NASCAR has introduced a monumental rule change for the 2026 Cup Sequence season.
On Wednesday, it was introduced that NASCAR will enhance horsepower from 670 to 750 on all tracks below 1.5 miles, in addition to street programs, for the 2026 season.
“We hear the followers, we hear the business, sure we wish to try to see what is going to work right here,” O’Donnell stated. “In case you went past 750, we checked out virtually $40-50 million price to the business. We’re Dodge coming into the game, we’re different OEMS coming into the game, after which our present companions.
“We wish to take a step. We wish to marry that up with aero, so we’ll do a take a look at within the offseason at North Wilkesboro. I feel a number of the drivers are glad about that.”
The primary official glimpse of the horsepower enhance will come proper off the bat to kick off the 2026 season. Bowman Grey Stadium, the host of the 2026 NASCAR Conflict, would be the first observe to debut the brand new horsepower change in a race on Feb. 1.
Different tracks impacted by the change embody the aforementioned North Wilkesboro Speedway, Phoenix Raceway, Darlington Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, Richmond Raceway, Bristol Motor Speedway, Circuit of the Americas, the Charlotte Motor Speedway Roval, World Broad Expertise Raceway, New Hampshire Motor Speedway, the San Diego Road Course, Nashville Superspeedway, Dover Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen, Sonoma Raceway and Iowa Speedway.
