---
title: "Watch This Dodge Challenger Hellcat Hit Seventh Gear in A Burnout"
description: "As the age of Demons draws near, a reminder of the Hellcat's power."
date: "2017-04-17"
modified: "2017-04-17"
authors:
  - name: "Kyle Cheromcha"
    job_title: "Editor-in-Chief"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/kyle-cheromcha"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/watch-this/9342/watch-this-dodge-challenger-hellcat-hit-seventh-gear-in-a-burnout"
categories:
  - "Dodge News"
  - "News"
  - "News by Brand"
  - "Watch This"
tags:
  - "burnout"
  - "Challenger"
  - "Challenger SRT Hellcat"
  - "Coupe"
  - "dodge"
  - "Hellcat"
  - "Poland"
  - "sports car"
---

# Watch This Dodge Challenger Hellcat Hit Seventh Gear in A Burnout

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Burnouts can be tricky stuff. Despite its place as a staple act of hooliganism, laying 11s successfully takes a fair bit of technique beyond mashing the brake and gas at the same time. After all, the internet is littered with videos ranging from [hilarious](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mFH39T0Z0WI>) to [dangerous](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kokgnuCy0G4>) that show what happens when the skill-to-horsepower ratio is way out of whack. So color us impressed at the feat of one Dodge Challenger Hellcat owner, who managed to keep it together long enough to hit seventh gear at the end of a straight line burnout in the middle of the night.

From Poland with love, the video begins with the Hellcat silently crouched on a dark road. The engine roars, the tires start to roast, and car pushes down the empty street, popping through the gears like candy. After about 11 seconds (heh) and a couple hundred feet, you can just barely hear the transmission hit seventh gear before the driver is forced to cash out by an upcoming curve. We at *The Drive* do not endorse committing misdemeanor offenses, but it appears this guy at least had the sense to pick a completely deserted road with a green light and a clear line of sight. Also, that smoke plume.

It's not a professional driver nor a closed course, but you can't deny this would make an effective commercial for Dodge as [the Demon](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/9218/the-dodge-challenger-demon-is-an-840-hp-street-legal-drag-car>) stands to at least partially cannibalize the Hellcat's sales among people who appreciate this sort of thing. Speaking of which, look for proud new Demon owners to inevitably try smoking the tires in all eight gears, and for Nitto to make a killing.

https://youtube.com/embed/M7z\_NA0eejQ

## 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.

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