Comments on: Dallara Freaks, REJOICE!!!

By: Jason Mcveigh

Jason Mcveigh — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:13:15 +0000

I realize the state of Indiana is probably upset today but on the Indycar front things are lookin good. Dallara, Lola, Swift and Delta wing all want a piece of the action. This is good news!

By: Coz

Coz — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:10:04 +0000

C’mon Roy. There, there, now. Let it out. It’s OK, it’s just a football game. Let’s go visit Uncle AJ. Would that cheer ya up?

By: redd

redd — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:00:41 +0000

why does the silent pagoda logo have a spatula in it?

By: ecracer

ecracer — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:17:32 +0000

#3… sucks

By: Ron Ford

Ron Ford — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:12:00 +0000

Sheesh! I was hoping for something more like the ’46 Novi updated with a Toyota accelerator.

By: P Daddy

P Daddy — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 21:13:29 +0000

When are they coming out with the green and blue models? I like green and blue. I’m not really a fan of red and yellow. I’ll bet green is faster than red. Red just looks faster.
(Shut up Mom, I’ll be up in a minute)

By: The Speedgeek

The Speedgeek — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 20:50:05 +0000

I’m not sure I get where all of the hate is coming from on a couple of these cars. The red one looks an awful lot like a cross between the current Dallara and a mid-’90s Reynard.
http://www.race-cars.com/carsold/reynard/1075582919/1075582919le.htm

Isn’t that what a lot of people are clamoring for? A return of the mid-’90s?

And the yellow one looks like a cross between the current Dallara and the DP-01 (cooling exhausts, mainly), plus some bulbous-y sidepods. I thought everybody LOVED the DP-01. No?

I get the criticism of the red one. I don’t mind it, but it’s different enough that I see where people wouldn’t like it. Whatever. None of us (as far as I know) get a vote, so I just think they’re all fun to see.

By: Rickenbacker

Rickenbacker — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:40:53 +0000

Yeesh… I hate ‘em all. But then again, I like old time rock ‘n roll, I’m proud of America’s heritage, heterosexuality, and beer – doesn’t seem like their target market anymore

By: DZ

DZ — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:40:36 +0000

This is all wonderful eye-candy, but for my money, the majority of real innovation should come from the propulsion portion of the equation, not with the already wrung-out aerodynamics/styling.

I’m not saying the innovations to the chassis aren’t important, just somewhere more like 30% important to innovative developments to the propulsion systems at 70% important.

I would be perfectly happy with one spec chassis 9as long as it’s not #3/red) if there were 3 different power plants available to be mated to it (maybe one bio-diesel, one 100% ethanol, one ????… dare I say it… hydrogen/electric?)

By: Neon18

Neon18 — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 17:24:37 +0000

The maroon car is very nice but many people are waiting for the Delta Wing.
http://openpaddock.net/2010/01/13/indycar-more-details-about-the-delta-wing-concept/