[...]The Evolution Of The IndyCar « Oilpressure[...]…

The “we need a series” credo is the party line, but there is no evidence to support it.

The race made it’s mark in history without a series, but you want to convince me that it can’t survive if they don’t continue to run events nobody even cares about?

The 500 has been neutered to the point of irrelevance because the series is a financial anchor holding it down.

Newsflash. OW racing is already less relevant than horseracing. The announcement yesterday will not change the course.

Those series also give their fans plenty of other venues to watch them race. Indy Only would make American OW as irrelevant as horse racing, non olympic track & field, or hydroplane racing in this country. I understand restoring the 500, but it need a series to truly restore it to levels you are speaking about

But the fact that you could design just an aero package and basically have your own whole chassis, with all the marketing that entails, might be attractive to some. A way to have your own chassis for much less money than a real chassis would cost.

I really like the idea, but like everyone, I have tons of questions. I guess the main one would be–why limit the cost of the aero package? If a team wants a “cheap” one they’ll just buy it from Dallara. If you (and by you I mean Penske) want to design and build your own, who cares how much you choose to spend? And I think Dallara would need to stay (at least) competitive with their design.

Man. Lots to think about. I think some folks are disappointed they didn’t just allow all the cars, but that was never in the cards. And if they have to have one spec car, this might be the coolest way to go about it. Look forward to your thoughts, George. This is me shuttin’ up now.

If penske does develop a package it will be because there is an opportunity to sell enough to profit off of it, not because it will benefit the team on the track.

First movers will have a huge advantage with the potato head parts. After the fields are full, the cost caps and limited customer base will make it difficult to recoup the cost of producing an aero package and bringing it to market.

The limit on 2 aero kits per car each season I think will limit the variety of packages on the track (at most tracks). Although the 2 aero package limit might give some of the teams that only run a couple races each season an “advantage” on the tracks they do run because they can choose the optimal package for that specific track opposed to an optimal package for a whole season of oval or road courses. We might see a smaller team come into Indy with an aero package that is perfect for Indianapolis but would be terrible at Texas. I would be shocked if somebody didn’t come out with what they deemed the optimum Indianapolis aero package designed to work wonderful at the Speedway but forced you to drive like Milka Duno elsewhere.

They want to compromise Indy to allow the series to continue and then they cant understand why nobody is excited about the watered down event anymore.