{"id":204425,"date":"2025-10-11T05:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204425\/"},"modified":"2025-10-11T05:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-11T05:04:13","slug":"dale-jr-wants-to-strip-apart-nascar-nextgen-on-short-tracks-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/204425\/","title":{"rendered":"Dale Jr. wants ‘to strip apart’ NASCAR NextGen on short tracks"},"content":{"rendered":"

At least from a short track and road course standpoint, Dale Earnhardt Jr.<\/a> wants to reset the NextGen car, or at least simplify it.<\/p>\n

He issued some commentary about the state of the seventh-generation Cup Series platform on Tuesday during the latest episode of his Dale Jr. Download podcast. This was following the race on Sunday at the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, which featured a tremendous amount of tire degradation and improved racing because of it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI do like the tire, the falloff. That\u2019s like one little thing, but there\u2019s so many little things that I wish were different,\u201d Earnhardt said. \u201cThe tire this weekend \u2014 so good. More of that, please. I\u2019ll be honest, this car \u2014 I\u2019ve talked in length about this car on this show. Things about the car physically that I just don\u2019t think belongs on the car.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe underbody and all of that stuff. I would really tear this car apart and strip it down, get rid of some shit. I would not touch it in its current form for the mile-and-a-half and stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

By underbody, Earnhardt is referencing the fact that the NextGen is completely sealed off under the car in ways that previous generation of Cup Series racing machines were not. Teams got really creative in trying to maximize downforce beneath their cars so in the interest of parity, NASCAR sealed the underbody.<\/p>\n

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But that\u2019s only especially problematic on short tracks and road courses and not the intermediate tracks, where racing has drastically improved from previous generation of cars.<\/p>\n

To that point, NASCAR announced this week an increase in horsepower on short tracks and road courses from 670 to 750.<\/p>\n

But in addition to that, Earnhardt wants to get rid of the sealed underbody and strip the car of elements like the rear diffuser as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut for the car I\u2019m gonna take to Martinsville, it would be like the unplugged version instead of the full band,\u201d Earnhardt said. \u201cIt would be the unplugged version of the Next Gen. You don\u2019t need all that shit. It\u2019d be so basic and dull, you\u2019d beat the shit out of it.<\/p>\n

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\u201cGo out there and beat the shit out of it. It could look the same to you on TV, but underneath the shell, it would be a much, much simpler, leaner version.\u201d<\/p>\n

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