Since the first Indianapolis 500 was held in 1911, auto manufacturers have fought to earn bragging rights marketing and promotional victories through racing in IndyCar to help sell more cars and envelope their brands with reputations for speed, innovation, and excellence.
The NTT IndyCar Series has made the decision to delay the introduction of its energy recovery system. “The much-anticipated debut of the new power unit is expected to launch after the 108th Indianapolis 500, during the second half of the 2024 IndyCar Series season,” the series confirmed.
Three significant questions have been nagging the NTT IndyCar Series in recent months. The first is of the large and overarching variety: Will it go hybrid in 2024? That answer, according to everyone I’ve spoken with who would know, is a declarative yes.
Patrick Morgan has a special relationship with the cars that were powered by his family’s engines. The Briton also has a special talent for bringing those cars back to life, to a state of perfection with period-correct restorations through his Dawn Treader Performance Engineering firm in the U.K.
In the realm of Formula 1, the McLaren MP4-17 was initially destined for the limelight solely in 2002. However, fate had a different plan for this racing.