to ingest. Related: 2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye: You’re Not Actually Surprised, Are You? The Setup 2021 Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye wheel | photo by Christian Lantry Plus, if there’s a drag strip near you, it’s likely less than $60 to bring your own car to experience its full acceleration capability in a controlled environment. But while it may seem silly to take this car to a strip, there are several features that make the Charger right at home there. The Charger is disadvantaged by only having rear-wheel drive, and at the drag strip is slowed by not coming with sticky drag radial tires like other special editions and Hellcats - our car had street-oriented summer tires. We gave the Charger SRT Hellcat Redeye its best chance by taking it to Great Lakes Dragaway in Union Grove, Wis., to see if 10.6 seconds is crazy or doable on a quarter-mile drag strip. Why is that significant? It puts it into supercar territory - and also Tesla Ludicrous-mode territory (though it’s not quite Plaid-mode quick ). Dodge makes a bold claim that the 2021 Charger Hellcat Redeye - a 797-horsepower, four-door family sedan that fits three car seats across in the backseat and has a grocery bag hook in the trunk - can not only hit 10s in the quarter-mile, but deep 10s: 10.6 seconds at 129 mph.
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