Marko Hanželic
Na Texas Motor Speedway v Fort Worth a new era in the series began on Saturday night IndyCar, as they used the so-called aeroscreen cockpit protection system for the first time in the race. The first race was both on the racetrack, which is reputed to be the second fastest (after Indianapolis) in the IndyCar series calendar. In the end, the race went without spectators in Fort Worth well-established not only in terms of anti-corona measures, but also the aeroscreen protection itself.
It was also interesting to see how it would be aeroscreen affected the speed of the cars themselves. The lap times at Fort Worth with the new cockpit protection were about a second slower from the lap record, lo set it in its current configuration three years ago Charlie kimball.
Josef Newgarden (Penske-Chevrolet) he secured for himself in qualifying the first pole-position of the new age, so to speak. The current IndyCar series champion and last year’s winner in Fort Worth, drove the lap in 24,029 seconds (averaging 215,740 miles per hour, corresponding to 347,126 km / h).
The first victory in the aeroscreen period is after 200 laps noted by Scott Dixon (Ganassi-Honda), who started from the second position. Interestingly, the race is due to the special coating they use in the series Nascar, took place more or less in a single lane, as the mentioned application on the outer part of the track for driving with IndyCar racing cars is quite problematic.
