Unplugged Performance's Ben Schaffer talked about Tesla and its track-capable EVs during the Third Row Podcast recently.
MODEL 3 UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE DRIVER
With Unplugged’s expertise in the field and Tesla’s innovation, the Model 3 truly become more than a daily driver on the Tsukuba circuit.
MODEL 3 UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE SOFTWARE
The Unplugged team suggested that another second or two would have been shaved off the Model 3 Performance’s time with Tesla’s new Track Mode V2 software update. Schaffer also shared that the Model could have run a time of 1:01 with semi-slick DOT legal tires or reached 0:59 with stripped interiors and racing slicks. Less than 30 minutes of driving was given to the Unplugged team, and the weather was in near-freezing conditions in February. Unplugged Performance CEO Ben Schaffer shared that the Model 3 could have reached a time of 1:02.5 if Negoro had more seat time. The renowned customizer stated that it felt the modified Model 3 could have done 1:02.5 at Tsukuba if the weather was better that day. He had never driven a Tesla before getting into Unplugged’s street-tuned Model 3 Performance and beating the lap record of a McLaren F1.Įven after beating a McLaren F1 at Japan’s iconic Tsukuba circuit, Unplugged Performance believes its Ascension-R Model 3 could do better.
Negoro is not a professional driver, but he is skilled and tracks his tuned Honda Civic at the Tsukuba circuit. With driver Ken Negoro behind the wheel, the modified Performance Model 3 participated in an open track day event. In February, Strait’s Model 3 ran the Tsukuba circuit. Tesla Japan supported Unplugged’s efforts. After showing the car at SEMA in 2019, Unplugged took the car to Japan in January 2020, where it was shown at the Tokyo Auto Salon. It was fitted with Unplugged’s Tesla Model 3 Ascension-R package. World-renowned automotive customizer Unplugged Performance customized Strait’s Model 3. In a previous report, Tesmanian stated that Strait’s car was raised to 11, and it appears we weren’t wrong based on its impressive run on the Tsukuba circuit.
It was Tesla owner and enthusiast Erik Strait’ s-from YouTube channel DAErik-modified Model 3. The Model 3 that challenged the McLaren F1 at the Tsukuba circuit was no ordinary Tesla. In comparison, the McLaren F1’s record lap time was 1:04.6 with Naomi Hattori at the helm.
The street-tuned Model 3 Ascension-R lap time was 1:03.3 with driver Ken Negoro behind the wheel. A Tesla Model 3 Performance with modifications from Unplugged Performance has beaten a McLaren F1’s lap record in Japan’s iconic Tsukuba circuit.
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