One possible future for NASCAR was on display by the bay and will run hot laps at Sonoma Raceway on Sunday, but whether stock ...

NASCAR mandates the use of the same car throughout the weekend from Practice sessions to Cup Series race. Thus, a NASCAR engine is built to last more than 500 miles.

Street cars usually feature engines with a V-shaped configuration, often V6 or V8, for a balance of power and fuel efficiency. In contrast, NASCAR engines employ massive V8 engines that are ...

The engines on NASCAR's race cars are much more powerful than the ones on the vehicles we drive every day. There are lots of reasons why this is so.

NASCAR is also exploring racing with cars that run on hydrogen. IMSA, the sports car series owned by NASCAR, switched to hybrid engines in 2023. A competing race series, IndyCar, will debut its ...

The engines in Nascar Sprint Cup cars are 90-degree pushrod V8s, just like those that have powered many vehicles on American roads for more than 50 years. But today, the engine under Jimmie ...

Nascar is a sport built on racing cars that resemble what is seen on the street. ... those who build the cars, and the engines seem ready. “My dad always looked ahead,” Yates said.

Doug Yates, whose Roush Yates Engines supply the factory-backed horsepower for Ford’s premier series entries, said he agreed with Rushbrook’s proposed two-stage transition to Gen-7: car first ...

"I think we're really talking about Gen-7 for NASCAR and not just the car or engine," Penske said. "I think it's the show. It's the length of the races. It's where we're going to run.

It might require a rethink of the philosophy of NASCAR’s V8 engine, which is based on antiquated architecture with little relevance to modern-era street models. Yates, who talked about his desire to ...

To address these debates as best I could, I reached out to Dr. Andy Randolph, technical director at ECR Engines—a NASCAR engine developer based out of Welcome, North Carolina—and a man with a ...

Doug Yates, CEO of Roush-Yates Engines, says that an increase from 670 to 750 horsepower "wouldn't be much of a change" and that he would like to see NASCAR be open-minded about tweaking the ...