The first ACTUAL pic of the DeltaWing

[call_me_andrew]

I just showed this to a friend of mine that doesn't follow racing. The response: "Only Batman could pull it off."

[SFChamp]

I'm Batman

[F1boat]

Since when was a penis considered a serious proposal?


Looks like a dildo cruising around the track. Awful!

ROFL!!!!

[Rex Monaco]

I want this damned series opened up before it suffocates....

+1

[Chris R]

The more I look at the Delta car and the more I hear people talk about it, the less I object to it... I do not think it is perfect as it sits (need to get those front tires out a bit) - but all of the reasoning behind it is fundamentally sound - one could even argue that it is the beginning of CART part deux where the team owners attack similar issues as in 1979 from a cost perspective instead of a revenue perspective....

I think history will come to regard the introduction of the Deltawing car concept as the second "white paper".......

[methanolHuffer]

opens up sponsorship sweetheart deals for Trojan, Viagra, etc.

[Chamoo]

The more I look at the Delta car and the more I hear people talk about it, the less I object to it... I do not think it is perfect as it sits (need to get those front tires out a bit) - but all of the reasoning behind it is fundamentally sound - one could even argue that it is the beginning of CART part deux where the team owners attack similar issues as in 1979 from a cost perspective instead of a revenue perspective....

I think history will come to regard the introduction of the Deltawing car concept as the second "white paper".......

Agreed. The major fault behind the car was not getting the message out about the car ahead of time. They kept both the car and the message under wraps.

The more you hear about the Delta Wing concept car, as well as Delta Wing LLC in general, the more you feel it is an important step forward.

The lovely thing about this car is that Delta Wing wants to see multiple people building cars based on the concept they put forward. Their entire plan is to open the rules up, yet regulate them as well.

Also, don't forget, this is not the final version of the car. They are going to have to do something to remove the image the front of the car provides, and I think moving the tires out from the chassis would be a good start. Ganassi did say that this is not the final version of the car, and we will see an advanced version.

I really think this is a step that the IRL needs to take. The current formula isn't working, and simply evolving the current formula seems to have a small chance of success just as CCWS had a small level of success with the DP01. Sure, the Delta Wing concept could flop, but I'd rather the series go down swinging instead of simply suffering a slow and drawn out death.

[Scotty G.]

so scotty...

where exactly do you think they can cut costs?

I am not a techincal sort of guy, but I thought the info Miller had last night about the new engines being able to be run 1400 miles between rebuilds was interesting.

ANYTHING that can be done to drastically cut costs (since the costs are still way out-of-whack and the ROI for sponsors not even close to working) should be considered and implemented if possible.

That can be done, with a different looking chassis, I think.

[TURN3]

I thought I seen one of these threads linking to a poll for all the designs...maybe that was just the AR1 home page. At any rate, here is a link to vote on Indycar.com. I figure the more places we can voice our fan preferences the better chance we end up happy. Now with some visual on Lola's concept hopefully we can get a good sample for the league to see.

http://ow.ly/17BdI

[Scotty G.]

They are going to have to do something to remove the image the front of the car provides, and I think moving the tires out from the chassis would be a good start.

Which would make it more like a Super Modified.

The Super Modified is a odd looking thing, but it has a TON of horsepower and creates pretty good racing on ovals.

I really think "hiding" the tires is a big part of this DW design. They don't want cars getting up in the air and possibly into the crowd (which is always a possiblity with open-wheel cars on any sort of oval and on some high speed road courses).