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The New Generation #69 Toyota Camry

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The Biggest Vintage Race of The Year Is NO JOKE! Old NASCAR Cars and Shelby Mustangs Unhinged!

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Matt Tifft introduces his current car, a 2020 Toyota Camry, highlighting its approximately 900 horsepower. He contrasts it with the older cars, mentioning the newer cars are more rigid and allow for more side force, making them easier to drive, yet both old and new generations achieve similar top speeds. He also details that the previous car he was driving, the old Kurt Busch 2006 Bush Series car, blew its motor on lap four after a fresh rebuild, showcasing the challenges in racing vintage vehicles.

Goal: Compare driving dynamics and performance between old and new generation NASCAR cars.

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  • NASCAR Race Car #69 Toyota Camry — Racing in the event, represents a modern generation NASCAR

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for us. Yeah. Wherever you want. Yeah, shade's much better. So, this and Matt, what are you doing here? What's up, guys? I'm Matt Tiff. So, today we're racing in the NASCAR Classic class, which is essentially NASCAR from I don't know, 1970 all the way up until now. It's a really cool deal, especially for myself being in NASCAR before. Um, so this is a 2020, I believe, a Toyota Camry. Is that right, Adrian? This is 2020. Yeah. So, um, this still has, uh, about 900 horsepower in it. So, I ran these cars in 2019. We did not have that much horsepower. So, it's a lot more fun to hop in these. What is all this in here? Left side camera up top. You know how it is these things. It's hard to see. So, [Music] you have more you have more cameras on this car than I do, and I do this for a living. What the heck is that? This is wild, man. $200 Amazon cameras. Like I said, everybody that's seen it has loved it. Weren't you driving the uh the Kurt Bush was that old Kurt Bush car with the Charger. So, the car that I have is the um it's the old Kurt Bush car uh 2006 Bush car that he won the Glenn with. And um unfortunately on Thursday, we blew the motor on lap four after a fresh rebuild. So, that was quite painful. I love hopping around between the older cars, the newer cars. They all drive so different. But, um Is it still in there? It is still up in there. Yeah. If you want to go take a You can go up on that ladder there. Um, so it's wrapped in my plaster sponsor stuff, but still the same car. Is all the Kurt Bush stuff still underneath this? Yep. It's still underneath this wrap. Yeah, it's still all under there. How do these Gen 4 cars feel compared to

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