The Car of Tomorrow was the common name used for the chassis of the NASCAR Cup Series and Xfinity Series race cars. The car was part of a five-year project to create a safer vehicle following several deaths in competition, particularly the crash at the 2001 Daytona 500 that killed Dale Earnhardt.
Car of Tomorrow
Front view of Travis Kvapil's Ford Fusion CoT at Darlington Raceway
A Car of Tomorrow body with Toyota Camry decals
Front view of Regan Smith's Chevrolet Impala badged CoT at Sonoma Raceway
The NASCAR Xfinity Series (NXS) is a stock car racing series organized by NASCAR. It is promoted as NASCAR's second-tier circuit to the organization's top level Cup Series. NXS events are frequently held as a support race on the day prior to a Cup Series event scheduled for that weekend.
The Busch Series field following the pace car at Texas in April 2007
Justin Allgaier and Michael Annett in 2019
2009 Nationwide Series car of Cup Series regular Kyle Busch, who won the Nationwide Series championship that year. Busch has won a total of 102 Xfinity series races in his career, the most of any driver who has competed in the series.
NASCAR officials use a template to inspect Casey Atwood's 2004 Busch Series Chevrolet Monte Carlo.
