One Positive About Each Constructor
All four 2012 proposals are in. Since you all are so negative, I’ll give you what I feel to be the largest positive of each:
Swift
The Swift Light concept is good, but I think it’s just a little short of awesome. My proposal to Swift is to incorporate the lights into drivers’ helmets. Attach them to a driver’s central nervous system and make them analogous to a giant, glowing mood ring. I mean, sure, Scott Dixon’s helmet will always glow blue, but imagine the colors we’d see with Danica during one of her tantrums or Tomas during one of his glove throwing tirades. We’d be seeing colors never humanly conceived, and it’d lead towards a logical sponsorship from Crayola.
Delta Wing
The Delta Wing’s best feature is its backside. You other brothers cannot deny. Delta Wing has got a motor in the back of its Honda.
That said, I am a little cautious on the Delta Wing when I’m reminded of the words of the great American philosophers Bell Biv DeVoe: "Never trust a big butt and a smile."
Lola
GUNS!
When I first saw it, I thought that Lola was clearly listening to the fans. It is indisputable that is a weapon of some sort, and it is indisputable that the Series needs more weapons. I’m just glad that I wasn’t the only one to see this, as the recently Unsilenced Pagoda observed it as well.
Dallara
I don’t really have any good jokes about the Dallara, but I will commend them for not making their concepts primer gray.
February 15th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
Swift or Lola, hands down. No DeltaWang.
February 15th, 2010 at 7:17 pm
The fact that you quoted Sir Mix A Lot and referred to Bel Biv DeVoe as ‘Great American Philosophers’ qualifies you as the single most credible source of IndyCar information on the internet.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:49 am
The GUNS!!! They’re divine! They’re like rear-mounted laser musket rifles — a futurist nod to the past, if you will. I think I’m in love.
February 16th, 2010 at 7:50 am
*futuristic
/non-caffeinated
//shit
February 20th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I have been tring to find proof of the “open source” Delta Wing concept: so far, specific questions to define the supply chain and the exchange of information have gone unanswered. Here’s another example:
Since the Delta Wing chassis is obviously a full ground effect design, will it not require active suspension control to avoid tunnel evacuation in pitch incidents?
Hopping the turtles with a rear wheel, as in the case at the end of the Mid-Ohio sim, will significantly disrupt downforce generation. If active suspension technology is a component of the design concepts, will the cost and complexity of this system be approved by the sanctioning body?
I read that blueprints of the Delta Wing were to be posted, and that anyone from peers of Graham Rahal to experienced design engineers could donate their intellectual property and solicit supply contracts.
Right now, I can’t even get questions answered.
February 22nd, 2010 at 9:20 am
Thanks to Delta Wing for a response today. Others with questions may submit them to:
http://www.deltawingracing.com