Photography Credit: Rupert Berrington
Wow!
Those who bought a Tesla Model 3 Performance with hopes of dominating SCCA autocross might want to chill for a few: Effective January 1, that car has been moved from B Street all the way to Super Street.
David Marcus drove a Model 3 to last year's Solo title, holding off Mark Daddio’s 2019 Mustang Shelby by 0.070 second. In Super Street, the Tesla will face off against the latest Acura NSX, Porsche GT3 and Corvette Z06.
Wow!
Ooooooooof.
This is the SEB's way of shaking their fist at a cloud and telling electric car owners to GET OFF MY LAWN.
Can't wait for the Elon Musk angry tweets about this. Maybe he'll call the SEB a bunch of pedophiles too.
RedBarchetta said:This is the SEB's way of telling electric car owners to GET OFF MY LAWN.
I kind of feel the same way. Wasn't the driver already a National Champion in a different class a few years ago? So it isn't like some random jabroni jumped in and embarrassed everyone, and he won by not even a 1/10th of a second... Seems like it was in the right class already?
Or he'll look at it as a compliment. The M3P has received a power bump via an OTA upgrade since the end of the season. I suspect the regular Model 3 (currently in DS) will get a revisit as well, as it's up about 15% with the optional "Acceleration Boost". That car has different suspension and skinnier tires, but in terms of performance it's a lot closer to the Performance than it used to be.
mtn said:RedBarchetta said:This is the SEB's way of telling electric car owners to GET OFF MY LAWN.
I kind of feel the same way. Wasn't the driver already a National Champion in a different class a few years ago? So it isn't like some random jabroni jumped in and embarrassed everyone, and he won by not even a 1/10th of a second... Seems like it was in the right class already?
It's new and different, of course it rubs the SCCA the wrong way. A win by 0.070 seconds hardly seems worth going to S/Street. I could see if they even tested it in A/Street for a season.
"The key to winning is finding the unfair advantage "
mtn said:RedBarchetta said:This is the SEB's way of telling electric car owners to GET OFF MY LAWN.
I kind of feel the same way. Wasn't the driver already a National Champion in a different class a few years ago? So it isn't like some random jabroni jumped in and embarrassed everyone, and he won by not even a 1/10th of a second... Seems like it was in the right class already?
the issue isn't the driver or the hardware of the car itself. it's the fact that the car is getting over the air updates to increase the performance through software. Thus taking a car that started the year competitive in BS and now on the way to possibly being a class killer.
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