When NASCAR traveled to Daytona for the Coke Zero Sugar 400 to wrap up the regular season in August, it came with a brand-new superspeedway package. Reduced horsepower and smaller spoilers were introduced to improve racing on superspeedways. The aim was to address the fuel-saving strategy and help improve overtaking.

However, the changes didn’t have the same impact on every driver. While some noticed a difference, others struggled to see how the new package was improving the racing. NASCAR CEO Steve O’Donnell, speaking with former Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick, revealed that the results weren’t what NASCAR had expected.

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