Both Honda and Chevy are ready to move forward following the IndyCar Series' ruling to uphold the use of domed skid plates for this year's Indianapolis 500. While upholding the use of dome skids in a statement Wednesday, the series will allow the manufacturers to lower the optional underwing sidewalls by 9 millimeters (0.354 of an inch). Honda drivers, concerned that taking so much downforce away would make the cars undrivable and potentially unsafe, had been very vocal in their desire for the strakes. "The understanding we discussed was any downforce lost by the dome skid would be replaced by underfloor downforce [using strakes]," Honda Performance Development CEO Art St. Cyr...
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