There won’t be many words that make NASCAR fans as mad as ‘electrification’, especially after the rumors of the sport going electric in the coming years, with an exhibition race slated for 2023. But for those who get mad about the electric motors, just consider what Chase Elliott had to say about them recently.

The most popular driver of the sport hasn’t really taken his foot off the pedal in the off-season, coming off of a disappointing championship race in Phoenix.

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Elliott recently took part in the Nitro Rally Cross, something he took part last year in also, but the difference this year being the all-electric racecars.

So when asked about his thoughts on the cars world apart from the V8-powered Next Gen stock cars from his day job, Elliott described he had a pretty fun experience.

“I’ve never raced one, honestly I haven’t really driven one on the road much so yeah, [it’s] a little different,” he said of his driving experience of the electric cars. “It takes some getting used to but these things are like a big RC car really, it’s kinda wild not hearing any engine noise or anything like that.”

“But I’ve really enjoyed it, it’s been fun, and I hope I keep improving throughout the weekend and we’ll see how it goes.”

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Chase Elliott had been very critical of NASCAR’s Next Gen car

Apart from all the excitement and uncertainty which the 2022 season brought with it through the Next Gen car, which, to a lot of extent, was a success, what it also brought was disappointment.

One of the biggest taint marks on 2022 was the fact that the cars simply weren’t safe, leading to one driver retiring, and another being out for a considerable amount of time.

This, according to the sport’s most important driver, Chase Elliott, was surely an unacceptable thing.

“I’ve watched a lot of cars back into the wall and the guy would be fine,” the Hendrick Motorsports driver said. “No one’s immune to it; it could be me next week. It could be any of my peers or fellow competitors.”

“I just hate to see us go backwards and I’m afraid that we have.”

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