Like the Ford, and like NASCAR's unbranded prototype, the three-motor setup makes the Blazer EV.R all-wheel drive. Those motors draw from a 78-kWh liquid-cooled battery, which is stored inside a modified Next Gen chassis. The car's suspension is also taken from that car, another common feature with the other two demonstrators.

It’s called the Blazer EV.R, and it makes over 1,300 horsepower. Chevrolet has joined Ford in launching an electric NASCAR prototype. It’s called the Blazer EV.R, and it makes over 1,300 horsepower with three electric motors and a 78-kilowatt-hour liquid-cooled battery on board.

As with the Mustang Mach-E racer, the Blazer EV.R does a solid job of looking like the street model. It's lower, wider, and it has a huge wing at the back, but it's a good facsimile. But the Blazer EV.

Chevy's new Blazer EV will lead the field to green at the Daytona 500. That's right, the Great American Race paced to the start by an electric vehicle

Um … EV? Doesn’t that E stand for something not normally associated with big and bad American speedway muscle?' one critic says.

Chevy Blazer EV SS high-performance electric crossover will be the official pace car of the 67th Daytona 500 NASCAR race this weekend.