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Re:Tesla racing series: Electric cars get the green light – ... by zone411 on Friday February 02, 2018 @06:24PM (#16295075)
They will also need to take off a lot of weight from P100D's 4,941 lbs to make it worthwhile. Even they can reduce the weight by 1000 lbs, it'll still be very heavy... It's a luxury car with a powerful engine - not exactly what you'd want for racing.
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Re:Tesla racing series: Electric cars get the green light – ... by gameswithgo on Friday February 02, 2018 @06:45PM (#16295159)
It won't be the first grand touring race series by a long shot. Racing series are always contrived, with rules to make cars equal and most cars ended up almost 0% like the factory model.
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Re:Tesla racing series: Electric cars get the green light – ... by fludlight on Friday February 02, 2018 @06:42PM (#16295147)
They'll just create weight classes as they expand beyond the Model S. People are very happy to race heavy vehicles[1].

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUgw2GcXQUM

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Re:Tesla racing series: Electric cars get the green light – ... by zone411 on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:55PM (#16295463)
There are additional issues due to the heavy weight on the track - the brakes and the tires will get used up much faster for example.
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Re:Tesla racing series: Electric cars get the green light – ... by rconti on Friday February 02, 2018 @07:14PM (#16295299)
.. and on a circuit... https://youtu.be/6AqeqeSdH94?t=2m31s
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