Walking around the car on stage, Newgarden outlined the changes. From there, the aerodynamic and safety objectives were achieved without sacrificing the appealing appearance. The universal kit was reverse-designed to start with an aesthetically pleasing look – sleek, bold and reminiscent of fan favorites from the 1980s and '90s. "We believe it's going to be faster, we believe it's going to be safer, it's going to provide better racing like we've talked about."
As you can see, it's bolder, it's more daring and really, we believe it has improved aerodynamics that are going to help the racing product tremendously, so I'm looking forward to that probably the most." "INDYCAR is really looking to deliver on big promises. "We've tried to check the boxes on everything you need to with this car to make sure it's going to function well and give us what we were looking for from a design standpoint," said Newgarden, the 27-year-old from suburban Nashville, Tennessee. Going forward, the universal kit produces less downforce overall and most of it from the underwing on the bottom of the car.
Those kits constantly sought ways to add downforce for higher cornering speeds – much of it generated by winglets and other aero attachments to the top of the race car. Josef Newgarden won the 2017 Verizon Ind圜ar Series championship driving a Team Penske Chevrolet in the last of three years of aero kit competition between Chevy and Honda. So we expect that to be great news for the ongoing growth of the series and we're looking forward to seeing this beautiful car in action." It looks great and we believe that the changes that have been made will provide for great racing, more passing, more exciting racing.
"This may be the public premiere," Miles said, "but there's been a lot of talk and we're having trouble finding a critic. Mark Miles, CEO of Hulman & Company, the parent of INDYCAR and Indianapolis Motor Speedway, told media attending today's presentation that reception to this point has been emphatically positive. The universal kit is the result of more than two years of discussion, design, simulation and testing. 16, 2018 /PRNewswire/ - For INDYCAR, "The Future Starts Now" – and it began today with the official unveiling of the highly anticipated car that will rule the roads, streets and ovals in the Verizon Ind圜ar Series for 2018 and beyond.Ī panel of dignitaries from within the sport and the automotive industry gathered at the North American International Auto Show to talk about the newly developed universal aerodynamic bodywork kit that will be affixed to the Dallara IR-12 chassis and used by all competitors in the 17-race season that begins in seven weeks.