Kevin Harvick, one of the more vocal veterans about the Next Gen car, was penalized this week for an illegal modification found on his Talladega car. That’s what it’s designed for, but some of the medium impacts feel way harder than the last car, for sure.” I’ve always said, ‘All right, go strap in this thing and go wreck it at 160 (mph) with the old car and then go wreck this new one at 160 and you tell me how you feel after the hit.’ You’re gonna know it’s harder. “No one from NASCAR is strapping in and going and feeling these hits. Heck, you had guys saying right away in preseason testing like, ‘These hits feel a lot harder than what it was last year,’ and to us it’s frustrating that no one listened or believed because we’re the only ones who feel these hits. “The unfortunate side is we knew about this stuff before coming into this year and we thought it would be OK and it wasn’t,” Blaney said.
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Ryan Blaney said drivers met last week at Talladega to present a unified front in the meeting.Īmong the NASCAR representatives present were NASCAR chairman Jim France, president Steve Phelps and the leaders of the Next Gen project. We just want the car to help us out where we’re not absorbing as much.”īusch, who will miss his 12th consecutive race, attended the meeting. “But our body seems to be absorbing the majority of the impacts instead of the car absorbing the impacts. You look from the outside and you watch crashes and it doesn’t look like anything is happening,” Bell said. “We just want to feel less inside the car. But the impacts to the rear of the cars have been jarring, and after claiming they’ve complained to NASCAR during the entire design process that the Next Gen is too stiff, the drivers finally snapped after Bowman’s concussion two weeks ago and went public with their concerns.
The car has proven to be safer in many areas and drivers believe they will be protected in catastrophic crashes.
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