CNC Machining Improves NASCAR Cars - Hendrick Motorsports partners with Haas Automation to compete

摘要

Building a better race car - engine and chassis - is a daily occurrence in-season and even out-of-season on the NASCAR racing circuit. Engines in race cars that compete in the Nextel Cup and Busch Series events resemble those developed for the powertrains of muscle cars of the 1960s, albeit with horsepower ratings of 800 hp or 600 kW (Nextel Cup) and 700 hp or 523 kW (Busch Series), respectively.