It was less than four months ago, during an interview at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, where Wilson said, “We’re all behind,” when it came to the development and testing of the new car.
At that point, NASCAR had conducted just one multi-car test at Daytona International Speedway, and that produced a list of new issues, including driver cockpit overheating and problems with the car’s steering.
Teams at that point were reluctant to build many new cars because of the number of changes that were being made to address the car’s performance with each passing test.
Wilson said the issues came to boiling point by the end of the 2021 season and manufacturers turned to NASCAR for help.
“Traditionally, NASCAR facilitates a test – whether it’s an organisational test, a tyre test – and by and large it’s left up to the organisations what they do and they’re told to go out and test. That had somewhat been the mentality in the development of the Next Gen car,” Wilson said.
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