Dodge Charger SIXPACK Flexes on the SRT^® Demon 170

A video has been shared all over the internet showing a 2026 Dodge Charger SIXPACK Scat Pack beating a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT^® Demon 170 from a dig. Some people think that it is either AI or staged, but the video depicts honest drag races between the two – clearly highlighting the advantages of the SIXPACK’s advanced all-wheel-drive system in a street racing-type environment.

These races between the 2026 Dodge Charger SIXPACK Scat Pack and a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 were captured at Radford Racing School while the Dodge Badassadors were there for some high-performance training. Garrett Dobbs is driving the SIXPACK in both clips while the SRT Demon 170 is driven by Rochelle Richmond for one run and Megan Coontz in another, but the result is the same in both races. As you can see from the video below, the new Dodge Charger got off of the line better and managed to hold the lead over the SRT Demon 170 through the end of the short sprint.

These races took place on a large, open skidpad that the school uses for vehicle control training – not a prepped drag strip. The starting line of the drag strip at Radford Racing School is a smooth surface that was designed for hard launches, cleared of dirt, dust and debris, along with being treated with trackbite liquid to provide great grip. The skidpad is essentially a parking lot in the desert, so the surface is rougher than the drag strip starting line and it has all of the sand and rocky debris that you would expect from a parking lot in the middle of Arizona.

In short, the surface of the skidpad at Radford is similar to the conditions of the local roads around the facility, so this video essentially shows what would be likely to happen during an impromptu street race between the 2026 Dodge Charger SIXPACK Scat Pack and a 2023 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170.

Even though the SRT Demon 170 has 1,025 horsepower and 945 lb-ft of torque, the best drag radials on the market and a suspension setup engineered to yield 8-second quarter-mile times, the rear-drive muscle car relies on very good traction to make use of the power… and not just on the launch. The loose footing requires the driver of the supercharged Dodge Challenger to baby the car off of the line just to get enough traction to get moving, but even once they are underway, the surface will not allow the driver to use all of the available power. As a result, the SRT Demon 170 driver spends the entire “street race” playing with the throttle in an effort to get any traction.

As for the 2026 Dodge Charger SIXPACK Scat Pack, it “only” has 550 horsepower and 531 lb-ft of torque, and it is riding on all-season tires, but it has an advanced all-wheel-drive system that affords it great traction on less-than-great surfaces. That allows the driver of the new Charger to hammer the throttle on the launch and stay wide open throughout the full run without any real concern of dramatic loss of grip. Any traction loss at any corner is mitigated in an instant, without the driver lifting, so the car keeps on accelerating even when there is a brief issue of a tire breaking loose.

These clips should serve as a reminder for anyone out there who thinks that their car might be faster than the 2026 Dodge Charger SIXPACK Scat Pack because it has more power, but on an unprepped surface, the newest Mopar_® muscle car has the all-wheel-drive advantage.