Speed Champions

NASCAR Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1

The first NASCAR car LEGO ever built, and it actually looks the part

Brick Rated Score

3.8/5

Set 76935 · 2024

Pieces328

Minifigsn/a

Year2024

Set number76935

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The verdict

This was LEGO's first official NASCAR set, and what got me was how seriously they took the body panels.

The Next Gen Camaro's boxy stance, the low splitter, the big rear wing, it all reads instantly as a stock car and not just a generic Speed Champions shell with new stickers slapped on. I hand this to people who grew up watching oval racing on Sunday afternoons and they light up the second they see the number and sponsor graphics on the doors. It is not the most complex build in the theme, but it nails the one thing it needed to nail, which is looking unmistakably like a NASCAR machine on a shelf.

Best for: NASCAR fans and stock car collectors who want a shelf-scale Next Gen Camaro

The full review

What it is

I will be honest, when I first heard LEGO was doing a NASCAR set I did not expect much. Stock cars are basically a box with a wing, right? Then I actually built the Next Gen Camaro ZL1 and the boxy aggression of that real car came through in brick form better than I expected. The wide stance, the flat splitter, the way the greenhouse sits low and mean, it all translates. This is Speed Champions doing what it does best, taking a specific real car and shrinking it to a size you can actually display on a desk without giving up a whole shelf.

The catch

Where I have to pull back a little is on value for the build itself. At 328 pieces this sits in the smaller single-car tier of the theme, and the construction is straightforward, mostly panel by panel with a rolling chassis underneath rather than anything mechanically clever. There is no minifigure included either, which some Speed Champions sets do offer and this one skips, so if you pictured a little driver or crew chief figure standing next to the finished car, that is not part of the package. It is a quick, satisfying build, just not a long weekend project.

Who it's for

Get this one if you are a NASCAR fan first and a LEGO builder second, or if you collect Speed Champions cars and want the oval-track outlier sitting next to your supercars. Skip it if you need minifigures to feel like a set earned its price, or if you were hoping for something with more building complexity. As a display piece representing a corner of motorsport LEGO rarely touches, it earns its spot.

The parts story

What the build is actually like, and the pieces worth knowing about.

The build works front to back, chassis and engine block first, then the body panels click on in sections that snap together to form that unmistakable Next Gen silhouette. It is quick enough for one relaxed sitting, and the satisfying part is watching a pile of oddly shaped black and white panels resolve into a car you would recognize from a race broadcast within the last twenty minutes of building.

The standout pieces are the printed windshield and body elements carrying the sponsor livery and number, since those details would be nearly impossible to replicate with stickers alone at this scale and hold up well under close inspection. The wheels and low, wide spoiler give the model its stance, and the color blocking across the doors and hood is what sells the NASCAR identity rather than any single new mold. It is a set built around getting a handful of key graphics exactly right rather than piling on unusual parts.

Fun facts

01This was LEGO's first officially licensed NASCAR set, introducing the Next Gen Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 body style to the Speed Champions lineup
02It launched alongside a broader wave of Speed Champions single-car sets in the same fixed scale used across the modern run of the theme
03Unlike many dual-car Speed Champions sets, this one ships without a driver minifigure, keeping the focus purely on the model itself
04The set uses printed body and windshield elements rather than only stickers to carry the sponsor livery detail