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While the biggest, baddest

supercars

go and chase lap records at the

Nürburgring

in Germany, we’ve been seeing a lot of activity recently at

Laguna Seca

in California from some more sane offerings — including

electric vehicles

. The new

Jaguar I-Pace

made headlines when it

set a record for bone-stock production EVs

, lapping the circuit in 1:48.18. That’s just shy of the

Tesla Model S

P100D that lapped Laguna Seca in 1:47.62 with the help of upgraded brakes. Since then, a completely stock

Model S

P100D

did it in 1:43.06

, and the

Lucid Air

(not yet in production)

in just 1:39:30

.

Now, we have yet another

EV

record for Laguna Seca. This one comes from driver Cameron Rogers in a modified

Tesla Model 3

Performance. As you can see in the video above, he managed to make it around the course in a white-knuckled but eerily quiet 1:41.28. That makes it the fastest production EV lap, though the Model S still holds the record for a completely unmodified EV.

Rogers lists the modification made to the

Model 3

he drove, including some from his sponsors Maier Racing and the EV tuner

Mountainpass Performance

:

  • Mountain Pass Performance AWD Sport coilovers
  • Mountain Pass Performance Arastradero camber arms
  • Maier Racing front and rear carbon spoilers
  • Custom brake pads, Castrol SRF fluid
  • Enkei 18 x 9.5″ wheels
  • Hoosier A7 255mm DOT street-legal tires

Earlier, before making the modifications, Rogers and the stock Model 3 Performance had managed a lap time of 1:46.8, which goes to show what a few tweaks can do without meddling with the output.

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