Last
week the official announcement hit the newswires and us right here at the Mid-Missouri Powerhouse that next
year's Chevy teams in the 2020 Nascar Cup Series will be getting their hands on
the Camaro ZL1 1LE. It will now be heralded as the most track-capable and
fastest Camaro of all time, and will be on tap to replace the SS for the 2018
NASCAR Cup Series season, and has achieved 7 wins so far this year. 4 of them
belong to track champ Chase Elliott, and Kyle Larson, Alex Bowman, Kurt Busch,
and Justin Haley all have nabbed down one each.
For
this exciting new ZL1 model, engineers
spent countless hours at work putting to use computational fluid dynamics to
optimize aerodynamic performance, simulations, and full-scale wind testing to
zoom in properly and bring to life a
legend. The brand-new ZL1 1LE is the
highest performer within the Camaro
lineup, and the excitement of the legacy has won the Chevy namesake a record of
39 NASCAR manufacturer championships, claiming 13 consecutive titles alone from
2003-2015. Chevy drivers have proudly taken home a record 31 championships, and
among them was Jimmie Johnson's record-tying seventh during 2016. The 2020 NASCAR Cup Series will be the 72nd
season for the nail-biting excitement of stock car racing, as well as the 49th
season for the modern-era Cup Series.
The
Advanced Auto Parts Clash will kick off the season at Daytona International
Speedway next year, and the 62nd annual run of the sun-drenched
Daytona 500. Just two weeks ago we received word that Go Fas Racing has now
created a partnership with Stewart-Haas Racing to obtain chassis, data, and
technical support from them beginning during 2020. Other noteworthy events this
fall include JTG Daugherty Racing announcing during mid-October of this year
that they had successfully signed Ricky Stenhouse JR to a multi-year
contract. Just three weeks later, Landon Cassil claimed that he
plans to keep his current position in the StarCom Racing No. 00 Chevy for 2020.
On
October 1 of 2019, NASCAR officially released the slightly modified rules
listings for 2020. One of the changes is regarding road crew members: there
will now only be 10 instead of 12 in any pit, and teams brandishing 3 or more
cars are now limited to just three roster spots. After experiencing 21 awesome
years of being NASCAR'S Premiere Fourth of July weekend even, the Coke Zero
Sugar 400 at Daytona International Speedway will now see its move to August,
becoming the final race of the standard season. All of us on staff here at the
Powerhouse are revved up to witness just how the most powerful Camaro to ever
be unleashed on the track fares during America's top-ranked track pastime, and
we'll keep you posted right here as to how the brand-new ZL1 fares during the
fierce competition!
