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On February 1, 2021, NASCAR announced that the development stage of the Next Gen was complete. The next tests took place at Charlotte before further tire tests were carried out with Goodyear. They were able to focus on the gearbox and other features. The Next Gen car has successfully passed all speed tests. On December 11, NASCAR announced the Next Gen's first superspeedway test at Daytona on December 14вЂ“15, with Chris Buescher as the test driver. The tests took place on November 16вЂ“18 with the first day being held on the road course, and the second day on the oval. participating in both with a pair of prototype chassis. On November 10, NASCAR announced Charlotte Motor Speedway would host a pair of tests, with Kurt Busch and Martin Truex Jr. On August 17, NASCAR announced that testing of the Next Gen car would resume at Dover International Speedway with Cole Custer on August 18вЂ“19, while another prototype, built by Action Express Racing, was tested at the Daytona road course with Felipe Nasr driving the day after the Daytona road course events. NASCAR officially confirmed these reports on April 2, 2020, and the car's debut was pushed back a year to allow for enough testing time after the postponement of all events through May. On March 30, 2020, it was reported that NASCAR was taking a serious look at pushing back the rollout of the new car to 2022.

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A handful of manufacturers, teams, and drivers alike indicated their hope for the debut of the car to be postponed one year to 2022 as a result of the lost testing time. However, this decision was quickly reversed because of the situation as the Atlanta weekend was postponed shortly after the Rudy Gobert incident at an NBA game days prior that led to NASCAR's decision on postponement. Further testing that was scheduled to take place at Atlanta Motor Speedway with Clint Bowyer on March 16вЂ“17 was still on since the Next Gen car testing was exempted from NASCAR's indefinite ban on all testing. Дue to the COVID-19 pandemic, all racing was postponed through the month of May. John Probst, NASCAR's senior vice president of racing innovation, commented that the 'P3' prototype Byron tested was nearly 100 percent of the final product. The fourth test was at Auto Club Speedway with William Byron on March 2вЂ“3. Erik Jones drove the car in its third test, which was held at HomesteadвЂ“Miami Speedway on January 15вЂ“16. The second test of the car was done at Phoenix Raceway on December 9вЂ“10 with Joey Logano behind the wheel of it.

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The prototype, built by Richard Childress Racing using a generic body, was tested for the first time on October 8вЂ“9 by driver Austin Dillon at Richmond Raceway. The rules package of the 2019 season served as the starting point of the Next Gen's development. The Next Gen body style was set to debut at the 2021 Daytona 500, but when the COVID-19 pandemic postponed all NASCAR racing (and therefore, testing) until the month of May, the sanctioning body announced that the debut of the car would be pushed back a year to 2022. In addition, the Next Gen car is meant to lower costs and attract new original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to compete with Chevrolet, Ford, and Toyota. A further evolution of the Generation 6 car, the Next Gen will feature improved aero and downforce packages while introducing new technologies on the track.

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The Next Gen car, formerly known as the Gen-7 car, is the common name for the new racecar that will be used in the NASCAR Cup Series starting in 2022.

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Steel tube frame with integral safety roll cageДҐ.86 L (358 cuВ in) V8 Naturally-aspirated FR layoutДҐ forward speeds + 1 reverse Sequential manual transmissionДЈ,200 lb (1,451 kg) minimum without driver and fuelДЈ,400 lb (1,542 kg) minimum with driver and fuel Ford Mustang GT Next Gen car driven by Austin Cindric