by "AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
Published 05/24/2017 at 15:36
by "AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
Published 05/24/2017 at 15:36
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Removing the bulky rear bumpers, airbox, and widening the sidepod air-intakes. Super excited for 2018, it’s about damn time!
I know, function over form and blah blah blah but you know what? It’s a spec chassis and there’s zero reason for a spec chassis to look ugly.
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"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
05/24/2017 at 15:37, STARS: 0
Article with more pictures in case of Kinja: http://www.indycar.com/News/2017/05/05-24-New-car-images-2018
"vondon302" (vondon302)
05/24/2017 at 15:44, STARS: 0
This took way to long but the new cars look great.
"QCGoose" (chrismcfate)
05/24/2017 at 15:44, STARS: 0
Damn, that looks fantastic!
"Chariotoflove" (chariotoflove)
05/24/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
That is wild.
"shop-teacher" (shop-teacher)
05/24/2017 at 15:48, STARS: 0
Looking good!
"ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com" (ita97)
05/24/2017 at 15:52, STARS: 0
I’m also hoping that these changes in and of themselves change the risk/reward calculation enough to discourage the contact as an occasional strategy option that has been present in Indycar since they went to current side pods and rear bumpers to protect the wheels. I do give indycar credit for generally getting it under better control this season and the latter half of last year, but the fact that they had to do it via officiating in an open wheel race series always rubbed me the wrong way.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
05/24/2017 at 15:53, STARS: 0
I would be rather surprised if that speedway wing sticks around. That doesn’t look like it would work at all.
"Clemsie McKenzie" (thestirringcolumn)
05/24/2017 at 16:03, STARS: 1
I’m surprised they didn’t keep the rear “bumpers”, at least for the speedways. Weren’t these serving a safety purpose?
"Chuckles" (chucklesw37)
05/24/2017 at 16:18, STARS: 0
I think the new car looks great but I have a hard time believing that they’re completely getting rid of the pods behind the rear wheels. Weren’t they implemented for safety?
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
05/24/2017 at 16:24, STARS: 0
In the end it seems to easy to just push through the pod and get launched.
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
05/24/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 0
Yes but it turns out they were too flimsy, and just left more debris in an accident.
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
05/24/2017 at 16:37, STARS: 0
Yea, but they didn’t work.
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
05/24/2017 at 16:40, STARS: 0
Fun fact! In the days of the old Dallara, they actually ran positive wing at the Indy 500. The car itself generated so much downforce that they set the rear wing’s leading edge higher than the rear, to reduce downforce.
"TheTurbochargedSquirrel" (thatsquirrel)
05/24/2017 at 16:52, STARS: 0
I believe they still run positive rear wings on the current cars. They certainly look leaned way back.
"AntiSpeed" (AntiSpeed)
05/24/2017 at 17:18, STARS: 0
They very well may, I just wasn’t 100% sure.