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Originally Posted by illiNOISE
Was this really a viable option? Indy Cars had been a rear-engine series for 30 years even at that point. Would the public have supported going backwards an entire generation with the car design? How much slower would the cars have been?
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Can't say for sure whether 33 Kurtis Kraft copies would go over or not but there was a lot of doubt whether an Indy 500 without Penske, Newman-Haas, Andretti and Fitipaldi would fly. The '96 500 ran as promised. A variation of the West Coast Supermodifieds that Hamilton and VukyIII ran may rate a closer look. My suggestion would be take the crutches off and make the driver a larger part of the equasion and let car control skills be highlighted to a greater degree. What they designed for 1997 was a huge disappointment in my opinion.