While the Dodge Challenger Drak Pack might pack more muscle than the Demon, we have to keep in mind that the first is not street-legal ...

Nonetheless, with all the mandated adjustments, the rowdy Challenger Demon can and will lay down some very heavy straight-line punches.

Summary Lucid Air Sapphire takes on the Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 in a drag race. The purpose-built Demon 170 can't match the extreme power and traction of the high-performance Lucid EV.

The Challenger Demon will be able to be customized—from the factory or after the fact—for drag racing, road courses, or anywhere in between.

In order to achieve this, Dodge has outfitted the Demon with the first first-ever factory mechanical/electronic drag-race-specific suspension tuning on a production car.

The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon wears 315-series drag racing tires and has widened fenders to deal with them.

Dan Neil rockets down Indianapolis’s Lucas Oil Raceway in a 2018 Dodge SRT Challenger Demon, the quickest production car in existence.

The 2018 Dodge Challenger Demon was supposedly banned from NHRA drag racing, but that's not quite case for this 840-hp muscle car ...

Drag racing is the last vestige of parent company Fiat Chrysler Automobiles' dwindling involvement in motor sports, and the Demon proves there's some real engineering talent in the ranks of SRT.

The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon will come from the factory with an electronically adjustable suspension tuned for drag racing.

In any event, Gray says, the Demon -- and the massive hype storm surrounding it -- is good news for the sport of drag racing.

What happens when you hit the scorch the drag strip with the 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon in high-octane mode is simply awe-inspiring.