An update to IndyCar’s spec Universal Aero Kit 18 bodywork appeared during the February 26-27 test at Sebring International Raceway that will get used at every road and street course race.Designed for sessions and races that are run in the rain, the installation of LED light strips into the trailing...

Marshall Pruett's Week in IndyCar podcast welcomes Carlin Racing's Charlie Kimball and RACER's Robin Miller back for a look into the IMS Open test with the new Universal Aero Kit in Speedway trim before the trio move onto another round of great IndyCar fan Q&A.[protected-iframe id="727e7005c2f866f6f7ccbd9e87b7af5b-139854255-134618127" info="https://www.podbean.com/media/player/z3ejd-9073ee?from=yiiadmin" width="100%" height="100" frameborder="0"...

IndyCar's technical department was encouraged by its findings after examining the new 2018 side impact safety structures that were put to the test during Takuma Sato's big crash last week at Texas Motor Speedway.The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing driver slid high in Turn 2, hit the wall with the right...

Be sure to bring your binoculars and telephoto lenses to Verizon IndyCar Series events this year because spectacular things await.Demonstrations of supreme car control will be required to extract maximum performances from IndyCar's new, low-downforce bodywork, and for those in attendance at road course and street races – and even...

Of all the gifts IndyCar's new universal bodywork has brought to the 2018 season, it should be easier for fans to follow the good, old fashioned engine wars between Chevy and Honda. In theory, at least.By moving away from the high-downforce, custom aero kits created by the series engine suppliers,...

With the benefit of another night to work on their race setups, some IndyCar drivers left the Phoenix open test Saturday night with a more encouraging view of what could take place during the April 7 race.Friday night's three-hour session was remarkable for its lack of competitive passing – it...

Fans can tune in later this week as IndyCar will offer live streaming of its two-day open test Friday and Saturday at ISM Raceway near Phoenix. All four sessions will be streamed live at racecontrol.indycar.com with live timing and scoring, commentary and pit lane interviews with drivers and team officials....

The spec Dallara DW12 used by the Verizon IndyCar Series gained some weight over the holidays that will be carried throughout the upcoming season.The latest round of safety updates to the Italian chassis, where large new side impact structures were retrofitted to every carbon fiber tub, has led the series'...

IndyCar is hoping that its newly released development timeline will lower the barriers of entry for a long-desired third manufacturer.The series announced a five-year plan on Thursday under which the aero will be frozen at its current spec for 2017 ahead of the introduction of a new universal aero kit...

With a freeze on IndyCar aero kits next season, and spec bodywork back in for 2018, what exactly was achieved in two years of high-downforce, high-spend competition?Former Honda Performance Development technical director Roger Griffiths proved to be something a visionary back in 2012. With the first of many false starts...