Art St. Cyr, president of Honda Performance Development, explains how HPD has taken advantage of IndyCar Rule 9.3 to make gains on the opposition this season. Honda Performance Development (HPD) has had a lot on its plate since the end of the 2015 Verizon IndyCar Series season. Even before the previous campaign was complete, HPD had been proactive in requesting changes to their aero kit, which had been deficient to the Chevrolet kit. That didn’t stop Honda from winning races, but it certainly proved to be a problem in qualifying, where Chevrolet captured all 16 poles in 2015. In fact, Chevy powered cars locked out the front row for every race. HPD went to IndyCar’s leaders and requested...
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