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Chevrolet teams told to remove wicker after Castroneves crash
The wicker may have been partially responsible for the flight of Helio Castroneves. INDIANAPOLIS - Before Thursday practice began at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the 99th Indianapolis 500 Mile Race, race No. 6 in the Verizon IndyCar Series season and arguably the most important of the bunch, Chevrolet teams were told to remove the center wicker bill that runs the length of each car’s nose. After some computational fluid dynamics (CFD) studies, IIndyCar felt the wicker might have been a partial contributor to Helio Castroneves’ flight on Wednesday afternoon that left his car unable to perform but, thankfully, not its driver. Castroneves drove a backup later in the day and placed 15th...
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