A Sprint Cup car's horse power is relative. If you are driving the car, there's about 9,000 bhp. If you're in the stands, it develops about 1,000 bhp. If you are watching on TV, it looks to be about 500 bhp. Listening on the radio, it is not the same.
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The Sprint Cup racecars have around 750hp and the Nation Wide has about 50hp less.
I hear they are up into the 800's now with the new race motor designs all 4 participants are currently using.