It’s a mixed up, muddled up, shook up world, except for Lola.

Long-time IndyCar manufacturer Lola has released their proposal for 2012.   Perhaps fitting to the underlying theme of the Kinks song, this one serves up a duality as one of its primary uniquities.  The tub and nose are proposed to be common for both the IZOD IndyCar Series and Firestone Indy Lights.  I’ve had mixed emotions on the concept, but I can guarantee you that it would probably have a lot more FIL teams looking at the 500.  I can’t say with any confidence that it would, in practice, lead towards any line crossing in a regular single weekend event as the flipping of the tubs between configurations would probably be impossible between sessions.

You’ve got to give Lola some credit.  For certainly being, at least in a relative sense, evolutionary, it does certainly provide a load of sponsor space with it’s large, flat sidepods.

That concludes our prototype drawing releases for the 2012 IndyCar Series chassis.  I’ll see you in 2021.

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