I am going to predict that Dodge will return to NASCAR in 2024 because NASCAR is planning to go hybrid and that's when all the muscle cars (Camaro, Charger, Challenger) are getting discontinued and replaced with EV's so NASCAR pretty much won't have a choice but I also believe going hybrid may attract more OEMs. Who do you think NASCAR's new OEM will be and why?
Hopefully some sort of car that has a relationship to a production model.
In reply to Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) :
Good one that actually made me laugh a little
They will switch to SUV's.
In reply to Gearheadotaku (Forum Supporter) :
This.. By then that's the only thing the Big 3 will be making anyway. Maybe Honda will join and Nascar will let them race the Civic Type R.
The mimicked full size trucks of the current truck series will move to prime time and mimicked medium trucks (Ranger, Colorado, Tacoma, Ram to be named) will fill in the current Busch league.
Maybe turboed V6s for the cup series and non-turbo for Busch
How long until Tesla runs NASCAR?
My wild guess is a tossup between Hyundai Sonata and 5 series BMW. The problem with that is traditionally new entries have had to start in the truck series and neither have full size trucks. That would leave Nissan but Altimas are dangerous enough in the wild, they couldn't be allowed on a track.
Brett_Murphy (Agent of Chaos) said:Hopefully some sort of car that has a relationship to a production model.
Not gonna happen.
NASCAR as a motorsport is dead, but it is alive and kicking as a product to sell to advertisers. I predict that they will switch to minivans because 90% of the vehicles sold are minivans, and they offer more space for advertisers.
I would think Kia before Hyundai, maybe the Stinger or K5, although Genesis has the V8. No real reason for thinking that other than Kia seems to be more of the Ford to Hyundai's Lincoln.
While they don't have trucks, they both have larger SUVs in the Telluride and Palisade that might be adapted into a truck series form factor. Not ideal, but maybe less disruptive than letting them jump right into the car series.
No Time said:I would think Kia before Hyundai, maybe the Stinger or K5, although Genesis has the V8.
Doesn't matter. The Camry doesn't have a V8.
If Tesla were to enter NASCAR it'd be like everyone else with a Model 3 front treatment.
Nascar will become pre 2012 Grand Marquis chassis with pre-malaise bodies bolted onto them, running carbureted pushrod V8s of no greater than 383 cubic inches.
Oh, wait...dang...sorry...I just woke up.
In reply to No Time :
Hyundai does have a truck
It's the Dacia Sandero!
In reply to SpeedwayFan :
True, I just wasn't thinking of the Santa Cruz as a full or medium size.
Stadium Trucks don't try to represent a specific vehicle manufacturer. But, I'll bet that is "for sale" if someone like Ford wanted to pay to have them all look more like Rangers or Hyundai pay to have them look like Santa Cruz.
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