Nick Geddes of ON3 reports that Kevin Harvick had a major issue with the NASCAR weekend at Iowa Speedway. The ARCA Menards Series cars ran faster in qualifying than the Cup Series cars.
Harvick can’t believe this happened. He went on a rant during Tuesday’s “Happy Hour” podcast, calling for NASCAR to put more horsepower in the Next Gen car.
“The ARCA cars ran faster than the Cup cars,” Harvick said. “… The Cup cars need to go way faster, especially at the short tracks. I don’t think there was anything more evident than this weekend in that the ARCA car outqualified the Cup car, and it was extremely difficult to pass. The slower you go, the harder it’s gonna be to pass. I know there’s talk about that much horsepower — we need THAT much horsepower. … There’s just no reason the Cup car should be the slowest thing there on the weekend. They should not be slower than ARCA.”