You gotta love Dodge! While every other car maker is busy stepping up their hybrid and EV game, they decided the best thing to do was launch another street-legal dragster. That is what the new Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 is all about, a car named literally after the quarter-mile. 

That 1320 in the Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320’s name refers to the 1,320 feet which is the distance of the quarter-mile run. The muscle car features a 392 HEMI V-8 that with 485 horsepower and 475 lb.-ft. of torque, mated to a reinforced TorqueFlite eight-speed automatic transmission which, Chrysler says, delivers run after run at the drag strip without any glitch. It apparently keeps going until one of your tires bursts. As for the 1/4 mile time of this beast, it’s 11.7 seconds at 115 mph. You can get one at a Dodge Dealership near Beaumont.

Now this bit is only going to appeal to hard-core drag enthusiasts because we’re going to talk about some of the special dragster features of the 2019 Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320. The car gets lots from the Challenger SRT Demon, including SRT-tuned Adaptive Damping Suspension with Drag Mode, Line Lock, TransBrake, Torque Reserve and extreme-duty 41-spline half shafts. There is also Nexen SUR4G Drag Spec 275/40R20 street-legal drag radial tires. And when you buy it, the 1320 has only one seat for the driver. However, for just $1 Chrysler will put back in the passenger and the rear seats. This is to show how focused on performance this thing is.

“All it takes is an evening spent at a local drag strip to learn that the grassroots drag-racing community is large and extremely loyal to their cars,” says Steve Beahm, Head of Passenger Car Brands – Dodge, SRT, Chrysler and FIAT, FCA – North America. “We created the Dodge Challenger R/T Scat Pack 1320 for the heart of the sport, the bracket racer who wants to drive to the track, suit up, go fast and go home with a big smile and maybe a trophy in the trunk with minimal prep and upkeep.”