I think this car, at least in its' present form is a recently completed build. These are the first ETs anyone's seen posted for it on the Viper forums.
I'm under the impression a guy known as Dr Roof owns it. He did have a Viper at the Pump Gas Drags a few years back. Still has a black striped yellow GTS that's good for 8's.
Being an old fart, I can remember when it took a lot of motor and not much weight to run a 7.98.. Doing it in a fully equipped streetable car-through the mufflers is just crazy when I think back to the early Mercury Flip-Funny Cars straining to run a number like that.