New car news!!

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Umm you do realise why aircraft and race cars have winglets right? It's not for looks.

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I'm pretty sure that was sarcasm from Hoop.

If you were developing a race series from scratch with the i500 as it's focal point would your first step be speed or a strong front wing?

Some of you need to take a step back a remember your already fans .. Diehards in fact... You have a fundamental Intrest and understanding of the new car .. It's tweaks nuances etc...

I just explained this discussion to my buddy ( seriously this time) ... He's fundamentally a stick and ball guy .. But has been to LB and Fontana with me...

His comment ... 'the new car sounds like a double decaf shot of espresso !'

EE you make my point

Cart built a sport and fan base with the I500 as it's focal point as well as the rest you mention ... Without it it went out of biz twice....

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Originally Posted by Daniel

Umm you do realise why aircraft and race cars have winglets right? It's not for looks.

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Sponsor logos!!! ;) We know why they are there aerodynamically, however very few aircraft since the Wright Brothers had winglets or endplates until VERY recently. They are not truly necessary, but they do make hte aerodynamics far better.

Ken do you honestly think that the ONLY way to grow the sport is to have a new record at Indy?

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Originally Posted by EagleEye

The ability for the car to drive fast, on a variety of tracks is and has been a big factor in attracking fans.

CART (yes, the good ole days) grew its fan base due to the diversity of tracks we raced on. The IRL tried the oval route-FAIL!, and Champcar tried the road course route-FAIL!

The improved racing (and i think this year for teh most part has been tremendous) will also attract fans. Seeing open wheel cars bang and bump, without flying into the stands or creating yellow after yellow everytime a little piece falls off, will also help teh show.

The new car also has a look, love it or hate it, that is polarizing. I remember back in the day, when Howard Cosell was both the most liked and least liked football announcer! It is good news, and will help.

Hopefully GM will promote the series as well as Honda has done, and they will need to as Firestone is going away (the promotion part).

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I completely agree with all you said.

Diversity in the schedule is huge, the competition has been the best in a decade, and a new look to the car and a new engine package creates buzz. All that Inycar needs for the future development of the sport.

Innovation (and thus novelty) is a HUGE part of IndyCar's past, and is a key reason imo why it is not thrilling the crowds at present. Record-breaking is a key part of innovation. What IndyCar should mean to casual and non-fans is cutting-edge racing at dangerous speeds with some of the greatest drivers in the world. I believe that guys like Franchitti, Power, Dixon, Bourdais, Sato, etc. are all valuable assets to the series and many of them truly are the "best of the best". Also, the racing is still fairly dangerous. However, the cutting-edge aspects I am referring to are completely lost. We need to be hearing rumors about "KV getting a new tuned up Lotus V6 by Long Beach, that may be faster than the competition" or "Andretti Autosport trying a new body kit that they think will get them up front at Indy". You know, people actually talking about the CARS and the technology, not just who wrecked who in two-wide restart last week. NASCAR can get away without this sort of thing, but what makes IndyCar racing unique is that it is more on the cutting-edge technology-wise... Except, nowadays it isn't, or at least it isn't unless you're hiding in Penske's garage on a computer somewhere.

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Originally Posted by chuck34

Ken do you honestly think that the ONLY way to grow the sport is to have a new record at Indy?

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No.... Read what I have actually written

It's logical first step towards rebranding a sport that desperately needs it


Indycar: check out our stiff front wing! Just doesn't carry much weight imo

CORSA TV: IndyCar 2012 - YouTube


Nice camera views! But please no airbox!! Save the hoop!!

And why isn't there a spy out there posting videos similar to this one!

Champ Car Panoz DP-01 testing at Sebring 1 - YouTube

I loved seeing these surface!!