Next Gen Chassis Usage in Non Cup Racing

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The lawsuit has a crucial point that NASCAR owns the design of the car and dictates where the chassis can be used. For 50+ years old Cup cars were used in ARCA when the Cup days were over. So the question I have is, does the Next Gen EVER get used in ARCA "as-is" or instead, since the clips bolt on, do they create new "old-school" clips with conventional suspension so the teams can use their existing parts? Does the driveline tunnel have enough room for a 4 speed transmission or easily/cheaply modified? That seems to me the main question.

IF they can build somewhat conventional front and rear clips even if they have to use coil-over shocks, and a quick-change solid rear axle be optional probably 3 link with coil-overs, seems like could be done. Then could use the 15" wheels and brake packages. Whole lot cheaper. Just read an article that claimed Next Gen Car ready to race is $350K each minimum. Yikes! Are current ARCA teams building brand new chassis? Talking about the hard parts/frame/cage NOT the body.

Suppose maybe real question is...would that car be faster than the current Next Gen? Guess that possibility would kill the whole idea. Because NASCAR sure wouldn't like that.
 
Essentially what I'm thinking is NASCAR allows ARCA teams to buy the center cage section and body work, build or buy rest themselves from their own sources. Anyway you figure it, selling more product is profitable. And NASCAR is all about the money.
 
Xfinity and ARCA are going to be spec/kit cars soon enough. As will everything else in short track racing that isn't a kit already. The days of fabrication, junkyard picking, and hand-me-down parts from other cars and series is rapidly going extinct. The new takeoff of Crown Vic racing is happening because there are the last cheap and plentiful cars that you can turn into a racecar.

I do not see NextGen cars ever racing in ARCA or any other series.
 
When I saw highlights of a recent ARCA race, I was wondering what they will do for cars once it gets harder to get a Gen6 chassis. They'll be around a while. Still, that time will come. I agree with Speedbowl14, I don't see the Gen7 car in ARCA. I guess they'll get retired Xfinity cars.
 
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