Interesting Item on New Chassis in Indy Star (Merged)

[Tim Northcutt]

Originally Posted by JagtechOhio

And the old Dallaras are now worthless.

I see your points when it comes to teams shelling out for new equipment in 2012, JagtechOhio, but

- Exactly how competitive would the current Dallara be when it would be dragging a 200 lbs. anchor against the new cars? I think we know the answer to that question, don't we?

-How much would it cost to refit that old Dallara to hold the new engines, and?

-Why would Dallara want to get involved in creating new engine covers for the old cars (sans airbox) or those refit chits and bits to accommodate the new engines when they are focused on selling the new product?

I highly doubt that seven guys sat around in a vacuum to come up with this...I would think that they would have talked to all of the builders about this scenario and gotten input from them before taking this step.