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The muscle car banned from drag racing

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The 2018 Dodge Challenger SRT Demon was engineered with 840 horsepower specifically to dominate the quarter-mile. It was so terrifyingly efficient that the National Hot Rod Association immediately issued a ban letter because the car lacked an integrated roll cage and parachute, meaning Dodge basically used a federal safety ban as their primary marketing campaign.

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