ABOVE: 2015 and '16 rear pod The quest for extra speed by has not been kind to Honda-powered teams so far at the Phoenix Mile. A total of three spins and crashes by drivers occurred in Turn 2 during morning practice and afternoon qualifying, and two rear wing upper element failures were also documented in the practice session. Andretti Autosport's Ryan Hunter-Reay had the fourth Honda element mounting fixture (in the middle of the wings) fail, and with that breakage, the elements pulled out from their attachments to the rear wing endplates. The 2012 IndyCar champion said he felt the effects of the element failures when the back of his No. 28 DHL Honda got loose on the oval, then saw the...
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