What does a 2009 Elan DP02, a ’99 VW Jetta and a 2018 Tesla Model 3 all have in common? They are three highlights from our first round of 2021 Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge accepted entries.
What is the Tire Rack Ultimate Track Car Challenge? It’s is our annual no-holds-barred track competition. The rules are simple: Car and driver must pass a NASA safety inspection. Period.
Here’s a …
Electric cars are really well suited for time attack, but that's really all they're well suited for. Unless there's a supercharger at/near the track, you won't be doing a full track or race weekend. One day maybe.
350z247 said:Electric cars are really well suited for time attack, but that's really all they're well suited for. Unless there's a supercharger at/near the track, you won't be doing a full track or race weekend. One day maybe.
That DP car is really bad at rally, too :)
Luckily, this is a time attack race so it's at the right venue.
I love/hate the Tesla. I know they are the future and I will get one. But pistons sliding up and down, valves opening and closing. Crankshafts rotating. Gears changing. Arrrgh arrrrgh arrrrgh!! Where is the exhaust note?
I understand how steam engine fans feel but Diesel electric trains just make economic sense. I loved the roar of those Pratt and Whitney's but Jets are just more practical.
In reply to frenchyd :
Agreed. I'll eventually replace my wife's X5M with an electric SUV once they have actual self-driving for long trips to the in-laws, but I have zero interest in an electric car for myself on street or track.
I'll be quietly hoping that the Tesla burns out a diode or something. 
1) yes to the elan
2)that vag, completely stripped and caged, probably still weighs over 3,000lbs. VW can't make a lightweight car.
3)what "aero mods" have been made on the Tess? I don't see anything different.
In reply to Vajingo :
It's got a front lip and might have a different rear spoiler. Certainly nothing big.
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