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Mike Giessen
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Ted Hamilton
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Are we sure that's not a crossover for the Rocket Racing League?
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Clarence Carter
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I like seeing people are trying something new. Looks badass to me.
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Dave Robinson
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From the company that brought you lawn darts the new Indy car.
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Tom Jensen
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No, this is badass! Although, Giessen's photo is bitchin'.
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Paul Clifton
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The ideas that went into the design are realistic.
The results are radical, and I like radical.
What do they have to lose by picking this?
No one watches indy car racing anymore anyway.
If they stay with what they have they'll be gone in a couple years
If the pick this and everyone leaves, what's the difference
If it works...................... heroes
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joseph hollinger
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| Paul Clifton wrote: |
What do they have to lose by picking this?
No one watches indy car racing anymore anyway.
If they stay with what they have they'll be gone in a couple years
If the pick this and everyone leaves, what's the difference
If it works...................... heroes |
If it works, then they are stuck racing tricycles forever.
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Tim Doll
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The web site was so embarrased they already covered it up 
Silly me, all this time I thought Indy was "open wheel racing".
Tim
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Jason Fisher
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| That might work in the NHRA, but how in the hell do they expect it to turn with that narrow of a front track? That car would single handedly kill the IRL. Maybe that's why Tony George quit..... |
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gregg boyce
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I want to see someone try to get that thing to turn in on a road course...
They should call it the DELTA DART...its ridiculous. They should just have Gene Simmons drive it it full KISS gear.
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Larry Andrews
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Kerry Matthews
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FuUgly! Looks like something you'd find on the salt flats.
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Kris Zimmerman
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| Kerry Matthews wrote: | | FuUgly! Looks like something you'd find on the salt flats. |
I'm with Kerry on the Delta Wing, salt flat bound. Kinda looks like a rolling suppository. The top view shows a really narrow front end with skinny front tires and what appears to be zero downforce. It oviously isn't meant for a street circuit.
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Tom Jensen
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| Kris Zimmerman wrote: |
I'm with Kerry on the Delta Wing, salt flat bound. Kinda looks like a rolling suppository. |
I'm thinking it looks more like a Pinewood Derby car. |
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Kevin Callahan
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Love it or hate it, Delta Wing would be the most exciting thing to happen to Indy since the rear-engine revolution, turbine days of the sixties.
Interesting interview with the designer along with a comp. sim of two Delta Wings hotlapping Mid-Ohio. He talks a lot about shifting the C of G back, etc. I still don't get how it will turn at speed. Maybe the plan is to race them in reverse so the wheel config is like a Can-Am cycle???
Here's the link: http://auto-racing.speedtv.com/article/indycar-inside-the-delta-wing-project/ |
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