May 6th, 2021
On Wednesday NASCAR s three participating manufacturers showed off the final looks for their new Next Gen models that will be the basis of its Cup Series platforms starting in the 2022 season. The Camry, Mustang and Camaro models all have individual characteristics, but across all of them the series and automakers said they were pursuing features that decrease the dependence on aerodynamics and increase the emphasis on car setup.
That covers the new coupe-like silhouette, composite body materials, symmetrical design, larger wheels and a height that s two inches higher off the ground than their predecessors. They also should be cheaper for teams to operate because they ll need fewer cars per driver, since these are built so that one car is usable on different types of tracks.
NASCAR’s Next Gen Cup car: What is it and why is it needed? Autosport 5/05/2021
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The NASCAR Next Gen is the future generation of chassis to be used in the series and is aimed at making the cars more cost-effective while simultaneously enhancing driver safety.
The Next Gen car (aka Gen-7) is being readied to be introduced for the 2022 Cup Series season, having been postponed from 2021 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Its primary aims are to lower costs for teams and prove more attractive to OEMs (road car manufacturers) to join Chevrolet, Ford and Toyota in NASCAR competition by looking more like road-going cars.
Factor41/iStock(NEW YORK) Gear up, NASCAR fans. The sport's elite division will look a lot different in 2022. NASCAR will unveil the "Next Gen" Cup Series race car in Charlotte, North Carolina Wednesday afternoon. Built from the "ground up," the new car looks sleeker and more coupe-like, with a lower roofline and a shorter rear deck. A redesigned, carbon composite body sits on top of the tubular chassis, allowing drivers to better withstand direct hits. The front and rear bumpers have also been modified, tire diameter has increased to 18 inches from 15 and a 5-speed transaxle combines the transmission and rear gears into one package. But the biggest change may be the car's independent rear suspension a first for NASCAR. "We're building this new car because we want a sport that is healthy and strong and remains attractive to our current OEM (original equipment manufacturer) teams and fans," NASCAR senior vice president of racing innovatio
The future of NASCAR has arrived. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) (Toyota)
The Toyota, Ford and Chevrolet-bodied coupes feature sleeker styling and radical mechanical changes aimed at delivering better racing and a more relevant connection to the production cars they represent. (Ford)
The biggest update is the switch from a live axle to an independent rear suspension that, along with a new rack and pinion steering system, should provide improved handling on the increasing number of road racing courses being added to the series. (Chevrolet)
The engines will remain largely the same as today’s for the first couple of seasons, but the traditional four-speed manual transmission has been replaced with a stick-shifted five-speed sequential manual transaxle. The transaxle has also been engineered with provisions to accommodate an electric motor between it and the engine that can provide a boost while accelerating and charge a battery under braking, a hybrid sy
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