New Indycar formula
07-18-2010, 03:29 PM
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New Indycar formula
I'm liking the new spec, or the fact that it's NOT a spec car anymore 
http://www.insideline.com/car-news/i...s-dallara.html
http://www.insideline.com/car-news/i...s-dallara.html
07-18-2010, 03:54 PM
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Incentives for the local economy were also a factor. Dallara pledged to build a facility near the Indianapolis Motor Speedway to manufacture the new car and Indiana-based teams will get a $150,000 discount on the first 28 cars they purchase.
07-18-2010, 04:39 PM
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At least the cars will look different from the butt-ugly things they run now.
Read this and see what's really (or not) different:
http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/artic...ud-or-thunder/
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07-18-2010, 05:26 PM
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good read
Looks like we found out why Lotus is already on board
and with the new engine formula, they're bringing Cosworth with them
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/16/r...ement-in-indy/
Looks like we found out why Lotus is already on board
and with the new engine formula, they're bringing Cosworth with them
http://www.autoblog.com/2010/07/16/r...ement-in-indy/
07-19-2010, 08:27 PM
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07-19-2010, 11:49 PM
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I like the idea and hope it works for them.
However, $75,000 per aero kit won't pay for enough wind tunnel time to develop anything.
Just my opinion,
Matt
However, $75,000 per aero kit won't pay for enough wind tunnel time to develop anything.
Just my opinion,
Matt
07-20-2010, 12:20 AM
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Here's another good read on this issue:
http://www.gordonkirby.com/categorie..._is_no245.html
Pertinent points:
Lola Car's American manager Steve Charsley:
"'If you're going to get into it [body kits] you've got to do it full-bore. If you do it half-baked you're going to have an aero kit that's inferior. So we've got to evaluate what the value is in us putting $5 million into an aero program to develop a kit.'
"'I think in the next two or three years after running this thing for a little while there will only be two kits," he commented. "There will be a high downforce kit for the street and road courses and a speedway kit for the ovals. Whoever comes up with the best job will win the entire market. It's the history of racing. Someone gets it right and someone else doesn't.'"
and Delta Wing CEO Dan Partel:"'I think in the next two or three years after running this thing for a little while there will only be two kits," he commented. "There will be a high downforce kit for the street and road courses and a speedway kit for the ovals. Whoever comes up with the best job will win the entire market. It's the history of racing. Someone gets it right and someone else doesn't.'"
"Do you have any idea what the costs are in doing an aero kit? First of all, it takes a quarter of a million dollars to build a wind tunnel model. Then the Windshear rolling road tunnel in North Carolina costs $32,000 a day and I think it's $20,000 a day for the Reynard tunnel in Indianapolis. So it's going to add up very quickly to many millions of dollars."
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