Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Car of Tomorrow is the common name used for the chassis that accompanies NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series (2007-2012) and Nationwide (2010-present) race cars.Best known for being used as the fifth generation car style for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the fifth-generation cars were larger and boxier than the design it replaced, the Car of Tomorrow was safer, cost less to maintain, and was intended to make for closer competition.[citation needed]The car was introduced in the 2007 Cup season at the Food City 500 on March 25 and ran a partial schedule of 16 races. The plan was to require all teams to use the new car in 2009, but NASCAR officials moved the date up to the 2008 season as a cost-saving measure. The fifth-generation car's body style was retired by NASCAR car after the 2012 Ford EcoBoost 400, as the sixth-generation car, which featured chassis safety improvements but using the same chassis and an entirely new body, debuted in 2013. Many teams simply removed the fifth-generation car bodies, added the new chassis safety improvements, and installed a sixth-generation car body.In 2010, the Nationwide Series ran a partial schedule on different bodies, but using the same chassis. Teams could take old Sprint Cup cars, change the bodies, and run them in the Nationwide Series, provided they passed recertification. The car was required in 2011 full-time.. }
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- Car_of_Tomorrow abstract "The Car of Tomorrow is the common name used for the chassis that accompanies NASCAR's Sprint Cup Series (2007-2012) and Nationwide (2010-present) race cars.Best known for being used as the fifth generation car style for the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series, the fifth-generation cars were larger and boxier than the design it replaced, the Car of Tomorrow was safer, cost less to maintain, and was intended to make for closer competition.[citation needed]The car was introduced in the 2007 Cup season at the Food City 500 on March 25 and ran a partial schedule of 16 races. The plan was to require all teams to use the new car in 2009, but NASCAR officials moved the date up to the 2008 season as a cost-saving measure. The fifth-generation car's body style was retired by NASCAR car after the 2012 Ford EcoBoost 400, as the sixth-generation car, which featured chassis safety improvements but using the same chassis and an entirely new body, debuted in 2013. Many teams simply removed the fifth-generation car bodies, added the new chassis safety improvements, and installed a sixth-generation car body.In 2010, the Nationwide Series ran a partial schedule on different bodies, but using the same chassis. Teams could take old Sprint Cup cars, change the bodies, and run them in the Nationwide Series, provided they passed recertification. The car was required in 2011 full-time.".