Tesla Driver Gets Lost, Drives Onto Track During Motorcycle Race

An American Federation of Motorcyclists title sewage red-flagged for a highly different obstruction connected nan track: a Tesla Model Y that was driving successful nan other guidance of title postulation earlier officials stopped it. The Tesla had someway entered nan basking way at Buttonwillow Raceway Park and was, from its perspective, slow driving down nan correct broadside arsenic if it were conscionable different road, reports The Drive. This appears to beryllium a quality mistake, not deliberate roadworthy rage aliases a Full Self-Driving malfunction.

The errant Tesla entered nan way during Race 7 of nan last information of nan season. The full title was livestreamed, and overmuch of nan incident was caught connected video. Race officials called for a reddish flag, which brings nan title to a halt and clears nan track, arsenic soon arsenic they spotted nan Tesla connected nan track. One charismatic stopped nan car and gave nan driver a stern talking-to while waving motorcycle postulation past. After nan way was clear, a UTV came retired and led nan mislaid Tesla backmost to nan pit area, wherever nan driver got yet different earful from title officials earlier being led away.

Buttonwillow has a Tesla Supercharger installation astatine nan northbound extremity of nan track, easy accessible from adjacent Interstate 5. This is apt what nan Model Y was looking for erstwhile it sewage lost. It appears to beryllium conscionable a mates of speedy turns disconnected nan I-5 exit, and obscurity adjacent immoderate progressive portion of nan track. The latest Street View images from January 2024 show nary Supercharger conscionable yet, truthful we don't cognize really well, aliases poorly, nan Supercharger is marked.

It would beryllium each excessively easy to move this into yet different Tesla deed piece, talking astir bad Tesla drivers aliases how unspeakable Full-Self Driving is. The livestream title commentator surely sewage successful connected nan fun:

There has been a sideways remark that whitethorn person been made adjacent maine that Elon Musk is retired to get us. First, our Starlink has gone down, and we are moving this full programme disconnected of Kevin Fanaday's hotspot compartment phone. Yes, successful truth we are moving this programme connected a compartment phone. And past a Tesla has now tried to extremity our race. And truthful we deliberation Elon has a individual vendetta against nan AFM.

This peculiar driver surely made immoderate mediocre decisions that could person caused nan racers a very bad day. Tesla drivers person a estimation for this, but nan driver of immoderate car could person made specified a mistake. I besides person to mobility really nan Tesla was capable to get connected a basking way successful nan first place. While tracks person entree points astir them for emergency vehicles to participate quickly if needed, these should each beryllium blocked disconnected while nan way is hot.

I've participated successful galore way days myself, some connected 2 and 4 wheels. To me, nan champion portion of these events is that you tin drive/ride harder and faster than you should connected a nationalist roadworthy because it's a closed, controlled environment. The area workers will activity flags to pass you of hazards ahead, and successful nan absence of those flags, you cognize you tin spell arsenic accelerated arsenic your conveyance and skills will allow. No kid is going to pursuit a stray shot onto nan track, random wildlife won't (usually) transverse successful beforehand of you, and random Teslas aren't going to thrust correct astatine you. Except that's precisely what happened here. The area workers did an fantabulous occupation getting nan business nether power erstwhile nan Tesla was connected nan track, but it shouldn't person been capable to get connected nan way successful nan first place.