![]() (They were supposed to be implemented in time for the Indy 500, but have since been delayed.) This season, the series introduced wild-looking modular aerodynamics packages for both its road and oval courses, modifying a new chassis adopted in 2012 that has been criticized as "cookie-cutter." The series is also working on rolling out LED panels on the cars that display the drivers’ positions in real time. Ind圜ar has also made its fair share of changes. More recently, Formula One dropped its engines from eight cylinders to six in 2014, the sound of which still irks longtime fans. The series also introduced a rear wing on its cars in 2007, which it removed three seasons later. ![]() ![]() NASCAR introduced its own version of "playoffs" in 2004 and hasn’t stopped toying with the format since. But nothing is working particularly well. All the major motorsports want your attentionĪll those other race series have implemented some rather radical changes over the last decade as they try to maintain old fans and attract new ones, all while our internet-addled attention spans winnow. And on the cusp of its centennial, Ind圜ar - like other major motorsports - is facing unprecedented uncertainty. Ind圜ar has run five races so far this year, but the season symbolically begins in earnest this Sunday with the 99th running of the Indy 500. I feel close to it in a way that I can never feel for its rowdier stock car cousin, NASCAR. Having grown up down the hill from an asphalt track that features its own special breed of open-wheel racing, I’ve followed the sport for most of my life. I came to Indianapolis because I want to learn a little bit more about what it’s like to drive an Ind圜ar. As much as I’ve dreamt of driving a race car as a kid, I’m suddenly realizing there’s a better chance of us finding alien life in our solar system than there is of me lasting through 200 laps of the abuse I’m taking.
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