Mustangs and Challengers in the Nationwide Series next year? That's what Fox Sports is reporting. According to Lee Spencer, when the Car of Tomorrow debuts in NASCAR's second-tier series next year, it will include the Dodge and Ford pony car designs.
"Ten-fold better than a Cup car," a NASCAR official said of the designs, which must be submitted for approval by June 26 according to the NASCAR Rule Book.
Spencer also noted a conspicuous absence of talk about the Camaro, a possible consequence of GM's financial condition. Toyota is also stuck without a coupe, so it will most likely continue with its Camry sedan.
Clearly, the move is designed to bring back fans who grew bored with the cookie cutter designs of today's Sprint Cup cars, but the "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" mantra may not have the draw even with the new designs.
Fox Sports via Autoblog
estreka says:
04:22 PM, 06/15/09
What is NASCAR's Nationwide Series?
mrbacon says:
06:34 PM, 06/15/09
Who gives a rat's behind shape the fiberglass body takes? It's still not the real car.
mrbacon says:
06:35 PM, 06/15/09
I mean *what* shape.
logansneo says:
07:35 PM, 06/15/09
Nationwide Series is the new sponser name for what once was the Busch Series, the step below the Nextel series, which was also once known as the Winston Cup series before political correctness became the law of the land in America!
I also agree that the sheetmetal bodies are departures from from the original vehicles their based on, and all three US automakers already have actual racecars built with actual Challenger, Mustang and Camaro bodies (the new Koni Series Trans Am cars) and in my opinion should use those instead for the Nationwide/Busch series cars! Then they could legimize the "Win on Sunday, sell on Monday" montra ;)! And the big 3 don't even have to be the main sponsers, just let the rich buggers already involved fit the bill!
bankerdanny says:
10:42 AM, 06/16/09
Isn't the Solara basically a Camry coupe?
So they are actually going to use a body that actually resembles the car, not just give all cars the same body and slap the name of different models (ala the current practice?)
subytrojan says:
11:47 AM, 06/16/09
The SCCA Trans Am series needs to come back!