And Michael McDowell isn’t out of the question. and Brad Keselowski all showing speed lately and yet to win, we could realistically get as high as 22. Insert obligatory Homer Simpson meme here: 19 winners so far.
With 19 winners overall and no championship-eligible winners in the first four playoff races, is NASCAR going to change the championship format for 2023? – Jason O., Kingston, N.Y. They’ll just try their damnedest to keep the whole process under wraps, because that’s what NASCAR does. If I had to guess, NASCAR will absolutely seek the assistance of the teams in redesigning the Next Gen car during the offseason, and they’re probably already collecting feedback. I’ll be truly surprised if the Next Gen car continues in its exact same form into 2023, but I feel equally confident in saying the car we have now is the car that races at Phoenix Raceway. If we aren’t trialing racing without the diffuser at Martinsville Speedway this October, we’re unlikely to see any changes at all until 2023.ĭrivers Angry with Cars, Tires, Each Other After Texas Marathon NASCAR is also unlikely to make any changes mid-playoffs for fear of artificially impacting the result (OK, what do you call a random tire failure at Bristol or Texas if not artificial).
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NASCAR can’t be seen to be publicly pushed around by its teams, whether to avoid any accusations of an uneven playing field or, more likely, because they want to make sure that the drivers and teams know who’s boss. The France family is supposed to rule with an iron fist. Well, while this isn’t the same NASCAR that would see Bill France pull out his revolver whenever he heard the word “union,” it isn’t all that different. So, if NASCAR isn’t willing to throw out the new rulebook, go back to the old one and let teams innovate mid-season, what’s to stop them from asking the teams and drivers to redesign the car for everyone to use? On this day in 1997, Jeff Gordon drove the infamous T-Rex Car at The All-Star Race and won, NASCAR would then ban the car #NASCAR /VJzuXGa6o1 If you like your racing to push engineering boundaries, go watch Formula 1. Whether or not you agree with it, the sanctioning body is clear on the subject. The writing was on the wall when Ray Evernham’s T-Rex was banned after the 1997 Winston. NASCAR decided long ago that it wants drivers, not engineers, to make the difference. 19 winners in the first 29 races is great for the sport no matter how you slice it. While the Next Gen design itself needs a serious overhaul, I still have faith in the listed-parts formula once the kinks are ironed out.
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The NTT Ind圜ar Series has been using a single chassis supplier since 2009, and the spec Dallara chassis regularly produces close racing, upset winners and, most importantly, great entertainment. I will, however, point to Ind圜ar as proof of concept for NASCAR’s new variation on manufacturer-supported spec racing. While independent rear suspensions, electronic fuel injection and aluminum alloy wheels do make Next Gen Cup cars resemble contemporary high-performance street cars a lot closer than the old four-speed, live-axle monsters did, I wouldn’t go so far as to claim that we’ve returned to Strictly Stock. Welcome to a brave new world, same as the old. While spec-chassis NASCAR brings to a close 70 years of custom-fabricated racing machines, one could argue it calls back 71 years to the inaugural season of Strictly Stock competition, where in the very first race, Glen Dunaway’s Ford was disqualified for having an illegally modified suspension, awarding the victory to runner-up Jim Roper and his Lincoln.
If flames are your game, add a crappy-ass parts shirt to your cart! 🔗in bio. If you ask Kyle Busch, they’re “ bought at Walmart.” If you ask Kevin Harvick … Single-source suppliers is the buzzword of the day. With all the changes we’ve seen between the sixth- and seventh-generation racecars, from 18-inch wheels, center-lock lugs, five-speed transaxles, independent rear suspension and more (diffusers, forward numbers, etc.), I would argue the single most significant change has nothing to do with the cars themselves and everything to do with the way they are built. But having the teams fix it … to paraphrase the great Jeff Goldblum: “You’re so preoccupied with whether or not NASCAR could, you won’t stop to think if they should!” The safety is a problem, the reliability is a problem and the tires are a problem.
– Christian Bennett, YouTubeĪfter back-to-back weekends at Bristol Motor Speedway and Texas Motor Speedway that saw tire woes dominate the headlines, the handful of solo voices asking for changes to the Next Gen car has turned into a full-fledged chorus. Why can’t let the teams fix the flaws with the Next Gen car? They could fix it much quicker than NASCAR could.
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