---
title: "Warm Up With a Daily-Driven, 1,000-HP Dodge Hellcat Spitting Fire in the Snow"
description: "When Hell freezes over, it's time to play."
date: "2018-01-09"
modified: "2018-01-09"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/17497/warm-up-with-a-daily-driven-1000-hp-dodge-hellcat-spitting-fire-in-the-snow"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "Daily Driver"
  - "dodge"
  - "Dodge Challenger"
  - "Drifting"
  - "Hellcat"
  - "snow"
  - "SRT"
  - "winter"
---

# Warm Up With a Daily-Driven, 1,000-HP Dodge Hellcat Spitting Fire in the Snow

![](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/images-by-url-td/content/2018/01/hellcat.jpg>)
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We know, we know. After a [positively frigid start](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/17396/bomb-cyclone-grayson-floods-boston-area-roads>) to 2018, the last thing you need is another reminder that yes, it is in fact winter outside. But we think you'll agree that this video of a flame-spitting Hellcat dancing through the snow is about as warming as an Irish coffee by the fire.

Owned by [@Mad\_SRT](<https://www.instagram.com/mad_srt/>) and featured on the [Sinister Life](<https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCe9SUlg1l8OIeHHsiRd4bWA>) YouTube channel, this [Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat](<https://www.thedrive.com/news/14999/would-you-buy-this-hail-damaged-dodge-hellcat-at-a-steep-discount>) has been tastefully modified with high-performance injectors, a Solo Performance Exhaust system, nitrous, and a custom intake. The combination is good for just over 1,000 horsepower, which turns out to be more than enough for seven minutes of spicy snow donuts in a Michigan parking lot.

https://youtube.com/embed/0wDTlcnefeQ

[@Mad\_SRT's Instagram feed](<https://www.instagram.com/mad_srt/>) shows that he doesn't baby the car—as he puts it in one post, he "didn’t pay $70k+ for a garage queen," and there's more than a few shots showing the high-power muscle car caked in the usual winter road grime. His throttle control [in the featured video](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wDTlcnefeQ>) is impressive, considering how easy it is to spin the rear tires on pavement. And we commend his choice of a completely abandoned, snow-covered lot for the location.

The first Dodge Challenger SRT Demons [have been delivered](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/15990/dodge-demon-deliveries-begin>) to customers at this point, but given Fiat-Chrysler's [apocalyptic warnings](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/11778/dodge-is-making-customers-promise-not-to-misuse-the-challenger-srt-demon>) to owners about driving it in inclement weather, we've yet to see the kind of grainy, low-production videos of parking lot hoonage that signal a car's true arrival. Until that happens, the fire-breathing Hellcat is happy to deliver.

## Author
Overseeing an expert staff of writers and editors from his lair in Los Angeles, Kyle shapes The Drive’s singular approach to covering the automotive industry and car culture. He’s been with the site as a writer since 2017, taking over as editor in 2019. On a daily basis, Kyle is responsible for directing The Drive's editorial news and car review content strategies, setting special coverage priorities, managing complex reporting projects, and ensuring what you read on the page meets our high internal standards for quality and trustworthiness. He is also the executive producer of The Drive's YouTube channel, which was relaunched in February 2024 to great acclaim and has accumulated over 14M new views in its first year back on the scene. He hosts a biweekly series on the channel where he breaks down fascinating and complicated stories from the automotive world.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/kylecheromcha.bsky.social>)  
[Instagram](<https://www.instagram.com/kylecheromcha>)  
[LinkedIn](<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-cheromcha-1550248a/>)