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Post by Patrick on Dec 17, 2021 14:28:51 GMT -5
What type of car was run at Indy in 1996 and 1997? Photos of those types?
Patrick
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Post by kyledehart5 on Dec 17, 2021 15:00:57 GMT -5
Different cars entirely those two years. ‘96 they used they used the old CART style cars. Reynard, Lola, old Cosworth a and Menard buick stock blocks. 97 for the Indy 500 they had switched to the new IRL cars. Dallara, G-force, etc. I’m on my phone and not sure how I can post photos as I usually do that on my computer
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Post by indy on Dec 17, 2021 17:11:23 GMT -5
Kyle is spot on! 1996 was run with all 1995 and previous CART style chassis Lolas mostly powered by Cosworths (and this one Merc)  Lola Menards (the big engine hump for the HUGE plenum)  Reynards  1997 under the new IRL chassis rules G-Force  Dallara  I was never good on telling a '97 G-Force from a '97 Dallara. Glad they got different air intakes for '98 to make it easier on me LOL Jordan |
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Post by arcticwolf on Dec 17, 2021 18:01:56 GMT -5
97 was also the change to "stock block" engines, so everybody ran either an Aurora or Nissan motor.
It was also the last time I bothered to watch an Indycar race for the next 15 odd years, lol.
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Post by kyledehart5 on Dec 17, 2021 20:22:15 GMT -5
Incidentally those were my first two 500s. As a kid I didn’t really get the split at first or notice the difference in cars so much. I did notice the cars didn’t sound as “cool” that second year. We didn’t necessarily pick a side in my house. Dad watched both series and F1 and so did I. TV made it painfully clear how much prettier the CART cars are though.
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Post by Patrick on Dec 17, 2021 22:26:53 GMT -5
Thanks for the reply.
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