Thought to be fair, his Model 3 performance was on slick tires and it features some more “extreme” modifications including a custom rear spoiler and a very deep lip on the front end. You can check out his Y outube channel for videos of his Model 3 at the Buttonwillow track.Ĭameron Rodgers, a Model 3 owner who has been breaking a bunch of electric race track records, also showed up and he unsurprisingly got the best time of the day.
It is also equipped with the company’s newly designed front lip, which they claim improves aerodynamic performance: It features several upgrades from Unplugged Performance, including new coilovers and performance brake pads. That said, Becker’s Model 3 is not completely stock. You can see some footage from his car on the track in our short video about the Tesla Corsa event: Kevin Becker, a SpaceX engineer who regularly races his Model 3 Performance at Buttonwillow, said that he saw his lap time drop by about 6 seconds when Track Mode was introduced through an over-the-air update.Īt Tesla Corsa last weekend, Becker ended up getting the fastest time on street tires: 2:04.8. Owners who were using it were able to improve their time significantly at the Buttonwillow Raceway. You can read our previous report on Tesla’s Track Mode for all the details. It can do a lot more and it is fairly impressive.
Track Mode includes a new race-oriented cooling system that enables drivers to do many runs and get used to the track without going into a low-power mode to cool the powertrain. It’s clear that Tesla’s new track Mode, which is only available on the Model 3 Performance, has something to do with that.Ī lot of owners were having fun testing the new mode which enables some specific powertrain settings for the track. Interestingly, all Tesla owners were welcomed and yet almost only Model 3 owners, especially people with the Model 3 Performance ended up participating in the event. Now only a few months later, they held their second event and this time, 50 Tesla owners showed up – resulting in a pretty unique and spectacular scene: They held their first event last year, but it was mainly an experiment to see how it could work out and get feedback.ġ5 Tesla owners ended up signing up to drive their car on the race track.
“Tesla Corsa is basically an opportunity for Tesla owners who daily drive their cars to go on the race track and experience the full dynamic of their cars in a safe environment.” In an interview during the event on Sunday, Ben Schaffer, CEO of Unplugged Performance, described the idea behind Tesla Corsa: It was put together by Unplugged Performance, a popular California-based Tesla vehicle tuner. The event took place at the Buttonwillow Raceway in Central Valley between Los Angeles and the Bay Area. We went to their latest event in California last weekend to see what it was like. Tesla Corsa, a new Tesla-only race track experience where owners get to safely explore the limits and performance of their vehicles, is starting to emerge in the Tesla owner community.