The NTT IndyCar Series will move forward with a new cockpit protection device it has named the ‘Advanced Frontal Protection’ (AFP) device. The three-inch tall, 0.750-inch wide titanium piece replaces the windscreen unit tested by the series at Phoenix International Raceway and Indianapolis Motor Speedway last year.Manufactured by Dallara, the...

IndyCar’s new cockpit protection device will return for more on-track testing later this summer, but not before important design updates and impact testing have been carried out.“We’ve started impact testing behind the scenes, and once that’s concluded in about 30 days, we’ll head to a road course first with it,”...

IndyCar competition president Jay Frye professed his pleasure with Monday’s test of the series’ windscreen at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden conducted multiple runs in his No. 1 Chevy, and despite overcoming a couple of issues, his best lap of 224mph as 6 p.m. approached would suggest the reigning...

https://youtu.be/3Q86EIilQ8kJosef Newgarden talks to RACER's Marshall Pruett after running over 220mph with the new windscreen at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

Team Penske's Josef Newgarden will help the Verizon IndyCar Series conduct the second test of the cockpit windscreen it has developed to increase driver protection.Following the windscreen's maiden outing in February on the ISM Raceway short oval in Phoenix with Chip Ganassi Racing's Scott Dixon, the device created by IndyCar's...

Ride with four-time IndyCar champion Scott Dixon on the one-mile Phoenix oval as he tests the Verizon IndyCar Series' new windscreen cockpit protection device under the lights at night in his No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda. RELATED:RACER VIDEO: Scott Dixon talks to Marshall Pruett about his first...