NASCAR worked through multiple changes to the Next Gen car Wednesday during the first run of its two-day organizational test at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
The eight-hour session, which began at 8 a.m. ET and ended at 4 p.m. ET, broke up into three mini sessions, each with a different aero/engine configuration. The first featured a 550-horsepower engine with a seven-inch spoiler. The second was a 670-horsepower engine with a six-inch spoiler. The third and final remained the same, but the spoiler was offset to the passenger side.
Consistent across the packages, but new to Next Gen testing overall, were splitter stuffers, engine panel strakes and rear diffuser skirts. According to NASCAR, the purpose of these additions is to help with predictability in traffic. And unlike last time, there were actually on-track periods scheduled specifically for pack racing with each configuration.
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Day 1
PositionNo.DriverBest TimeDifferenceBest SpeedTeam112Ryan Blaney29.668182.014Team Penske299Ross Chastain29.671-0.003181.996Trackhouse Racing345Kurt Busch29.831-0.163181.02023XI Racing49Alex Bowman29.839-0.171180.971Hendrick Motorsports58Tyler Reddick29.848-0.180180.917Richard Childress Racing624William Byron29.851-0.183
180.898
Hendrick Motorsports747Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
29.851
-0.183
180.898
JTG Daugherty Racing819Martin Truex Jr.
29.936
-0.268
180.385
Joe Gibbs Racing96Brad Keselowski
29.973
-0.305
180.162
RFK Racing1010Aric Almirola
29.984
-0.316
180.096
Stewart-Haas Racing1142Erik Jones
30.022
-0.354
179.868
Petty GMS Racing1218Kyle Busch
30.053
-0.385
179.683
Joe Gibbs Racing137Corey LaJoie
30.059
-0.391
179.647
Spire Motorsports1431Daniel Hemric
30.096
-0.428
179.426
Kaulig Racing152Austin Cindric
30.161
-0.493
179.039
Team Penske1614Chase Briscoe
30.327
-0.659
178.059
Stewart-Haas Racing1721Harrison Burton
30.336
-0.668
178.006
Wood Brothers Racing1838Todd Gilliland
30.370
-0.702
177.807
Front Row Motorsports
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