If you didn't already watch the video, you're probably asking yourself if you read the title correctly. Did a MINI Cooper SE actually beat a Tesla Model 3 Performance in a drag race? Can't be, right? Well, yes it did happen, the MINI Cooper SE did win, but there was a 'slight' handicap; we had the Model 3 in chill driving mode. 

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After completing a race with the Model 3 in normal driving mode, and with it beating the MINI by a margin too wide to even estimate, we decided to try to level the field and give the Tesla a penalty that would hopefully make the second race closer.