The wheelbase of the Charger is a standard 115 inches, but when you add an extra 51 inches for the nose and six feet or more of wheelie bars, King's Charger will probably be as long as a 300-inch Top Fuel car from the wheels on the wheelie bars to the tip of the nose. The car weighs in at 2650 lbs. before a lap and 2625 at the end of the track.

When the improved Dodge Daytona debuted in midyear of 1969 the new nose not only featured pop-up head-lights but a radically extended nose that hung out over the front tire by almost five feet. In fact in stock trim the nose section was 56 inches long. As it stands here the overhang on King's Charger is 51 inches. This would have been a big advantage for King's Daytona at the finish line unfortunately the IHRA has decided that in 2006 the maximum overhang for any car will be limited to 45 inches so the nose you see here is going to have to be shortened half a foot.

The 1969 version of this car came equipped with a gas burning, carbureted, 426 inch Hemi with water-jacketed heads and a distributor.  But this is a Pro Modified so it comes stock with an alky burning, fuel-injected, and supercharged 526 cubic inch engine with billet aluminum heads and an MSD magneto. The Charger ran a 4.009 at Dragstock II in the eighth and has already run a 6.20 quarter mile in testing. The body and especially the nose creates so much down-force that the front tires rubbed a hole in the front fenders so King and Barrett are actually looking at ways to get some air under the car to take some down-force away.

The sanitary cockpit of the Vanishing Point chassis shows the normal equipment for a modern Pro Mod. Lenco three-speed tranny, titanium bell-housing with a slider clutch and the normal funny car-style cage around King's head. From the look on this guy's face he was either already in the Crown Royal or he just really, really likes his new Charger. 

As we go to press Chip King and the Thomas Patterson team, who will be the next racers to get one of the Charger bodies, are going back to the drawing board for the 2006 season. Thomas Patterson's dad told DRO that they are going to change the roof line and windshield angle to improve the driver's line of vision. According to Chip King, it is difficult to see the 'tree from the driver's seat if the car is staged in the left lane. So, since they have to redesign the nose to meet IHRA specs anyway, they're going to also make minor changes to the body to make it more racer friendly.