The Next Gen car has only tested once on the 2-mile Auto Club Speedway in Fontana, Calif., and that was a one-car test with William Byron in early March 2020, just before the COVID-19 pandemic brought a three-month halt to the season.
The car itself has gone through numerous changes since then, not to mention Byron was involved in a wreck during the test itself. The Cup Series didn’t race or test at the track last year.
NASCAR’s new practice and qualifying procedures, which begin with Sunday’s race in Fontana, allow only 20 to 30 minutes of on-track practice each week, outside of special events like last weekend’s Daytona 500.
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“It’s a big challenge, for sure,” said Bowman, who won the most recent Cup race at Auto Club Speedway, the day before the start of the Next Gen test in 2020. “We’ve never been with this car. We haven’t been there with the higher horsepower, lower downforce package in a couple years.
“So, I’m just trying to know what I…
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