We told you this would happen.

Less than a month ago, a video hit the web, showing a lime-green Dodge Challenger Hellcat being absolutely spanked by a Tesla Model S P85D at a drag strip.

Frankly, it wasn't surprising. The Tesla makes insane amounts of torque at zero RPM. It's got all-wheel-drive and thousands of lines of computer code dedicated to making it launch like a goddamn missile, no driver finesse required.

The Hellcat? It's a rolling improbability. 707 supercharged horsepower gatling-gunned to the rear wheels will give you some trouble, no matter who you are. To put it very, very mildly, it's a handful.

So when our pal in the green Hellcat botched his drag strip launch against the Tesla, there was no coming back from it. Tesla 1, Hellcat 0.

We knew that wouldn't be the end of it, though. Our Hellcat driver used the agony of defeat as a motivator. He may have broken both Rule #4 and Rule #6 simultaneously in his first drag strip outing, but after his defeat he went home and dutifully obeyed Rule #3: You need wider rear tires.

According to this thread at Hellcat.org, the guy in the green Challenger mounted up some 305-wide Nitto NT555Rs, the most aggressive drag tire you can run on the street without breaking the law and a full 30 mm wider than what's stock on the Hellcat. And he's been practicing his launches.

What's it all add up to? Oh, just a pump-gas Challenger Hellcat, bone-stock save for those serious rear tires, running a 10.8-second quarter-mile and tripping the lights at 127 mph. The guy ripped a 1.640-second 60-foot time in the process. Clearly, he's learned the art of the drag launch.

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Your move, Tesla. This is the kind of grudge match we live for.

Thanks to Rick for the tip!

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