MFW podcast episode 82
More Front Wing podcasts, Podcasts — By More Front Wing Staff on May 14, 2013 10:26 pmIt’s catch-up day on the More Front Wing podcast! This week, Paul, Steph, and John go over many of IndyCar’s hot topics, including:
- the wild finish at Brazil and Beaux Barfield’s decision not to penalize Takuma Sato;
- the news from Indianapolis thus far during this Month of May, including who we’ve seen on track and who has or hasn’t been performing to expectations;
- the rumors surrounding aero kits and the plan to run them at Triple Crown races in 2014;
- the hiring of Derrick Walker as President of Operations and Competition;
- the rumor that Zak Brown has removed himself from consideration for President of the commercial side of the business;
- whether Kurt Busch might do the double next year and what it would mean for IndyCar;
- and much more.
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Tags: Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Indy 500, Sao Paulo
Hi MFW. I found the discussion on body kits very interesting as I think you covered everything which could have been covered. At first I thought that having them for the triple crown races was the worst idea ever, but I think Paul convinced me with his logic. Since the triple crown races would need their own body kits (in a season where body kits are allowed for all races), just having the kits for the triple crown satisfies some fans. To the casual fan, they aren’t going to be bothered. Let’s face the reality, there are few casual fans and they aren’t going to start watching the sport due to body kit diversity – I think having the great racing product that we have should be a good enough reason to get casual fans watching regularly.
In reply to what Steph said about the diversity of kits in F1, I’m in the middle. I think it would be almost impossible to identify each teams cars if they were not painted up in team colours, but the knowledge that every car is different is the most important factor rather than visual (in terms of shape) prompts.