The van you see right here may seem like a junky 2001 Honda Odyssey, but it’s far more exciting. Underneath the panels sits the chassis, inside, and drivetrain from a Tesla Model S Plaid. Delightfully named the “Plaidessey,” it was constructed by the oldsters from the BoostedBoiz YouTube channel, and it is able to beating just about something in a one-lap oval race.

The builders of the Plaidessey wished to see how the van would stack up towards some fast steel, in order that they introduced it to the Freedom Factory, an oval observe well-known for its YouTuber possession. Despite its unassuming physique type, the Tesla-powered Honda is ready to stomp a Tesla Model S and what appeared to be a extremely modified Audi in a head-to-head “spectator drag,” the place to automobiles line up on the oval and race towards one another for one lap.

Even with three motors and 1020 horsepower on faucet, the Plaidessey is not invincible. The of us at BoostedBoiz meet their match when the proprietor of the Freedom Factory, the legendary Cleetus McFarland, pulls up alongside in his 991-generation Porsche 911 Turbo S. The automobile’s been modified with a number of bolt-ons and extra enhance, suggesting it makes way over the 580 hp it left the manufacturing unit with.

McFarland and the Plaidessey race twice across the oval, and it is the Porsche that takes the win each instances. But the electrical Honda-badged van places up an excellent struggle, coming inside a automobile’s size of victory on the second run. We suspect McFarland’s expertise on the observe and the van’s rubbing bodywork probably had lots to do with the end result. 

Hopefully this may not be the final we see of the Plaidessey on the race observe. With a number of minor modifications we suspect it might carry out even higher.