Nationwide Series Awaits New Rulebook
July 1, 2009 by Warren Hayashi
Filed under Racing
NASCAR fans and professionals both have been waiting for the anticipated arrival of the new rulebook for the Nationwide Series, which was expected in June, but has been delayed due to facts that haven’t been made public. This rulebook will define the new car for the Nationwide Series, but is still apparently under review, as they finalize all the fine details. The future of the Nationwide Series is on the line, as this rulebook will lay the ground for all the future races in the Nationwide Series, so they need to make sure they get it right.
NASCAR is working on a new rulebook and car for the Nationwide Series
It’s expected that NASCAR won’t release the new rulebook until they have had time to meet with the owners and teams. There are probably several options they need to run past the owners and teams and want to make sure they have their input. The worsening economy could be having an effect on the final look of the rulebook, and the delays with the rulebook and the introduction of the new car, which had originally been scheduled for August 2010, but was recently delayed by NASCAR, until 2011.
Industry and media sources indicate that it’s most likely that a partial roll out of the new car will be introduced sometime next year at Talladega and Daytona and road courses Watkins Glen and Montreal, but things could always change again.
Like the rulebook, however, the introduction of the Nationwide car hasn’t been finalized, so change could be in the rule of the day as far as the dates and final look of the car is concerned. We do know that Ford and Dodge have both decided to run versions of their Mustang and Challenger muscle cars as their Nationwide entries. Chevrolet still resists running their muscle car, the Camaro, and will instead run the Impala SS, the same car it runs in the Cup series. They have been resisting pressure by NASCAR of late to use their Camaro muscle car in the Nationwide Series, but have continued to state that they will not be using the Camaro anytime soon in the Nationwide Series.
