Chevrolet is updating the Camaro that they race in the NASCAR Cup Series for 2026 and bringing the most drastic changes to the body since the launch of the Next Gen car. While it may appear similar to the outgoing car at first glance, the Camaro ZL1 Cup car sees updates to every available body panel that NASCAR allows and is poised to be faster at short tracks and intermediates along with improvements for drag at superspeedways like Daytona and Talladega.
NASCAR updated some of the cooling requirements after the debut season of the seventh generation Cup car which required every manufacturer to make body updates. Chevy got a bit behind the Ford and Toyota on aero as these updates were deployed and we’re digging into the details of how they plan to catch up and be faster in 2026.
