Talk:Open wheel car

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This article is part of the WikiProject American Open Wheel Racing, a collaborative effort to improve and standardize articles related to open wheel Indy car racing in the United States, with an emphasis on the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series. The projects encompasses a wide range of open wheel topics, including Champ Car. If you would like to participate, you can edit the article attached to this page, or visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.

The image of "Modern IndyCar" is from 1994; current 2006-design IndyCars, like their Formula One counterparts, no longer use turbochargers, a change noticable by the air-box now visible at the top of the car, a development the car in the image does not have; a new image is thus requested/invited. --Chr.K. 23:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)

I've noticed that too. Or the caption could be changed. But a newer image would be nicer, reflecting the different high formula open-wheel sports.

A new image would be better, but in the meantime I'm going to change the caption. It's confusing to have the 1993 Lola T93/00 labeled as being from 1993, when the 1994 Penske PC-23, only a year younger, is labeled "modern."

The Panoz DP01 could be useful too, the 2007 high-nosed champ car. Though there are no actual pictures yet, only mock-up drawings and the like.Helmetlad 19:52, 16 June 2006 (UTC)

Agreed, added picture of DP01 as it's one of the newest and most advanced non-F1 cars in the world; ranked pictures chronologically.

1 Formula SAE
2 Article can be massively expanded
3 Aussie F2
4 Modern
5 FYI - Champ Car merger into IRL deal signed

[edit] Formula SAE

Formula SAE should be included here. It has been described as the largest engineering competition in the world.

Misterboston

[edit] Article can be massively expanded

The history of the development of the open-wheel racing car is basically a history of automotive racing technology, and that of the cutting edge of motorsports in Europe and in America. The European technological dominance being lost to the Americans in the 1920s, and eventually being regained as U.S. groups focused more on the entertainment side of the sport, can likewise be told. Schematics on the current chassis make-ups for several open-wheel series can be given, to illustrate such matters as the differences inherent between the CCWS and IRL cars (including, most notably, the F1-like airbox and lack of turbocharger, on the latter, but the improved outright car capability of the former, giving rise to the question of whether driver talent is more important a focus than technology). Finishing out, there can be links to known speculation about the futures of open-wheel racing, both technologically, financially, and as a form of sport and/or entertainment. --Chr.K. 21:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aussie F2

Removed the link to Australian Formula 2 because there already is a listing for Formula 2, and a link to Australian F2 from the F2 page. If we listed every open wheel racing series ever the list would get longer than the article content and cause people to roll their eyes and ignore the list. --Falcadore 03:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Modern

Dating the two modern pic is a bit of overkill. Either use modern or the year - not both. It's bad language. --Falcadore (talk) 07:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)