The Blue Oval recently pulled the cover off a potential future NASCAR-going vehicle: the Ford Mustang Mach-E electric crossover race car prototype. This prototype aligns with what is hailed by many as the future of the NASCAR Cup Series once gasoline burning sedan-style race cars have gone out of vogue. Ford’s crosstown rival, General Motors, answered the Mustang Mach-E racer with its own EV crossover race car prototype, debuting the Chevy Blazer EV.R ahead of the 2025 Daytona 500.
The Chevy Blazer EV.R is heavily based on the street legal Chevy Blazer EV SS, borrowing heavily from the electric performance crossover’s looks, and its nameplate across the top of the windshield. Like the Ford Mustang Mach-E NASCAR prototype, the Blazer EV.R features a low-roofed profile and a prominent rear wing out back, reminiscent of the unbranded EV crossover unveiled by NASCAR last year.
The Chevy Blazer EV.R features an all-wheel-drive (AWD) powertrain with 1,300 horsepower on tap. Power comes from its six-phase electric motors that can rev up to 15,000 RPM, powered by a 78-kWh liquid cooled battery pack. Both the Blazer EV.R and the Mustang Mach-E prototype ride on a version of the NASCAR Next Gen chassis, which debuted for competition at the start of the 2022 racing series, currently underpinning the Ford Mustang Dark Horse and other Cup Series entries.
The Chevy Blazer EV.R is a fully operational prototype. It’s already been tested on track, turning laps at Carolina Motorsports Park in Kershaw, South Carolina.
“NASCAR and its manufacturer partners are passionate about emerging technologies, and working to remain on the forefront of innovation,” said Brandon Thomas, NASCAR vice president, vehicle design, in a press release. “With the Blazer EV.R NASCAR prototype, Chevrolet and its engineers meshed new technologies with the NASCAR Next Gen platform – and the result is a powerful, exciting vehicle that we believe fans will love when they see it at Daytona International Speedway.”
Ford Mustang Mach-E NASCAR prototype
At this time, there are no clear plans to implement an EV-only racing series in NASCAR. Don’t expect to see gas-burning V8s exit the Xfinity or Cup Series anytime soon, either.
Comments
Crossover EV race cars. Going after that Boomer lady demographic?
If you mofos eliminate gas engines from NASCAR, it’s over!!!! We believe fans will love it at Daytona! I don’t think so! Just like electric drag racing, why bother! No v8 thunder just a bunch of wining gear noise! NASCAR is crazy!!!! Good luck, I’ll never watch NASCAR again!!
NASCAR just about dead to me. Using crossovers and SUVs for their platform should just about seal it. Why the manufacturers are spending millions on this is beyond me. The “win on Sunday, sell on Monday” concept died about thirty years ago.
This EV debuted at the Daytona races last week. It ran behind the trump clown parade.
Biden Harris destroyed the country, but Trump is a clown? Grow up.
If this were to actually happen it would be the end of racing. I love all real racing, i.e., where ICE’s are used as the power plant. I’ll never waste my time watching hi tech vacuums and leaf blowers whine around a track because that’swhat they sound like. If this ever does happen races will have to be 50-75 miles long because EV’s running at max power get no decent range at all.