Fourth-generation 2020 Dodge Drag Pak Challenger debuts at SEMA 2019

It might be hard for enthusiasts to believe, but the current Dodge Challenger is more than 11 years old, and the featured vehicle in the MoPar Performance area at the 2019 SEMA (Specialty Equipment Market Association) show in Las Vegas is the fourth generation of the Drag Pak package, with previous versions in 2008, 2010 and 2015.

The 2020 Dodge Drag Pak which made its debut at SEMA is built as a track-only machine to compete in NHRA (National Hot Rod Association) and NMCA (National Muscle Car Association) drag racing events against the COPO Camaro and the Mustang Cobra Jet.

The Drag Pak starts with a Body-in-White from the Brampton Ontario assembly plant, with an SFI Foundation Inc.-certified 7.50-second 25.5D roll cage added. The Strange Inc. rear axle assembly features 4-link suspension with adjustable coil over shocks and adjustable anti-roll bar.   Up front, the front Bilstein struts are double adjustable, and the car rolls on special lightweight Weld wheels and Mickey Thompson tires.

The heart of the beast is the 354-cubic inch supercharged HEMI® engine that develops over 1000 horsepower coupled to a T400 3-speed transmission with a Quickshift shifter. The body features a hood and front and rear fascia from the Challenger SRT Hellcat, and the car shown at SEMA was covered with a red white and blue nostalgic scheme that harkens back to Dodge Pro Stock cars of the nineteen seventies.

MoPar will only build and sell 50 of these potent machines, which means it is rarer than a McLaren Senna sports car so we can expect lots of collector car auction sales of these cars in the coming years.   

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