NASCAR senior vice president of competition, Elton Sawyer, recently admitted that increasing the horsepower of the Next Gen is now “ on the table ,” and they are actively talking with engine builders about bumping up power from the current 670 HP package. Meanwhile, whispers among drivers and crew chiefs suggest that the car’s woes go deeper than just power. Chris Gabehart of Joe Gibbs Racing pointed out that the car has a horsepower-to-grip ratio imbalance; in other words, there is too much grip for the amount of power, making passing in close racing harder than it should be. And now, in parallel, one NASCAR veteran crew chief has given the problem a whole angle.

The Gen-7 NASCAR car was supposed to be the shiny future of short-track racing, but instead, it’s turned into a headache. Th

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