Slow Lotus: Could the Indianapolis 500 Have Just Two Engine Manufacturers?

Since the departure of Oldsmobile and Toyota following the 2005 IndyCar season, the Izod IndyCar Series (IICS) had been dependent on Honda as its sole engine provider. However, beginning with this season, the IICS welcomed the return of Chevrolet and Lotus as additional providers.Although Chevrolet has been on par with Honda throughout the season, Lotus has been far from it. It remained to be seen just how far behind Lotus' engine program was, but Indianapolis has shown that they are lightyears behind.Coming into the month of May, Lotus provided engines to Dragon Racing, Dreyer and Reinbold, Fan Force United, HVM Racing, and Team Barracuda-Bryan Herta Autosport. However, Team Barracuda-BHA and Dreyer and Reinbold both terminated their agree...

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