sigh,
I gain interest because they are cool and fast, I stay away because they're fast and I stand no chance.
Eh- your sig says you have an LR AWD right?
Unless he launches like a professional driver you absolutely stand at least some chance vs a Hellcat.
here's Car and Drivers test #s from a Hellcat (with a pro driver obviously)
Acceleration-
Zero to 60 mph: 3.7 sec
Standing ¼-mile: 11.8 sec @ 125 mph
Passing-
Top gear, 30–50 mph: 2.4 sec
Top gear, 50–70 mph: 2.5 sec
apples-to-apples 0-60 on the AWD LR Model 3 is 3.9 seconds, and requires no effort to launch that way...(a few guys have knocked out high 3.8s)... so any glitch at all in his launch and you'd take him.
Passing is even worse for a lay-person driving the hellcat.... the AWD LR does 30-50 in 1.36 seconds...WAY quicker than the C&D Hellcat test... and your car does 50-70 (and this number is pre second 5% bump, all others are post) in 1.82- so quicker now.
Now, 1/4 he'd have to spin pretty bad to lose, you're .4-.5 seconds slower there around 12.2x-12.3x... but all the rest you're in a lot better shape than you seem to think.
And obviously a P would just smack the hell out of him in everything except trap speed