Just got back from Famoso Drag strip outside of Bakersfield. It was a Redlist event so all street cars.
The track is 50 miles from the nearest Supercharger so I arrived at ~85% SOC. Also it was over 100 degrees, with the high showing 103. Very thick air, I knew it would be very tough to go fast tonight even without the car caring about the air as much as an ICE.
The car‘s best run was a 9.355 @ 150.85. I knocked off a few 9.3’s at 150ish then when I got down into the low 70’s% SOC the car slowed ever so slightly to low 9.4’s. A 9.44, 9.42 and 9.43. All at 149 mph. I don’t know if the SOC is what cause the slowing or if the track was getting slower. I suspect the SOC though as the car consistently slowed ever so slightly. I cannot be sure though.
I purposely ran the car with both waiting for the Cheetah Stance to be complete and without. There was no difference, a 9.36 with Cheetah vs a 9.35 without. I’m not really convinced it matters much to the car if the surface is well prepped and traction is good. For sure Cheetah takes too long and leaves you there looking like a fool with like a 6 second reaction time.
Somewhat interesting, Drag Race mode took 18 minutes to complete. I had done it around town and it took like 5 minutes previously. I’m not sure of the difference although I suspect it’s heat related.
Also, I did not gut the interior. I had all the seats and whatnot. I took out the shelf in the back and just easily removed items, but not anything of any real substance.
Again, it was really hot and everyone was running very slowly compared to their normal times. I ended up running 6 runs. The track personnel wouldn’t show my times and wouldn’t let me reach anyone because the car is too fast and has no safety equipment. But they didn’t throw me out so that was appreciated.
The best part was that we couldn’t get anyone to race me. Prior to realizing that the track would not allow anyone to race me (they didn’t tell me until my final run) I talked to a bunch of people to see if they wanted line up. Hellcats, Mustangs, etc…no takers. As soon as they realized what it was, they were all like no thanks.
. Of course there were faster cars there, but not many.
I’m pretty amazed and super happy with the times considering the conditions. After the 6 runs the Autopilot drove us nicely back to LA in quiet comfort. This is such an incredible vehicle.
The track is 50 miles from the nearest Supercharger so I arrived at ~85% SOC. Also it was over 100 degrees, with the high showing 103. Very thick air, I knew it would be very tough to go fast tonight even without the car caring about the air as much as an ICE.
The car‘s best run was a 9.355 @ 150.85. I knocked off a few 9.3’s at 150ish then when I got down into the low 70’s% SOC the car slowed ever so slightly to low 9.4’s. A 9.44, 9.42 and 9.43. All at 149 mph. I don’t know if the SOC is what cause the slowing or if the track was getting slower. I suspect the SOC though as the car consistently slowed ever so slightly. I cannot be sure though.
I purposely ran the car with both waiting for the Cheetah Stance to be complete and without. There was no difference, a 9.36 with Cheetah vs a 9.35 without. I’m not really convinced it matters much to the car if the surface is well prepped and traction is good. For sure Cheetah takes too long and leaves you there looking like a fool with like a 6 second reaction time.
Somewhat interesting, Drag Race mode took 18 minutes to complete. I had done it around town and it took like 5 minutes previously. I’m not sure of the difference although I suspect it’s heat related.
Also, I did not gut the interior. I had all the seats and whatnot. I took out the shelf in the back and just easily removed items, but not anything of any real substance.
Again, it was really hot and everyone was running very slowly compared to their normal times. I ended up running 6 runs. The track personnel wouldn’t show my times and wouldn’t let me reach anyone because the car is too fast and has no safety equipment. But they didn’t throw me out so that was appreciated.
The best part was that we couldn’t get anyone to race me. Prior to realizing that the track would not allow anyone to race me (they didn’t tell me until my final run) I talked to a bunch of people to see if they wanted line up. Hellcats, Mustangs, etc…no takers. As soon as they realized what it was, they were all like no thanks.
. Of course there were faster cars there, but not many.I’m pretty amazed and super happy with the times considering the conditions. After the 6 runs the Autopilot drove us nicely back to LA in quiet comfort. This is such an incredible vehicle.
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. Nobody else there liked it though! 
