Kevin Harvick did not like what he saw on Sunday when he sat down to watch the NASCAR Cup Series race at Iowa Speedway.<\/p>\n
His commentary, expressed on his Happy Hours YouTube show, was the continuation of a years long stance about the current generation car now in its fourth season. The 2014 Cup Series champion believes this car was built backwards, has too much grip and not enough horsepower.<\/p>\n
The end result, once again on Sunday, was a race where passing was extremely challenging, and Harvick did not mince words about what he saw.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe Cup cars need to go way faster, especially at the short tracks,\u201d Harvick said. \u201cAnd I don\u2019t think there was anything more evident than this weekend. The ARCA car outqualified the Cup car, and it was extremely difficult to pass.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe slower you go, the harder it\u2019s going to be to pass. The faster the mid-corner speed is. In the end, the cars are so damn slow they don\u2019t race good.\u201d<\/p>\n
But he wasn\u2019t done.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe car sucks. It’s not fun to see the car not be able to pass like it needs to be,\u201d he went on to admit. \u201cAnd it turned into a fuel mileage track position race. And that part, I don’t like, and it doesn’t seem like we’re making any ground on making it better.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that Goodyear has done a good job in making the tires a little bit better, but definitely need\u2026it wound up being exciting because there was, it was edgy. Cars were hard to drive. The track is rough. The track’s got everything that it needs, but man, it’s tough to watch a fuel mileage race on a short track.\u201d<\/p>\n