NASCAR Nationwide Series begins testing new race cars

NASCAR Nationwide Series begins testing new race cars

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Click above for high-res gallery of the NASCAR Nationwide Series' new cars

Holy Schnikeys! Check it out, a NASCAR race car that actually bears a passing resemblance to the production car it pretends to be. Just like its big brother series, the NASCAR Sprint Cup, the newly minted Nationwide Series (formerly known as the Busch Series) is getting its own Car of Tomorrow for the 2009 season. The Nationwide Series cars, as you can see in our gallery below, will use more than just stickers to convince fans they're looking at a Dodge, Ford, Chevy or Toyota. The new cars, which will now share a 110-inch wheelbase with the Sprint Cup cars, actually have some definition in their shapes. Unlike the Sprint Cup cars, however, they'll continue to use rear spoilers instead of large rear wings. Based on the pics below, it appears that Dodge will be campaigning Challengers, Ford will use either the Taurus or Fusion, Toyota the Camry, and Chevy's choice is still unknown.

The Nationwide Series just finished its first day of testing the new cars yesterday at Richmond International Raceway and have rolled them out again for a short test today. Drivers and team owners appear to be enthusiastic about the new cars. That's a markedly different reaction than NASCAR got when it debuted the Car of Tomorrow in the Spring Cup Series, which was largely derided by drivers at the outset.

Gallery: NASCAR Nationwide Series Car of Tomorrow



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cars are still the same shape, but with slight modifications they are able to get a better look to the actual car. what is going to happen to old cup cars which are now the nationwide cars? the value of them is not there so the teams can sell them off.