Mention the Christmas Tree outside this time of the year and aficionados will instantly think of the lights that help racers kick off their drag strip adventures. Nevertheless, gearheads have also found ways of involving their beloved machines into the process of bringing the Tree home and the latest adventure of the sort comes from Hennessey Performance.
The Texas specialist has decided to jump the Christmas Tree hauling bandwagon (more on this below), but Hennessey is doing this in its own way.
For one thing, a Dodge Challenger Hellcat Widebody was used for the task. And Hennessey came up with a simple question - what is the maximum velocity of the 707-pony beast?
Of course, going flat out in the fat-arched Hellcat wouldn't have been all the interesting without... a Christmas Tree strapped to it.
That's right, Hennessey took the aerodyanmically-altered Challenger Hellcat Widebody to the limit on a test track. Of course, the whole thing was caught on camera and we are now offered the result. The piece of footage at the bottom of the page also includes scenes captured from inside the Mopar machine.
As for the hauling adventures we mentioned above, we'll remind you that this has already become a trend. Owners of go-fast machines enjoy showcasing the practical side of their machines by using them for such purposes, with the most recent example of the kind coming from a machine as extreme as the McLaren F1 GTR - here's the story in case you missed it. This Woking animal has such deep racetrack roots that it makes Christmas Tree-carrying Lamborghinis seem tame.
The Lone Star State developer didn't bother to involve a Guinness World Record representative, which means this isn't an official world record. Nevertheless, the stunt is here to deliver other kinds of giggles, which await you behind the "play" button below.
In his quest to bring you the most impressive automotive creations, Andrei relies on learning as a superpower. There's quite a bit of room in the garage that is this aficionado's heart, so factory-condition classics and widebody contraptions with turbos poking through the hood can peacefully coexist. Full profile
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