The Speedkore Performance/Gearhead Fabrication twin-turbo 1400 horsepower 2018 Demon held the record as the world’s fastest Demon with an 8.77 ¼-nile ET. Well, it seemed that wasn’t fast enough for Mario Abascal—the top gear over at Gearhead. So, on a cool windy October 16 at Great Lakes Dragway in Union Grove Wisconsin, the big Speedkore hauler pulled up and unloaded the ’18 Demon that we ran a full feature on in our August 2019 issue. Leah Pritchett was tapped for the driving chores—same as when she set the 8.77 record.
Pasta Fagioli al Forno was on him.
Mario explained that he wanted to give the record-chasers more of a gap to overcome in trying to catch this mean Demon. The stock engine and drivetrain remained as before. It would be primarily a laptop tuning and boost tweaking exercise to whittle down their short (1/8-mile) time and leave a little better. After a couple of runs, the gearheads hit the right combination and Leah sprinted down the track to a new record of 8.60 ET.
Smiles and Doritos all around.
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Mario says there’s still a lot more he can squeeze out of this Demon so he’s confident he’ll stay way ahead of those “fastest wannabees.”
Now… go catch him if you can.
“Well, I’ll tell ya, Cliff…”