{"id":288260,"date":"2025-11-17T05:49:16","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/288260\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T05:49:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T05:49:16","slug":"chevrolet-keeps-the-camaro-zl1-alive-for-nascar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/288260\/","title":{"rendered":"Chevrolet Keeps the Camaro ZL1 Alive\u00a0for NASCAR\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s\u00a0been\u00a0nearly two\u00a0years since Chevrolet ended Camaro production.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0no successor on the horizon just yet, but the Camaro\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0completely dead\u2014it will live on\u00a0next year in NASCAR.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/chevrolet\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"2\" data-params=\"%7B%22alias%22%3A%22chevrolet%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chevrolet<\/a> has updated its race car for the upcoming season, adopting the styling of the recently launched\u00a0Carbon Performance Package for sixth-generation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/chevrolet\/camaro-zl1\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"1\" data-params=\"%7B%22make_alias%22%3A%22chevrolet%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22camaro-zl1%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camaro ZL1 <\/a>coupe owners. The NASCAR Camaro features a larger hood power dome, a revised grille, and more pronounced rocker panels.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The new kit available for current Camaro owners includes the ZL1 1LE grille, a new splitter with carbon-fiber end caps, a carbon-fiber hood\u00a0insert, carbon-fiber rocker extensions, and a large carbon-fiber rear wing. Chevy also offers the package with optional Tech Bronze wheels, and the kit is functional.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Chevy, the new kit brings the ZL1 close to\u00a0achieving\u00a0the same aerodynamic downforce as the 1LE, within 5 percent. The\u00a0upgraded aero\u00a0increases the\u00a0downforce\u00a0by 361 percent at 155 miles per hour.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16x9-tr.png\" alt=\"Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Carbon Performance Package\" width=\"16\" height=\"9\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Photo by: Chevrolet<\/p>\n<p>The updated NASCAR Camaro ZL1 race car will make its racing debut in February at the\u00a0Cook Out\u00a0Clash at Bowman Gray\u00a0Stadium\u00a0in\u00a0North Carolina.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s\u00a0still no word\u00a0about\u00a0a seventh-generation <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/chevrolet\/camaro\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"1\" data-params=\"%7B%22make_alias%22%3A%22chevrolet%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22camaro%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camaro<\/a>. Earlier this year, General Motors President Mark Reuss detailed the conditions needed for the car to make a return. He said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/766152\/gm-talks-new-camaro-possibility\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22766152%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22gm-talks-new-camaro-possibility%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">next Camaro<\/a> would have to combine fun, beauty, and functionality.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s certainly room for an affordable sports car in Chevy\u2019s lineup\u2014the Corvette starts at $70,000\u2014but there might not be enough demand.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/774640\/performance-sports-car-sales-q3-2025\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22774640%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22performance-sports-car-sales-q3-2025%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sports car sales are down overall<\/a>,\u00a0with\u00a0only\u00a0a few models\u00a0bucking the trend. They\u00a0don\u2019t\u00a0sell like they used to, so a new Camaro is unlikely, but\u00a0maybe\u00a0we\u2019ll\u00a0get a performance sedan instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0February,\u00a0a report surfaced\u00a0alleging that\u00a0the plan for the car was \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/news\/751032\/next-gen-camaro-plans-delayed\/\" data-inline-widget=\"internal-links\" data-type-id=\"0\" data-params=\"%7B%22article_edition_id%22%3A%22751032%22%2C%22section%22%3A%221%22%2C%22alias%22%3A%22next-gen-camaro-plans-delayed%22%7D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">blown apart<\/a>\u201d by higher-ups due to its weak business case.\u00a0It seems like, for now, the Camaro will be just a\u00a0race\u00a0car for the company.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"comfort-title-large flex gap-spacing-sm-base items-center\">\n<p>\t\tWe want your opinion!\n\t<\/p>\n<p>What would you like to see on Motor1.com?<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.motor1.com\/survey\/2025\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTake our 3 minute survey.\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"compact-body-medium\">&#8211; The Motor1.com Team<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s\u00a0been\u00a0nearly two\u00a0years since Chevrolet ended Camaro production.\u00a0There\u2019s\u00a0no successor on the horizon just yet, but the Camaro\u00a0isn\u2019t\u00a0completely dead\u2014it will&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288261,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[446],"tags":[58672,49,129156,128620,48,7574,92728,130641,13185,5577,13785,634,44,1170,36801,82,91993],"class_list":["post-288260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nascar","tag-b2c","tag-ca","tag-camaro","tag-camaro-zl1","tag-canada","tag-chevrolet","tag-chevrolet-camaro","tag-corvette","tag-coupe","tag-general-motors","tag-high-performance","tag-nascar","tag-news","tag-official","tag-sedan","tag-sports","tag-sporty"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288260\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}