Originally Posted by Andy Traxel
A couple years ago there was an interview with Brian Barnhardt in Race Car Engineering about this subject with renderings of proposals from various parties. Some had bodywork in front of the tires. I remember one looked a lot like the sportscar noses some F1 cars sported in the late '70's. A comment of Barnhardt's I remember about them was that tires increased overall drag a lot. Adopting bodywork that would shroud the tires would means they'd have to find ways to reduce speed.
Andy