Has Indy hit on solution for flying cars? - ESPN
INDIANAPOLIS -- This was supposed to be the year that aero kits brought speed and style back to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Instead, unproven aerodynamic components have made safety the watchword in a week when three cars got upside down and airborne during testing at IMS. Ed Carpenter 's crash in a Sunday morning practice session was the third in the past five days in which a Chevrolet-bodied Indy car snapped out of control and took to the air, a disturbing pattern that cannot be viewed as coincidental. They also implemented changes to both Chevrolet and Honda cars, reducing engine power for qualifying and requiring Chevrolet teams to remove several aerodynamic components that they believe may have contributed to the three crashes and subsequent... But heading into Sunday's Indianapolis 500 (noon ET, ABC) , serious questions remain unanswered about the stability of the latest generation of Indy cars in general, and cars running the Chevrolet aero package in particular. "It's definitely a concern and we don't know enough about it," Indy car legend Mario Andretti said. Andretti retired from full-time driving in 1994, but famously went for a flight in a Dallara Indy car while making a test run for his son's team in 2003. On that occasion, Andretti's car took off like an airplane after hitting a. Source: espn.go.com
