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20 Jul 2010, 03:26 (Ref:2729438) | #1176 | |
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I think that whole Lotus KV thing is just some back door B2B action between Lotus/Proton and Cosworth.
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20 Jul 2010, 05:50 (Ref:2729456) | #1177 | ||
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Pants? The ARX-02 was designed for US competition was fairly effective, given how far off the diesel pace all petrol cars are it should be no surprise. Also the changes Wirth made to the ARX-01c and how both cars were dominant at Le Mans....Both cars were 1-2 until Highcroft experienced a rare engine problem (4 hours from the finish), not experienced by Strakka or RML.
The F1 car; well all of the completely new teams have struggled and both are at the back, did you expect them to be mid-pack by mid season? I didn't. |
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well I guess I agree with all the above..but now the team will be able to afford to buy new cars at half the price..add aero pieces developed by whoever..at a set price..probably the better outfits..unless u want to design them elsewhere.. and mountainstar ..i don't agree..it was always the offy, or cosworth or chevy ..a few chassis..all roadsters in the 50's.yes 70's saw alot of different chassis..but alot of unsafe cars..my point is that why does Indy Car need the big car companies to provide engines..Cosworth..Menard..Illmor and other outfits could build engines
and in Indiana ..the chassis rules is just a start to keep race building in Indianapolis..and keep the teams in business long enough to build up Indy Car back..its still a series with 26 entries and the best racing in USA |
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The chance presented itself to ask Mr. Bernard some questions on the ICONIC strategy, so I did my best to get some hard answers.
To my surprise, Mike King actually read the questions. IndyCar Radio probably didn't have a screener working last Saturday. To no one's surprise, most of the details about the ICONIC strategy remain open ones: we are left to see how wise these decisions will prove to be. Every time I look at the rendering of the 2010 Dallara on track next to the 2012 Dallara, I see that a big mistake was already made. Racing both cars together brings instant variety and insures full participation. The variety of arguments presented by the IRL against this plan may be obvious to you, but looking at the picture says 1,000 words and crunching the numbers shows the loss of millions of dollars. None of that matters now, it will come down to the capabilities of the team owners and the subsidies from manufacturers who also remain silent. http://bleacherreport.com/articles/4...radio-activity |
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It will be interesting to see how the spec car drivers cope with a new chassis. Maybe there will be drivers like Junior in NASCAR who didn't do as well with the COT right away than with the COY. We'll see, I guess.
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20 Jul 2010, 13:32 (Ref:2729608) | #1183 | ||
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Very interesting read written by Gordon Kirby that has quotes from reps from the other four manufacturers.
They run the full spectrum...DeltaWing is hacked and Ashmore's design company (not necessarily BAT) will probably do an aero kit. Lola and Swift yet to decide. http://www.gordonkirby.com/categorie..._is_no245.html |
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Posted this in the "Dallara" thread as well...
Very interesting read written by Gordon Kirby that has quotes from reps from the other four manufacturers. They run the full spectrum...DeltaWing is hacked and Ashmore's design company (not necessarily BAT) will probably do an aero kit. Lola and Swift yet to decide. http://www.gordonkirby.com/categorie..._is_no245.html |
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Delta Wing, they make me sick with Dan Partel's comment about social and environmental "responsibility". Well bud I don't drive race cars in the pursuit of environmental responsibility and I don't know any other driver that thinks the same. Motor racing is an escape from all those whiners and motor racing never has been and never will be about being a saintly green man. I don't like delta wing but if they want to start another open wheel war, I wont stand in their way, go for it. Ultimately, I don't think you'll see many develop and sell aero kits. With the associated costs I don't see anyone making a profit. And lets say a couple of companies did. Well I don't think those extra little farkles with different wings and such will really stimulate fan interest. Time has moved on, fans have moved on, and it's a tiny ripple in the sea. Not enough to bring back the old folks and not enough to stimulate interest in the younger crowd either. You only have to look at last weekends disaster in Toronto. This is a race that used to pull 80000 people on race day and now they could only scrape up around 10000 people with friday and saturday being totally deserted. Couple of little different farkles on the car are not bringing those crowd numbers back. |
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20 Jul 2010, 17:44 (Ref:2729723) | #1186 | ||
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Relevance to a 4 cylinder is legit, although not for Delta's reason. It's because half of the (sparse) crowd jumps into their 4 cyl econobox and drives home from the track.
Maybe they'd get a kick out of knowing a motor like that was pumped to 575Hp and just won the race they watched. Or, they still won't give a crap. The funny thing about Lola...they built a wind tunnel model, just like they did for their 2002 submission. Cost them $750K back then. Their cheif guy who left after negotiations with the IRL broke down? Dan Partel. |
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The Toronto estimates I've read in local papers were in the 15-20,000 range. Missing a year and the major sponsorship that Molson Canada used to throw at this event has really hurt the event.
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Especially the DeltaWing rant...Just choke down those sour grapes and race your dildo cars elsewhere...and get off of the Green Garbage...I don't go to races to care about ec-friendly cars...I want them fast and sexy-looking... Besides, look at how the Panoz DP01 'saved' Champ Car... this new chassis and kit combo won't attract any new fans at all...it might shut up some that wanted more variety, but there are MANY, MANY other major things wrong with IndyCar that need to be fixed if it is going to survive, let alone grow. |
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The article also provided a beakdown of what it would cost to builld the aero kits and as I thought, it's going to be very pricey for one manufacturer to go it alone, unless someone like Penske or Ganassi can have a package custom made. What is most telling is the different manufacturer's dismay at the decision to assign the chassis production soley to Dallara. This new package is designed around a 5 year plan, which will initially raise interest come 2012. With the cost of aero packages and licence fees for both for aero packages and engines, this will certainly be seen as a turn off for anyone new wanting to compete in IndyCar racing and thus keep that initial interest going. |
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Yeah, that's been the consensus from public info for a while now. I think you might be able to get a used roller for a lot less, but everyone makes up the price they want to use to justify their point, high or low.
John Barnes said that with all accessory equipment costs figured in, it was $1M per car! The same factors are playing havoc with the comparision figures used for the new chassis. Barnhart said that $385K got you everything but the seat, wheels and a motor. Maybe that's true, and maybe it's off by about $100K worth of electronics, shocks, etc. bjohn, agreed 100% with your comments. Poorly conceived plan. |
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20 Jul 2010, 18:10 (Ref:2729744) | #1194 | ||
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Someone had a great column in the past few days about indycar cutting "costs" and following the path of retreat and at the same time the sport continued to shrivel. The DP 01 BTW was a great car overall and very racy, but again nothing innovative or new, not enough to change the course when so many other problems existed. When I am old and hopefully financially successful, I would definitely want one to race in historics. The guys racing over in Euroboss with them in Europe got theirs for around $50K. |
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We all know how long that lasted...they lost their shirts... Barnard said last weekend that all of the competitors for the ICS chassis said they could deliver for about $385,000/car as the Sole Supplier, and probably closer to $700,000 if a multiple builder scenario existed... That's why multiple builders were not selected. it's all about lowering the cost of going racing... |
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