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Joey Logano to test Next Gen car

Joey Logano will take part in a two-day test of the Cup Series’ Next Gen car next weekend at ISM Raceway, NASCAR confirmed Tuesday...
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Justin Marks retires, but could be interested in NASCAR ownership

Justin Marks might have decided to hang up the helmet, but he still is intent on being involved in motorsports. That might mean team ownership in NASCAR...
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Joe Gibbs Racing among bidders for Next Gen car chassis

Using a Request For Proposal-type process, NASCAR is soliciting bids on suppliers for the various stock elements that the new [Next Gen] car will have, principally the chassis (in a structure that will resemble how Dallara supplies IndyCar teams with a standard chassis...
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Honda says joining NASCAR “interests us”

Automotive giant Honda is monitoring NASCAR’s future rules plan for its next generation of cars and engines, but says it would only join the premier stock car racing series’ ranks when it “makes sense” to do so from a budgetary perspective...
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NASCAR to test Next Gen car at Richmond UPDATES

UPDATE: Following more than two years of development from concept to reality, NASCAR’s Next Gen car hit the track for the...
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Single lugnut on Gen 7 cars?

In making the switch to 18-inch tires with the Gen 7 car, NASCAR also is considering the use of a single lug nut to secure wheels. That would be another step toward bringing NASCAR in line with IndyCar, whose common chassis by Dallara has been pushed by team owners...
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NASCAR expected to increase wheel diameter on Gen 7 cars UPDATE

UPDATE: Goodyear has been working with NASCAR on plans to introduce a new tire in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series in...
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Electrification coming to next generation cars, but that doesn’t mean hybrids

NASCAR has always been about the business of working with automakers to test new ideas and concepts that could be used in production line vehicles but when fans hear the word “electric” they get spun out for fear of losing the roar of a 550 hp carbureted racing engine...
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NASCAR considering hybrid engines? UPDATES

UPDATE 2:  The advent of hybrid power in NASCAR is “a matter of when, not if” according to Ford Performance’s motorsport boss Mark Rushbrook, as the series looks to develop a next-generation powertrain from the 2022 season...
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NASCAR could implement step-splitter next season

Two components being considered for the Gen-7 car to debut in 2021 were utilized in this month’s All-Star Race at Charlotte Motor Speedway and one – the single-piece carbon fiber splitter/radiator pan – received such positive feedback that it could be adapted in the...
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2021 the target for Gen-7 race car

Discussions and development of a next-generation stock car are well underway for NASCAR’s competition arm and the racing departments of the sport’s three participating manufacturers. As the goals for a seventh-generation racer become clearer, so has the target launch...