DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - After a less-than-stellar rollout of last year's NASC...
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - After a less-than-stellar rollout of last year’s NASCAR Cup Series Camaros, Chevrolet teams are optimistic that changes to the car will result in improved performance in 2020.
“I feel like, last year, Chevy came — they just missed the ball,” said NASCAR Hall of Famer Richard Petty, who fields the No. 43 Camaros driven by Bubba Wallace. “This year, they corrected a lot of those mistakes. We hope that they corrected it enough that we’re going to be competitive wherever we go.
??The new Chevrolet engine block and headers are ready to go. “It’s done,” said Jim Campbell, Chevrolet’s U.S. vice president for performance vehicles and motorsports. “It’s rotated when it’s ready. Typically, on the engine side, we do that when the pool of current engines is at the point where you can rotate them out.”
It remains great motivation in 2020 for Toyota teams that represent a smaller group of drivers than the Cup Series’ other two car manufacturers but have certainly proven themselves up for the challenge.Not only did Toyota have three drivers in the four-driver championship finale field, it won the manufacturer’s title before the last green flag of 2019 even flew.
Leavine Family Racing has a new driver behind the wheel of its No. 95 Toyota — highly-touted rookie Christopher Bell, who put up an impressive eight NASCAR Xfinity Series wins in 2019 — he won 15 races in just the last two seasons. And the 2016 NASCAR Xfinity Series champion, Daniel Suarez, will drive a third Toyota team car, the No. 96 Gaunt Bros. Racing Toyota Camry — although an accident in Thursday’s 150-mile Duel qualifying race eliminated him from this year’s Daytona 500 field.
“It could be down the road,” Johnson said. “I feel like I still have things I want to do and accomplish behind the wheel. And when that fades, I would say maybe there’s a chance . I haven’t pursued that or put much time or effort into it. I still have stuff I want to accomplish behind the wheel.”
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