Chevrolet took the wraps off of its all-new NASCAR Cup race car yesterday, and it wears a familiar face. That’s because it strongly mimics the 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 production car.
It’s big news for NASCAR fans and marks the end of the Chevrolet SS’ racing career in the sport. The Chevrolet SS exited production earlier this year and its Holden VF Commodore cousin will cease to exist this coming October. So, with a new NASCAR racer, we have to ask: is it hot or not?
Chevrolet says it spent a lot of time ensuring the new NASCAR body mirrored the looks of the production Camaro ZL1. That includes a prominent front grille and headlight shapes that mimic the street car. As we said in our initial report, we think the brand succeeded. Sometimes, a vehicle’s looks are lost to NASCAR regulations, but there’s no denying this looks like a Camaro ZL1.
Fun fact, and for those of you wondering, the Camaro ZL1 NASCAR Cup car shown at the reveal wears the #8 because the figure was brand-founder Louis Chevrolet’s racing number.
Go ahead and vote in our poll below and let us know if you’re digging the Camaro ZL1’s transition from street car to stock car.
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So, what is the car for the Xfinity Series a Cruze????
Toyota uses the same car in both series
Hot or Not…Really? Doesn’t matter, it isn’t a Camaro. None of the Nascar race cars are actually production models.
This is for tom ,The car in the Xfinity series ,is the Camaro SS !
Thanks they are both Camaro looking bodies. What is the HP difference?
They, race cars, are mere replicas of factory cars. How about Hemi engines in NHRA Funny cars called Chevrolets because of body replicas and decals. Nothing Chevy about them other than my Chevy dollars from car and parts purchases.
I don’t like the black bowtie. It will look alright with a white car, but you want really tell what it is if it were a black car. Otherwise, it is fine.
This is something that most people don’t know, but the bowtie on the ZL1 is actually hollow to let air through. It’s not actually black; you’re just seeing the darkness behind it.
Chevy will use the Camaro, Ford might promote the Mustang from the Xfinity series to the Monster Energy Cup and Dodge may get back into NASCAR with their Charger; this is GREAT for NASCAR and you can already imagine seeing Dale Earnhardt Jr driving a 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE pace car for next year’s 2018 NASCAR Monster Cup Daytona 500.
The negatives of Chevrolet moving to the Camaro and possibly Ford moving to the Mustang will change NASCAR Monster Energy Cup racing as the Camaro is already being used in other types of racing like Trans Am and Group GT3 as the only real difference is that NASCAR runs ovals.. as Cup teams could potentially get drivers from Trans Am and Group GT3 since they’re all driving the same cars.