\u201cNASCAR is going to change the rules next year\u201d<\/p>\n
NASCAR currently runs a horsepower package of 670hp. <\/p>\n
The engines themselves, with small changes, are capable of much more. Engine builders have stated that to add an extra 100hp, would be easy.<\/p>\n
With the Next Gen car, they also widened the size of the tire. So, cars have more grip and less horsepower, a ridiculous combination.<\/p>\n
But, it appears there will be changes for 2026\u2026<\/p>\n
Brad Keselowski says NASCAR is adding horsepower for 2026<\/p>\n
Brad Keselowski is the co-owner of RFK Racing. You would expect him to be more in the loop of possible changes for the 2026 season. <\/p>\n
\u201cWell, you know, it looks like NASCAR is going to change the rules next year to where we\u2019re like 740, 750,\u201d Brad Keselowski stated via the Stacking Pennies<\/a> podcast. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not quite 100, because, you know, right now, technically, they\u2019re at 670, but realistically, they\u2019re like 685, 690, so.\u201d<\/p>\n NASCAR also hinted at adding horsepower<\/p>\n But, don\u2019t just take the driver\u2019s word for it. NASCAR themselves have confirmed the discussions\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve discussed many times about horsepower on the short tracks and that\u2019s something that\u2019s an ongoing discussion with our industry stakeholders, Toyota, Ford and Chevy, as well as our engine builder and our race teams,\u201d Elton Sawyer recently stated via SiriusXM NASCAR Radio<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cFeel like we\u2019re having positive conversations; there\u2019s still a lot that goes into that. Obviously, that\u2019s a 2026 initiative to get that across the line.<\/p>\n NASCAR\u2019s reasoning for the 670-horsepower package is vast. One, they wanted to keep the costs down for teams. And, they also wanted to lessen the barrier for entry of a new manufacturer.<\/p>\n NASCAR is working on increasing horsepower<\/a><\/p>\n Links<\/p>\n Brad Keselwoski<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0NASCAR<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cNASCAR is going to change the rules next year\u201d NASCAR currently runs a horsepower package of 670hp. The…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":121636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[46],"tags":[135977,1406,1420,1459,1423,135978,4317,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-258927","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nascar","8":"tag-horsepower","9":"tag-nascar","10":"tag-nascar-cup","11":"tag-nascar-cup-series","12":"tag-ncs","13":"tag-rulebook","14":"tag-rules","15":"tag-sports","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115276708973499238","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258927","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258927"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258927\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/121636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}