Pikes Peak 2023- New Modified EV Record Run! Randy Pobst in our Tesla Model S Plaid

[@joey4568]

Randy is simply the best!❤

[@grosjean3]

Congratulations to Randy and all team unplugged performance.Well done Guys.

[@DonBurke1]

So much joy. So well deserved. All the more special that Randy is behind the wheel. Can't wait to see what is next.

[@VAspeed3]

Thanks for showing the whole run. Its exciting to see it all go by and hear Randy's narration.

[@SofiaanF]

Masters at work! Truly an honor to witness first hand. Randy and Unplugged are now Pikes Peak veterans. Great to see the car working so well on the Hill, and strategy paying off with a sub 10 minute time. Congrats and thanks for the onboard video with spectacular views and commentary by Randy! 🙌🏼

[@EcoBoostd]

Fantastic car from you all and phenomenal driving as usual from Randy. Can’t wait to see how y’all do next year!

[@CLCIII]

Randy Is A Legend! His many years of driving experience and his never failing enthusiasm makes him the perfect driver for an oft frowned upon car brand and Ev's in general. He has once again proved the naysayers wrong! Congratulations Unplugged Performance and Great job Randy! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

[@TerceroJorge]

History un the making! Amazing job guys!

[@mitchlewis535]

Been waiting for this video to come out. Whoo hoo! Congrats to everyone involved!

[@thisplayer01]

Congratulations! - Awesome telemetry in the pics of the race run, highly appreciated. Keep it up, looking forward to whatever comes next!

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Congrats to Randy and the Unplugged team! REALLY liked the bump development work in the parking lot of the race track. SMART! It really punches out of the low speed corners and you could see the aero grip in the high speed corners. Could also see the effect of battery derating in the middle. Folks need to remember Model S is an incredibly good FAMILY SEDAN. Hopefully Tesla will make the New Roadster more focused on longer duration performance. It's useful that this race shows where improvement is needed in order to do that, such as battery cooling. The current production Teslas work fine for normal use on the road, including battery thermal management, and a race like this is an extreme environment not really encountered on the street.

[@henryschilling1120]

I grew up with Casa Bonita. Thanks for bringing it back. From Golden.

[@Arpedk]

Congratulations, well done!

[@Mijanboy]

Congratulations from Central Europe to the entire "Dark Helmet" team for a job well done!!! The record time is really in the right hands now and that's how it should be.👍

[@TheLikeagee6]

Brutal 💪 keep figthing next year better cooling system for the battery and then smoke the ICE cars for the Win overall congrats for this years finish under 10min

[@replica1052]

water transfers heat better than glycol , with a hood more like a giant vent there be better airflow through the radiator, permanent magnet motors always produce current so a coasting function in the throtteling would prevent regen (even wider tires would give all the grip in the world )

[@Mijanboy]

VW EV his time is 2 minutes better

[@TheLikeagee6]

@@Mijanboy 🤣 with e real prototype car not with real roadcar base big difference

[@Mijanboy]

@@TheLikeagee6 I thought the VW EV already took care of the ICE because it has a 2 minute better time. True, I shortened it too much :)

[@Crunch_dGH]

@@replica1052So without regen heating the battery, plus water cooling & better ventilation, what % increases are we looking at?

[@luisfernandes4145]

Congratulations UP and Randy!!! You guys ROCK!!!💪 And congratulations to Tesla!!!

[@ChrisBigBad]

Very nice. Good tech, good show. Thanks for narrating the track, Randy :D

[@chestercallahan8856]

Congrats to Randy and the Unplugged crew!

[@hArDsTyLe2259]

Would love to see this on the Nurburgring once cooling for battery's is sorted!

[@AKAtheA]

unless they build a new pack from the ground up along with a custom cooling solution, the heat will always be an issue. The battery was not designed with this kind of abuse in mind and it *heavily* relies on thermal mass to not instantly overheat.

[@AllanSustainabilityFan]

It'll be fine for Nurbugring, that's about the ideal length, which is why even the Taycan doesn't overheat on it either. Longer tracks might be a bit trickier (for any car really), or ones with extreme elevation such as climbing up a mountain like this.

[@ramonhurt69]

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[@maximilianholland]

@@AllanSustainabilityFan There aren't any tracks longer than the Ring (Pikes Peak, and the TT, aren't really tracks). Taycan does overheat on the ring if run at full power so they have to lift and coast a bit. Plaid is same, needs to lift and coast a bit, but both impressive anyway, for production road cars. Cooling will steadily improve with future cell chemistries.

[@andrewdekoning]

@@AllanSustainabilityFan The ideal length for the car is

[@samsonian]

Congratulations Randy & Unplugged! Surpassed the 10M mark, DIDN’T CRASH 💥 , won class and already looking towards next year! Cheers! 🖖😎👍

[@FthePump]

Congrats team! Well deserved!

[@myxalplyx]

Awesome video! Big thanks for sharing.

[@samfletcher9093]

Had a great time filming this one. Glad you enjoyed it! - Sam Downforce Media Group

[@mrh3085]

Incredible job guys!!! Congratulations on breaking the 10min barrier!!! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🇺🇸😎

[@johnwest7993]

Back in 1990 I rode in an electric up the Peak from North Pole, at the start of the Pikes Peak road, back when there were still several miles of gravel road. Even though we had trailered the car to North Pole we barely made it to the top, with our 12 lead-acid golf-cart batteries providing the power of our aluminum-bodied custom electric car. We were rolling across the parking lot at the top of the mountain at a walking pace, even with the pedal to the medal. But on the way back down the mountain we gained so much energy from regeneration that we drove all the way down to Colo. Springs, then north on I-25 as far as the top of Monument Hill, (about 18 miles north of Colo. Spgs.) on our way back to Denver.

[@rianrahmanto8069]

Expecting Mid 9 minute or even below that,, if the battery/motors holds up a bit better until the End,, (*the car only make ±400kW or just Under 600HP after entering the middle section) but anyways GOOD JOB and CONGRATS for Unplugged Performance team🎉🎉😁

[@Matt.e_Black]

INCREDIBLE

[@andrewdekoning]

Pack was cooked by 2:56. That's amazingly fast - on road courses our plaid gets 5-6 minutes! A sub-10 given this driving style is very impressive because for most of the run the car is at half power or less. We don't know the temps at the start, but a rough guess is UP could shave another 30 sec+ with more optimization of the application of power.

[@abdulshabazz8597]

TESLA It's amazing to watch the battery performance up until midway through the course when the plaid's racing performance drops to an ordinary race car. One way to enhance the battery cooling performance could be to 3D print each LFP layer of the 4680 cell or even the module they are grouped into. The idea is to group components closer together. Similar to the way microprocessors are fabricated at smaller and smaller fabrication nodes to increase the energy efficiency between the constantly switching gates. This should be the goal to overcoming pack energy loss. Not so much trying to cool an inefficient battery . Unplugged Performance could also introduce ultracapacitors into the battery cooling system. Storing up to maybe about 11 minutes of energy before requiring the battery to draw on. In theory, preloading electrical energy into ultracapacitors could reduce the thermal draw on the Tesla Model S Plaid LFP battery system. Ultracapacitors are able to charge and discharge very rapidly, making them effective for short-term, high-power applications. The primary function of an ultracapacitor in this context would be to act as a buffer. It would discharge energy quickly during high-power events like rapid acceleration or regenerative braking, and release that energy back into the battery system in a controlled manner to flatten the battery's power demand curve, while at the same time keeping its requirements lower. This could alleviate some of the strain on the batteries during high-power events, potentially reducing heat generation.

[@briank3571]

Awesome video and super fun Driver commentary! Congratulations UP...

[@samfletcher9093]

Thanks so much! Had a great time filming this one. Randy does those commentaries SO well and it’s crazy to witness and record in person. Glad you liked it! - Sam Downforce Media Group

[@ivankuljis1780]

Randy you're a Living Legend! You make Dark Helmet a Legend too! Great Combo!

[@ken830]

Absolutely wonderful! So proud of the entire team!

[@papawoody9597]

Congratulations Randy and team, on a job well done.

[@TeslaElonSpaceXFan]

Thank you. ❤

[@George-vv7vi]

Incredible video! Great driving liked the tack comments.20 years ago I would've never thought a battery vehicle could do this.Well done Tesla team.More!

[@bobqzzi]

So kudos for the massive testicles it takes to run that mountain. Well done. The horsepower derating due to battery heat is really severe- looks like

[@petsur]

Wow, pretty cool Randy. I'm amazed that you can memorize the braking points for such a long course, but I guess that's why you're a pro !!

[@mistral-unizion-music]

Congrats guys! Amazing car, team and driver. You have cool jobs! 🙂

[@lambrosstamos4494]

This suspension and brakes, bring it to the street. A performance package. What's next, Nurburgring?

[@thenonadventure]

7 minutes in and everything was heat soaked. If there was a way to keep those temps in check, who knows just how much faster this car would be.

[@Arpedk]

at least 15 seconds faster, it was faster than many cars in top 10 on the first sector but then slowly lost 4, 8 and 12 seconds in the following 3 sectors. I would love for Tesla to address the thermal issues in a proper track package.

[@nabushdinosaure]

More 3min than 7min

[@AndrewTSq]

If 1000hp equals 745000 watt, and the motors has 90% effiency in the Plaid S, does that mean the last 10% (or 74500 watt) is heat?.. if so that number sounds hard to cool?

[@nabushdinosaure]

@@AndrewTSq Tesla states over 95% efficiency on their new drivetrains. Battery pack efficiency is probably in the same range or lower. That's still a lot of heat to dissipate yes...clearly stock cooling is not enough, and I in fact doubt that it will be possible to cool down those battery packs (18650) even with a bigger radiator/fans. Might be a limitation linked to pack and cell construction. Will need new type of battery...

[@larsjrgensen5975]

@@AndrewTSq It is a lot of heat yes, but it is spread out between the battery, 2 motors and 2 motor controllers. If they remove all the octo valve, heatpump, cabin heater stuff and replace it with 5 individual cooling systems with a lot more flow and simplicity instead, it would help a lot. I am guessing the Tesla computer would freak out if they did replace everything.

[@ryanspillers1373]

Dark helmet makes my legs tingle... so does Randy. ;)

[@oskarrabelius7384]

So for next year you need to pipe in some refrigeration cooling into the battery to get full power all the way 😁😁😁 great work 🎉

[@larryboyer9204]

Ben Craig, willie, Arvi - everyone = great Job...Oh yeah the Rocket Boy did good too! ;-) ;-) Rock

[@miguelmarques7331]

Nice !!

[@JeromeDemers]

FYI, in the video editing you use a frame counter and not a millisecond timer. It reset at ~0.24 and not 0.59

[@frankhage1734]

The top of the road is always bumpy because of frost heaving. Every year they have to repair the bad spots. The road is constantly changing. The conditions this year were excellent. Thanks to a huge snow bank for cushioning the terrible crash of Old Smokey after losing brakes near the top.

[@dopeone700]

Good job for a good guy!

[@pablogalvz]

Randy is the Super Dave Osborne we all needed!

[@laurocaramanico2596]

Still 1 sec slower than a production Porsche 911 Turbo S with half the power...

[@TheReal_JG]

Not too bad for a car with mods for 75% of a stock Turbo S with derrated power halfway up the mountain. We'll see if the next hill climb, the team will put in a bigger radiator to mitigate that power loss. We'll also see what Porshe cooks up with that new Taycan Weissach.

[@AquarianSoulTimeTraveler]

Ur getting better at knowing the whole track-vehicle response. 3rd quarter might have some fat to trim but thats pretty good.

[@JP-xd6fm]

So the plaid after a few corners into the climb is getting the motors hot? Is that any normal for a performance car? I'm asking, i really don't know

[@Kabuki187]

This guy makes me wanna try racing up the Hill

[@dana5865]

Randy did it ! I knew it!

[@gohumberto]

What is the range of the McMurtry Speirling "Fan Car"? The McMurtry really doesn't need to slow down for slow corners, it has huge downforce at all speeds.

[@DaBinChe]

I wanna see Dark Helmet run at the Ring.

[@maximilianholland]

Great job by UP and Randy. Maybe a Roadster in the next year or two?

[@paulmeynell8866]

So what position did you get? I’m guessing you didn’t come first or you would have been shouting it. How well did you do?

[@UnpluggedPerformanceTesla]

We did incredibly well! Randy sent a near 5000 lb car to 2nd place in class, top 10 overall (out of 66) + a set new modified EV record!

[@paulmeynell8866]

@@UnpluggedPerformanceTesla that’s awesome, imagine how well it will do when you can control the battery temp . Can’t wait for next year. Great job everyone.

[@newtonfirefly3584]

@@paulmeynell8866 that will require a significant development of, with an independent system, since the computer is completely locked, thus may not be achievable with a Tesla or any production electric vehicle !!

[@dustynias]

well done

[@cybyr_]

Is Randy running Pikes Peak 2024?

[@nixter1nixter1]

Imagine how fast that Model S Plaid would be with the body off and a lightweight racing battery pack. I'm guessing taking the body off would put the car in a different class that might not be as favorable. Tesla really needs to give more support to Tesla racing; a little technical support would go a long way. Talk about free advertising, this is a sure win.

[@TheRealCCSmith]

RANDY!!!! YOU DA MAN👍👍

[@4literv6]

Randy could you suggest to team unplugged that they start a kickstarter to directly fund you racing dark helmet at more racetracks? Across the U.S. and even overseas.

[@geemy9675]

it would be fun if Tesla kept putting effort into making the plaid an even better race car. I understand huge wing, splitter and diffuser are only 3rd party aftermarket by UP, because Tesla wants to keep a balance between track performance and everyday drivability and range. even with the track package you can daily drive with decent reduced range and just higher tire cost. But if Tesla took the track package to the next level with active front splitter, perfectly flat under body, active rear spoiler, and a diffuser, they could improve down force without sacrificing crusing efficiency. the cooling capacity could be increased too to ensure the car can do hard laps one after the other without going into lino mode. if they added truly active suspension with lower track position and flat cornering (think banned F1 active suspension or Bose active suspension) capable of improved track handling and better comfort in comfort mode, they could take the model S to the next level (supercar performance and rolls Royce level comfort)

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Tesla's job is to make a lot of EVs, including the new ones at $20k to $25k. It's not really a racing or exotic car company, though the New Roadster should be quite good. In other words, these are street cars, not race cars.

[@mdf1978]

If you can develop a bot, solar panels, battery storage, superchargers and on and on, you can have a small team develop something, maybe with help of UP to save time and resources.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@mdf1978 Tesla is 100% focussed on the transition to sustainable energy. Racing is very cool, but does not directly advance that mission. That's why they don't have a racing team, sponsor racing, build race cars, etc. Plaid is a very fast family sedan. It is not a race car. Roadster will be significantly more sporty, and probably better than any other production exotic car on the road, but still not a pure race car. We won't see it competing in Formula 1 or Le Mans, nor is it intended to.

[@Mijanboy]

@@LoanwordEggcorn What is the new Roadster supposed to be pretty good at when none of the original promises are true anymore? I only know 0-60 from 1.9s was changed to 2.1s (in ideal conditions). The fact that E.Musk claimed that the Roadster could handle the Nürburgring Lap time in under 3 minutes was a novelty, but it is also said to be no longer valid.

[@laurocaramanico2596]

By the way, 9' 53" isn' t such a good time for 1000 hp and modified car: the little Alpine made 9' 17" with HALF that power . By the way, weren' t EV cars made to "save the planet"? So why you keep pushing the narrative they are better then ICE cars even in a race, that isn' t true AT ALL? Why you need 1000 HP to "save the planet"?!? Why you need such a monster accelleration on 1/4 mile , wich is however not so fast if compared with a proper top fuel dragster ? 'seems to me this is just marketing for dumb...

[@dct124]

Pike's Peak vs the 90s. Has Pike's Peak become longer? Is it faster now with pavement or dirt?

[@JohnSmith-pn2vl]

time for the roaster :)

[@newtonfirefly3584]

Yes a Roaster could be interesting for a Bar-B-Que !!

[@o24kcorp]

Who else interprets this as an animated version of reality?

[@JT-py7ze]

I now need to go inside and change my underwear after watching this video😅

[@erichaskell]

I bet you had the defroster running at max on the entire drive. Congratulations.

[@stef7396]

i dont get why they can make a model 3 stay cool with the big radiators but they cant keep a plaid cool for 5mins

[@nabushdinosaure]

Not even 3min of full power is really disapointing though...Power going from 760kw+ to 400Kw super fast.....

[@l4c166]

👏👏👏🥂

[@NorthernChev]

Too bad you can’t have computer variable valving in the shocks, so that they adjust per GPS, for different parts of the track.

[@newtonfirefly3584]

Only with a full custom built vehicle !!

[@urgetodrive]

Think fast: windshield fogs up half way up the hill... whaddya do? :^)

[@Cloxxki]

Not very original, but I'd love to see what this baby can do at the Green Hell. Aero might need to be toned down or suspension readied for the loads at 180 mph. 6m30 lap? That'd be 1 minute faster than stock. GT3 cars with less aero and 600hp or so run that time, I think. Shorter lap, might help with staying on decent power a bit deeper into the run.

[@Mijanboy]

So I'm curious how Dark Helmet will be 35 sec faster than Rimac Nevera. And only 25 seconds separates you from VW ID-R, while 2 minutes separates you from Pikes P!! Since Tesla has been fixing overheating in their premium car for over 2 years now with no success, my confidence in this car is kind of waning. Dark Helmet is the work of a private team, so I can't mix it up! Your hopes have risen slightly, but I'm not sure the Nürburgring will be in Randy's interest. Porsche is already testing an EV supersport whose focus is to offer an EV that is fast and furious at the Nürburgring, but still able to be used normally on the road. And everyone should take advantage of that time until 2027, because everyone, regardless of the brand of their fan club, who knows the history of Porsche, guesses that after that it will be quiet again at the Nürburgring for a while. I just hope that it won't be like in the category of racing cars, where there was peace for a few decades. Considering that Elon probably won't like it, I believe that, on the contrary, entertainment will be provided.

[@robanderson9565]

Wait till they get their hands on a Roadster when it finally comes

[@newtonfirefly3584]

IF it will every be produced !!

[@Mijanboy]

We're about to celebrate a seven year wait... I'm just not sure what I'm still waiting for when all the promises have been gradually canceled and changed? 0-60 in 2.1s in ideal conditions is the only valid verified figure I know.

[@larsjrgensen5975]

Nice car, but the power to weight is really hurting the car high up when the heat start to build up, it looks like it looses more power then gasoline cars, just by heat instead of missing oxygen.

[@kenhiett5266]

Old man can drive. Not many years ago, the idea of getting up this mountain in under 10 minutes in a car this heavy was laughable.

[@diegohorton869]

Just re-GEN on the way down and you’re good. Full battery 🔋

[@bobcolgan]

It's almost like SuperDave came back to life. . . . . . . . . .only with a successful ending.

[@mattf3761]

We're sure that's not Bill Nye?

[@skifriedland]

1 year later.... Hyundai bests this time by 24 seconds

[@registrationaccount1034]

Nothing special or compelling about running a battery wagon up pikes peak.

[@ontherightside2647]

Do not do it, don't go so fast, it is dangerous, repent and believe in the gospel of Jesus, the Son of God, the Savior of the world.

[@newtonfirefly3584]

More Falsehood, Pretense, LIES Distortion, Nonsense about that False God, False Savior, fale 'new books', 'religion', Doctrine, ideology, myths, Pagan worship !!

[@zzzzzsleeping]

Fast but sound zhyte 🤣🤣 NO SOUL!

[@newtonfirefly3584]

Actually NOThing has a "Soul"; All are among the dormant, non-living; commonly people are just familiar with specific sounds which represent speed, performance; clearly You lack rocket sounds, perhaps others including ion energy, etc. ??!!

[@ТуркаганАзиахан]

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