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Contributing Writer19 years old, Jameson Spies lives in Quartz Hill, California. He grew-up surrounded by racing. His mother raced late models throughout Southern California while his father built and setup the car. Not surprisingly, Jameson began racing go-karts at the age of 13, and is now racing Spec Trucks at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. He has a passion about all forms of racing and hopes to make a career out of it.
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DeltaWing Reveals 2012 IndyCar Chassis Design
February 10th, 2010
CHICAGO — DeltaWing Racing Cars introduced what it hopes will be the future of the IZOD IndyCar Series today when it unveiled its proposed chassis design for the 2012 IZOD IndyCar Series during the Chicago Auto Show.
“Today marks a fundamental shift in how race fans and the general public will view all racing cars in the future. This is a game changer,” said Dan Partel, chief executive officer of DeltaWing, LLC. “This radical prototype takes open-wheel racing to a new level from both an engineering standpoint and the overall spectator experience.”
The chassis — which has a long, sleek nose-like front that has drawn comparisons to the “Batmobile” from the Batman films — is a dramatic change from the current IZOD IndyCar Series chassis.
DeltaWing officials said the design achieves record-breaking on-track performance with only half the engine power of the current chassis. The unique vehicle design will also provide optimum and consistent distribution of loading for the Firestone Firehawk tires.
Company officials stated that the final car will weigh 50 percent less than the current generation IndyCar (1,565 pounds on ovals, 1,630 pounds on road courses) and generate only half of the aerodynamic drag. They anticipate the new chassis generating speeds of more than 235 miles per hour while delivering a 100 percent improvement in fuel efficiency.
“Our goal is to have our first prototype on the track in August,” said Partel. “We look forward to an exciting development project with the Indy Racing League to ensure that all of their requirements are met for DeltaWing to become the next IZOD IndyCar in 2012.”
“What has been proposed today by the DeltaWing group is a new light, a new vision, an open book, and a completely different approach to our sport,” said John Barnes, Panther Racing CEO and managing partner. “Today’s announcement is not as much about this car as it is a new philosophy and a much-needed culture change in the sport of open-wheel racing. This is about becoming part of the 21st Century and not living in the 20th Century. Every industry in the country is refocusing their efforts to become more efficient and it is time for the IZOD IndyCar Series to do the same.
“Our sport is one of the greatest on the planet, and in order to ensure longevity, and a bright future, it takes bold decisions by people who are fearless and unafraid of making dramatic changes. Today, possibly more so than any other time in our sport, is that time. I applaud Chip Ganassi, Ben Bowlby and everybody associated with the DeltaWing group for their forward thinking approach to our sport. This is a game-changer for us,” Barnes added.
Delta Racing Cars is the last of the four (Dallara, Swift and Lola) chassis manufacturers to submit proposals to the IRL.
Richard B
February 10th, 2010 at 10:32 pmis this a joke? April 1st isnt for a while….
Francisco Costa
February 10th, 2010 at 10:59 pmNow that is ugly.
iRacer
February 11th, 2010 at 5:14 amThat is just goddamn stupid. Making the new cars weird for the sake of weird isn’t going to work.
Max S.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:53 amThats truely not a car. Looks like a salt lake speed record car. So it is not designed for turning.
It will likely roll to either sides. A complete joke!
Sven H.
February 11th, 2010 at 7:55 am“…a much-needed culture change in the sport of open-wheel racing.”
Yeah, stupids, do you think all wheels covered then is OPEN wheel? Open your eyes….and your mind!
Henrik M.
February 11th, 2010 at 9:18 amThis is a joke!
The would suck on road courses, which is by quote of Barnhard “the strongest product of the IndyCar series”.
If they introduce this chassis design, they will kill the IndyCar Series and will make the loved Indy 500 to a joke. They will kill this sport.
To Delta Wing Project, Dallara and Swift: we want OPEN WHEELERS. The maximum for this is a tire ramp on the rear but not fully covered wheels. Wake up!
(Didnt seen a “closed wheel” design by Lola)
Giovanni Scala
February 11th, 2010 at 2:05 pmBatmobile??
Ryan Cornes
February 11th, 2010 at 4:36 pmI didn’t know Hot Wheels was designing full scale cars now.
FTG
February 11th, 2010 at 7:37 pmPlease don’t ruin the sport even more than it already has been ruined by FTG! Bring back the 1000hp Cosworths, Ilmors, big Lola’s, Reynards, etc, those are IndyCars! Not this new piece of crap that’s being proposed! Why the weight savings? Why less horsepower? ugh…
James Andrew
February 12th, 2010 at 1:18 pmWhat the bloody hell is that?!
CharliePetit
February 12th, 2010 at 7:38 pmThat thing is hard on the eyes. But don’t snort at it too fast. If it were the winning design, which can happen only if track tests refute the intuition that it is impossible to corner at high speed on that skinny nose, one thing is sure. The race would draw the biggest TV audience in its history. Eventually our eyes would get used to those cartoonish proportions. It might start to look pretty good. A cheaper, lighter, just-as-fast Indy racer that looks like nothing that’s ever circled an oval track before might be just the jolt that the league needs.
greg
February 17th, 2010 at 8:10 amdoes that even count as open wheel?
etizaz syed, pakistan
October 7th, 2010 at 3:29 pmhi,
wht do u think that y less weight and lower hp means?
its an inovation whitch will lesser the drag which consumes a lot of fuel without giving speed eficiency.
i am going to make a prototype of it and u will see the result!!!!!!
u may cntct vid me in this regard (etizazsyed@yahoo.com)