However, whether it’s sooner or later, even that could change in some form.
“Obviously social and market forces are driving all of us as car manufacturers to be respectful and to be sensitive to put carbon reduction at the front of our business,” said David Wilson, president of Toyota Racing Development. “The ideal world for NASCAR is you can show up at a race track and you can see any form of motorsports you want, any type of power, electric, hydrogen,” he said. “You want to see some loud engines going out there – that’s NASCAR, too.”
“In IMSA, we are running in the GTP category and we have a hybrid, in IndyCar we have a hybrid coming next year, and I think every series has a hybrid consideration and I think there is going to be some testing in the EV space where we are really going to learn,” he said.
Electrification is not suited for races of 400 miles and more. They should indeed focus on low carbon e-fuels, and show that this offers possibilities too.
Long live NASCAR as it is..... NASCAR does NOT need electrification.