Racing is expensive. Over the last year, there’s been plenty of chatter about just how expensive it is to compete at NASCAR’s highest level. Some of the costs related to the teams’ Cup Series operations have even come to light, now that 23XI Racing and Front Row Motorsports have taken NASCAR to court for “ monopolistic practices “. Even Dale Jr. hasn’t dared to venture into the sports’ highest level full-time with JR Motorsports, partly because of the costs involved.

But what about the Xfinity Series? Recently, crew chief/engineer Aedan McHugh laid out what it actually takes to fund a competitive operation in NASCAR’s second tier. And let’s just say that the revelations were pretty eye-opening.

How much does it take to run an Xfinity car?

McHugh takes us through the breakdown . For

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