Chase Elliott claims Next-Gen cars engines are made as ‘inefficient as possible’

I do know from what little bit of knowledge I do have on engines is that the way that we run these engines with a tapered spacer, we're making them about as inefficient as you can possibly make them. These things unrestricted would have more power. Chase Elliott told Bob Pockrass ahead of the Bristol Food City 500.

The 28-year-old elaborated that due to multiple homologated parts in the engine, the heart of the cars is inefficient and is unable to produce the maximum amount of power out of the given machinery. This is impacting racing as turbulent air is impacting racing more than ever in the series with the advent of downforce-generating flaps, racing is already suffering badly in this era.

Chase Elliot provides a solution for the reliability issues in Next-gen cars

The Next-gen cars are known for their gas-guzzling nature. Moreover, the engines consume a lot more fuel to produce mediocre amounts of power which has been affecting the lives of the engines in the current era. Following this, the former champion has devised a way to solve this pestering problem.

I think with that you'd certainly have to have parts. I don't think those parts would cost any more than what they cost now if you bought the right ones to withstand that type of horsepower from a reliability standpoint. Chase Elliott said.

The Hendrik Motorsports driver elaborated that if certain parts from the engine compartment are removed, then the engines could be more optimized and made under less stress through the races. currently, a typical NASCAR engine lasts only two races before it needs to be replaced.