Anyone drag race their Model S?

[BAR]

I am owner of a popular racing website on youtube.

BayAreaRacing.org - YouTube

I am a big fan of the Tesla Model S. I have been looking for someone who would be willing to come out and join us one of these nights. We are located in Northern California, not far from the Tesla Plant.

It would be awesome to see a large, super quiet, electric luxury sedan blowing away a loud, smoking mustang or other sports car. It would get a lot of good publicity for electric cars IMO. Being most of my subscribers are typical motorheads, watching a large electric sedan smoke their favorite "sports car" might open their eyes a little bit.


Let me know, you can contact me on here or email me through this forum.

Thanks for your time!

 

[toto_48313]

I went to drag race last night (not in California)

Having a Model S give very consistent results and is almost too easy

Average is about 1 kWh per run

Here are the time:

Car	Passenger	Reaction	60	330	660	speed at 1/8	1320	speed a 1/4	difference
Nissan GTR							11.176
Tesla 1	no	0.592		5.344	8.074	87.38	12.494	109.08	-1.318
AMG 64	no						14.118
Tesla 2	Marc	0.313	2.036	5.374	8.133	87.71	12.629	108.37	1.489
AMG 64	no						12.408
Tesla 3	pilote GTR	0.402		5.411	8.185	85.94	12.689	106.95	-0.281
Nissan Z	yes						14.843
Tesla 4	no	0.302	2.064	5.401	8.16	87.65	12.653	108.42	2.19
Infiniti G65 mod	yes						13.811
Tesla 5	yes	0.334		5.361	8.123	86.18	12.605	107.57	1.206
Mitsubishi Evo VIII 2003 mod	yes						12.563
Tesla 6	no	0.421	2.163	5.485	8.227	88.12	12.694	108.9	-0.131
BMW x6 M 2011 mod	no						12.928
Tesla 7	pilote AMG	0.289	2.171	5.544	8.319	87.12	12.842	107.72	0.086
Mustang GT/CS 2008	yes						14.567
Tesla 8	yes	0.702	2.115	5.477	8.26	86.88	12.803	107.16	1.764
Mustang GT/CS 20013 mod	no						12.861
Tesla 9	no	0.534	2.017	5.336	8.093	87.57	12.603	107.85	0.258
Average		0.432	2.094	5.415	8.175	87.17	12.668	108.00
min		0.289	2.017	5.336	8.074	85.94	12.494	106.95
max		0.702	2.171	5.544	8.319	88.12	12.842	109.08
Difference		0.413	0.154	0.208	0.245	2.18	0.348	2.13

 

[bollar]

I'm impressed that the extra passenger doesn't make a difference!

 

[toto_48313]

It makes a 0.1 s difference, but not much. Wind and Temperature seems to have more impact.

 

[jerry33]

It makes a 0.1 s difference, but not much. Wind and Temperature seems to have more impact.

Makes sense as the car and driver are about 4800 lbs. Adding another person adds only about 4% to the sprung weight.

 

[Right_Said_Fred]

I would be very interested to read the intermediate times of the other cars as well. Did you leave them out or were they not available?

 

[toto_48313]

I would be very interested to read the intermediate times of the other cars as well. Did you leave them out or were they not available?

here they are:

Car	Passenger	Reaction	60	330	660	speed at 1/8	1320	speed a 1/4	difference
Nissan GTR		0.575	1.724	4.726	7.203	98.62	11.176	123.89
Tesla 1	no	0.592		5.344	8.074	87.38	12.494	109.08	-1.318
AMG 64	no	0.035		6.202	9.013	88.52	14.118	83.49
Tesla 2	Marc	0.313	2.036	5.374	8.133	87.71	12.629	108.37	1.489
AMG 64	no	0.108	1.962	5.358	8.097	90.35	12.408	115.1
Tesla 3	pilote GTR	0.402		5.411	8.185	85.94	12.689	106.95	-0.281
Nissan Z	yes	0.546		6.403	9.7	75.1	14.843	96.14
Tesla 4	no	0.302	2.064	5.401	8.16	87.65	12.653	108.42	2.19
Infiniti G65 mod	yes	0.698	2.175	5.94	8.999	80.44	13.811	101.57
Tesla 5	yes	0.334		5.361	8.123	86.18	12.605	107.57	1.206
Mitsubishi Evo VIII 2003 mod	yes	0.364		5.29	8.121	85.02	12.563	110.98
Tesla 6	no	0.421	2.163	5.485	8.227	88.12	12.694	108.9	-0.131
BMW x6 M 2011 mod	no	0.604		5.5	8.395	85.58	12.928	107.9
Tesla 7	pilote AMG	0.289	2.171	5.544	8.319	87.12	12.842	107.72	0.086
Mustang GT/CS 2008	yes	0.163		6.218	9.508	74.4	14.567	98.37
Tesla 8	yes	0.702	2.115	5.477	8.26	86.88	12.803	107.16	1.764
Mustang GT/CS 20013 mod	no	-0.07		5.624	8.457	86.92	12.861	113.01
Tesla 9	no	0.534	2.017	5.336	8.093	87.57	12.603	107.85	0.258
Average		0.432	2.094	5.415	8.175	87.17	12.668	108.00
min		0.289	2.017	5.336	8.074	85.94	12.494	106.95
max		0.702	2.171	5.544	8.319	88.12	12.842	109.08
Difference		0.413	0.154	0.208	0.245	2.18	0.348	2.13