“Our Toyotas are close, but it seems the Blue Ovals have got a little bit of an advantage this year,” Kyle Busch admitted back in 2018, highlighting how even small tweaks in aerodynamics can tip the scales in NASCAR. Ford, Chevrolet, and Toyota are locked in under the same Next Gen rules, yet each manufacturer’s design philosophy is different. Each one, including Toyota, has a weak point.

That edge sharpened further at drafting havens like Daytona and Talladega, where pushing dictates survival and one bump can rewrite the race. Veteran Kevin Harvick, a 2014 champion with 60 Cup victories, has dissected these quirks on his Happy Hour podcast, spotting vulnerabilities that no amount of horsepower can fully mask.

Kevin Harvick pinpoints Toyota’s drafting Achilles’ heel

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