NASCAR Trans-AM (sort of)

Wednesday September 19, 2007 @ 10:37 AM EDT

Posted by rsc1911

I picked this up off SPEEDTV’s website. Read the rest at http://www.speedtv.com/articles/nascar/busch/40293/
Let’s pray NASCAR keeps it’s template loving hands off the cars and let’s em run au-natural. It would be like a return to the Trans-am series of the late 60’s.
NASCAR hopes to inject new life into its Busch Series by changing the types of cars raced, beginning as early as 2009, according to multiple sources familiar with the project.
If plans go according to schedule, the next-generation Busch Series cars will be Chevrolet Camaros, Dodge Challengers, Ford Mustangs and an as-yet-to-be named Toyota model, sources said. Ford overhauled the Mustang as a 1960s-retro model in 2005, to positive critical and commercial results. Chevrolet and Dodge will release similarly retro-themed Camaros and Challengers, respectively, by the 2009 model year.
The Mustang, Camaro and Challenger all are two-door coupes with rear-wheel drive and available V-8 engines, a hugely popular combination in the halcyon days of 1960s muscle cars. A switch to these cars – plus whichever model Toyota chooses to campaign – would make a huge amount of sense, as it would help the NASCAR Busch Series have its own distinct identity apart from Nextel Cup…