http://www.indystar.com/article/20091120/SPORTS01/911200367/1052/SPORTS01/Next-Indy-car-may-be-lurking-in-a-Pennsylvania-tunnel

Very interesting article from Cavin... former Lola Chief designer Ben Bowlby (who now works for Ganassi) is designing the car. Looks like a cross between a sportscar and a motorcycle and several of the team owners support it, including Tony George. I believe this is the guy who designed the Lola CART chassis all through the 90s and until 2002 or so.

Sounds cool but also sounds like there might be a conflict of interest too. Won't Ganassi have a significant advantage over all other competitors if the car is designed by a team member and tested in the team's wind tunnel?

Beware IndyCar....



Lets hope they learn from NASCAR's mistake.

More aero, not less
More grip, not less
More beauty, not WAAAAAY less

....although the Dallara is finally starting to grow on me. At least big-wing road course version.

Good looks are something that are missing from modern race cars. I haven't bought a die-cast race car in YEARS.

Sssh. dont tell anybody.LOL.

Also, why is Tony George still involved.LOL.

Also, good news about Tagiliani and DeFerran still involved.

Here is a excellent article about everything.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/other/386862/the-future-of-indycar-and-the-indianapolis-500.html

creanandcrimson - 20 November 2009 05:09 AM

Looks like a cross between a sportscar and a motorcycle

I knew I saw the design somewhere. Here's a picture of the new car in actual race mode! Sorry for the bad quality but it was a secret test in a place called "Tron".

Hitokiri2 - 20 November 2009 09:11 AM

creanandcrimson - 20 November 2009 05:09 AM

Looks like a cross between a sportscar and a motorcycle

I knew I saw the design somewhere. Here's a picture of the new car in actual race mode! Sorry for the bad quality but it was a secret test in a place called "Tron".

I also heard NASCAR was at the same test with their COT replacement:

Very interesting interview with John Lewis where he talks about the new car on "Trackside"... apparently they have two other potential chassis manufacturers beyond Dallara and the "skunkworks" project internally. He says we may see the new car this year at an event.

EarlofSpeed - 20 November 2009 08:51 AM

Here is a excellent article about everything.
http://www.racecar-engineering.com/articles/other/386862/the-future-of-indycar-and-the-indianapolis-500.html

Seems I've been saying this:

What I would like to see is a lightweight engine and a lightweight car - you could do something awesome that is unlike any racecar ever seen before.'

for a while now and most have said it's what wouldn't happen.