Many drivers in the Verizon IndyCar series claim they want the cars to be more difficult to drive and they got their wish over the weekend at Indianapolis.With more power for qualifying, trimmed out aero packages and tricky winds, it was a thrill show from the fastest to the slowest.Josef...

Spencer Pigot's crash in practice Wednesday afternoon provided the Verizon IndyCar Series with its first look at how its new-for-2016 safety devices worked, and so far, everyone is pleased.Through its preliminary investigation of the Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda driver's spin and collision with the Turn 1 wall, the rookie rotated,...

The driver who complained the loudest about dome skids in an interview with RACER's Robin Miller last month had nothing but positive comments to share after posting the fastest lap in Indianapolis 500 practice on Monday (above)."I want to commend the series; I think they did a great job with...

IndyCar teams will have plenty of work to do early this week as they search for the best chassis setups using the mandatory dome skids beneath their Dallara DW12s for the 100th Indianapolis 500.Compared to a normal first day of practice where teams dive straight into a plan of working...

Opinions of IndyCar's dome skids remain divided after the safety feature was tested again at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday.The devices, which will be used at superspeedways, are intended to help stop cars from becoming airborne in the event of a high-speed spin, although their use has been an ongoing...

2003 Champ Car champion Paul Tracy has had enough of the backroom politics between IndyCar and its engine/aero kit manufacturers. Honda's lack of speed at the first two races, coupled with its drivers' dome skid complaints after the recent aero kit safety test at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, have rankled the...

Safety tweaks to prevent aerial accidents are leaving IndyCars "pretty unsettled" around Indianapolis, according to Rico Nault, team manager for Honda squad Rahal Letterman Lanigan.Dome-shaped titanium pieces labeled "dome skids" have been added to cars' undersides to deflect air during spins, but have split paddock opinion. RLL's Nault, whose driver...

Marco Andretti is one of the bravest drivers in the Verizon IndyCar Series, but after running the dome skids on his car at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Tuesday and Wednesday, he's concerned that the 100th Indianapolis 500 is going to be less safe and not as much fun to watch.Designed...

RACER's Robin Miller speaks with James Hinchcliffe, Ed Carpenter, Marco Andretti, Graham Rahal, and Ryan Hunter-Reay about testing dome skids and other new items for the 2016 indianapolis 500.

IndyCar's private Manufacturers' test on Tuesday at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway could provide the series with the first feedback from Chevrolet drivers on its dome skid safety device.Honda, which first tested dome skids at the Fontana superspeedway with drivers Ryan Hunter-Reay and James Hinchcliffe, has Andretti Autosport's Marco Andretti ready...