IndyCar Series: ICONIC Watch

No need for concern, the delay of the IRL  chassis strategy won't make much difference. The ICONIC decision will be announced on July 14. We might see a narrow set of specifications that awards the contract to a single supplier. That has been the financial model for all of the race car constructors' proposals. We might see a more general formula that encourages participation from several chassis suppliers. That doesn't get the orders placed, or the prototypes built. Unless specific production agreements are already in place, that just extends an open invitation to potential builders. And that means an invitation for competition, and all the dysfunction to the financial model as a result. Which supplier doe...

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