"I really enjoyed driving the car," Dillon said after his test. "I like the way that it looks, you can see the finished product down the road. The OEMs can make the body look really good, like a street car that you see on the road today. When it comes together and they all get their cars on the track, we’re going to have something to work with that also looks really good."
In his 2019 "State of the Sport" address, NASCAR president Steve Phelps said a big point of Next Gen is to "put the 'stock' back in stock car," meaning the new car should better resemble its highway-going counterparts. Of course, it's also meant to improve competition.
"When the car gets loose with this Next Gen car, it doesn't come back until the driver steers the car back -- it doesn't fix itself. And that puts it more in the driver's hands. And I like that piece," Logano said. "It's going to be challenging, but I think you'll see more mistakes on the race track, which makes, in my opinion, better racing and more passing opportunities."