​@@bmoney2011The teams have stated that their engine costs haven’t gone down since implementing a lower power engine. It still cost the same as when they where running 750hp.

The teams also tear down the engines every race anyways, hence why the costs haven’t come down.

These cars need more power if they aren’t going to do anything about the increased mechanical grip.

These Aero changes are going to do squat at tracks like North Wilkesboro, Bristol and Martinsville, and may be a marginal improvement at the larger short tracks like Richmond and Phoenix.

⁠​⁠​⁠@@bmoney2011you’re right a lot of local short track racers don’t run 40 races a year. A lot of them run more than that.

​@Fearthebones211 not really. Aero is not an issue with these cars at short tracks. The cars need more power to break the increased in mechanical grip they obtained.

Every team so far has said that increasing power won’t be a difficult thing to do, nor would it be much more expensive.

Except more hp means more expensive engines which means more money sunk into maintenance which means fewer teams can stay solvent

Local short track drivers don’t run nearly 40 races per year…which means they can run more powerful engines because they only have to work a handful of times, and for not very long distances.

High powered engines are incredibly expensive to maintain. It’d be the death of smaller teams that can’t afford to tear down a motor after every race.