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While most racing series have already been integrating sequential or DCT transmissions for quite a while, NASCAR has remained committed to its standard 4-speed manual H-pattern transmission. But recently, automotive news media have reported that the next-gen NASCAR Cup Series car that is presently under development comes with a six-speed transmission instead of a standard 4-speed unit.

It is hard to believe that a modern racing car, breaking records in one of the most entertaining race series, owes its transmission design to a unit that was installed in the road car back in the '50s. But don’t be surprised because we are talking about NASCAR, where the only allowed transmission solutions still have to look like a legendary BW ST10, firstly used by GM more than six decades ago.