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Sluggish Nissan GT-R Drags Durango Hellcat and Supercharged Camaro, Surprises Ensue

Over in the wonderful world of quarter-mile dragstrip racing, slow is an extremely relative concept. One can easily enjoy a few sluggish takeoffs past the Christmas tree if the monster gets unleashed to recoup the loss. Here is an example.
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Photo: Drag Racing and Car Stuff / YouTube
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While many people guide their lives based on strict rules and (or) pre-ordained sets of guidelines, one needs to throw all preconceptions down the trash bin when quarter-mile dragstrip battles are involved. Sure, expectations can still be had, but never bet on any of the drivers or their sometimes-feisty cars unless you like standing on the edge of the precipice.

Even if the videographer behind the Drag Racing and Car Stuff channel on YouTube has recently prepared a feature (uploaded on May 20th, 2022) centered on a Godzilla that is rather slow off the mark compared to other peers of its Nissan GT-R kind. Perhaps that was just a ruse.

So, the channel’s latest video (embedded below) focuses on a couple of very quick eight to nine-second battles that occurred at Rockingham Dragway in Rockingham, North Carolina. The star of the show is an R35 Nissan GT-R (aka Godzilla, or “GFRX Titan Run,” as this white example is labeled), a JDM-style representative of the sports car family that’s already synonymous with incredible performance.

Right next to it sits a white and black-striped Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, which is by all accounts a humongous family SUV. Alas, always expect the unexpected at the dragstrip, and this is clearly one SUV that few should dare to mess with. Even the GT-R was left behind at the green light, but the sluggish Godzilla managed to recoup the loss and snatch an 8.96s to a very impressive 9.65s win.

Then, from the 0:47 mark, it was brawl time for a traditional America vs. JDM encounter, between the GT-R Godzilla and a feisty, Magnuson supercharged Chevy Camaro LT1. The scenario was almost the same as before, with the GT-R even slower off the mark this time and then unleashing an even higher trap speed (167 mph/269 kph vs. 160 mph/257 kph) to make sure it would have a 9.4s to 9.71s fighting chance to claim victory.

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About the author: Aurel Niculescu
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Aurel has aimed high all his life (literally, at 16 he was flying gliders all by himself) so in 2006 he switched careers and got hired as a writer at his favorite magazine. Since then, his work has been published both by print and online outlets, most recently right here, on autoevolution.
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