NASCAR might switch to Pony cars for Busch
The Busch COT will not look like the Cup COT — it won't have a rear wing or a front splitter — but it will have many of the safety features included on the Cup COT. It's good to keep the cars different. If the cars were as similar as they are now, Cup drivers would continue to dominate the feeder series. When the cars are almost identical, Cup drivers use the Busch races to prepare for Cup events.
No one wants to eliminate Cup drivers from Busch events entirely. They add interest and sell tickets. However, the feeder series also has to retain its objective as a developmental league.
One solution NASCAR officials are discussing for the future is to make the Busch Series car a COT but switch to models not used in Cup, i.e., to make the Busch Series a sports car league with Mustangs, Camaros, etc.
This would solve several problems. It would give the Busch Series its own identity, something the league desperately needs.
The series will have a new title sponsor next year, so why not give the new sponsor a new product to promote? This also would give the manufacturers another model to showcase in the second most popular racing series in the country.
If every team has to build new Busch cars anyway, make the new cars something unique. ESPN.com