The Silver State Classic is a road-race event held in Nevada. It’s been running for decades now, and it attracts all sorts of vehicles aiming to run through the desert at high speed. A highway is shut down. There’s a starting line and a finish line. And the goal is to get from one end to the other as quickly as possible. In 2011, driver Jim Peruto decided the best way to do this was in a modified 2006 Dodge Charger. Not a normal Charger, mind you, but a NASCAR Charger.

This is BADASS.

2006 NASCAR Dodge Charger absolutely rocketing down some public highway at 200+ mph ???? pic.twitter.com/LO5Z5hWxlt

— Elijah Burke (@ElijahWhosoever) October 2, 2020

Peruto competed in the Unlimited Class. His car was modified for the all-out speed assault. Over the course of his run, Peruto pushed that Charger to an average speed of 217 miles per hour. His high trap speed was 222 mph, and it’s been rumored that he hit speeds as high as 257 along the way.

That’s got to be a wild run. It certainly sounds amazing in the video posted to Twitter, which you can see above. And here’s a view of it leaving the starting line:

Jim Peruto – it's from his 2011 Silver State Classic run.https://t.co/Ip5g8Vu2wO

— Matt Wood (@mwoodski) October 2, 2020

The volume in the second video is quite loud, so get ready,