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PRUETT: Farewell, aero kits
Page 1 of 4 At the onset of IndyCar's aero kit ridiculousness, Honda teams tried making downforce with 32 wings hanging off the front of their Dallara DW12s. Thirty-two. With the custom bodywork produced by engine suppliers Chevy and Honda, IndyCar's fastest, scariest corners transcended from fourth-gear dances to flat-in-sixth madness. Neck muscles strained; arteries bulged. With every possible airfoil element and Gurney flap installed, and those wing angles dialed up to the max, Chevy's road course/short oval (RC/SO) package was capable of generating 6,826 pounds of downforce. SIX THOUSAND, EIGHT HUNDRED, and TWENTY-SIX. Honda's kit, in full RC/SO insane mode, reached similar numbers,...
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