Chevrolet’s director of motorsports Mark Kent says the brand’s 2016 superspeedway aero kit has been designed to overcome potential stability loss caused by domed skids. The IndyCar-mandated and Dallara-built domed skidplates are designed to dramatically increase a car's downforce in the event of a spin, rapidly slowing the rate of rotation. They will be run at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in an open test next Wednesday, April 6, and will be raced by all cars in the Indy 500, Firestone 600 at Texas Motor Speedway and the Pocono 500. Domed skids, combined with wing flaps on the rear beam wing that activate as a spinning car passes the 90-degree mark, are aimed at reducing the chances of...
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