FORT WORTH – Tony Kanaan said he believes IndyCars will be outfitted with tethers to prevent parts such as dislodged nose cones from going airborne beginning next season.

Such a piece from the crashed car of Sage Karam appeared to inflict the head trauma that caused the death of driver Justin Wilson on Aug. 24, one day after he was struck at Pocono Raceway.

“We’ve got to be careful,” Kanaan said. “When you react to an accident to try to prevent what happened there, then you’re not going to create another four problems trying to fix one. That’s what’s the biggest debate.”

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At Texas Motor Speedway on Friday as part of an announcement for a Generation Ganassi young driver development and mentorship program, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver also spoke about the recent news that Honda could redress competitive shortfalls compared to Chevrolet in the aero kit design. He said he believes that decision will benefit the series long-term, and he expects Honda to begin the 2016 season ahead of his manufacturer after scuttling to catch up for much of 2015.

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Series chairman Mark Miles announced Wednesday that Honda’s petition to modify the design of areas outside of a normal yearly purview had been granted. Miles said in analysis of a Chevrolet – that of Kanaan teammate and series champion Scott Dixon – and a Honda – raced by Graham Rahal – it was determined that Honda were deficient on short ovals, street/road courses but representative on speedways. Honda will present prospective replacement parts for testing and approval on Nov. 7. Under current rules, teams are allowed to adjust three areas out of a possible 16 each season.

“They gave Honda a little bit more of a gap to try and catch up with the Chevys,” said Kanaan, the president of the IndyCar drivers’ committee. “I expect them to probably start the year a little stronger than the Chevys and then we’re going to have to catch up.

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“But I think especially nowadays with the amount of money that manufacturers put into racing that you can’t have a disparity like that because then you’re just going to send them home. And then we don’t want that. Obviously I am on the Chevy side and we did a much better job off the bat, but I mean, right now they got given the opportunity to catch up.”

Chevrolets won 10 of 16 events overall, but Honda claimed four of the last six, leading Chevrolet Racing IndyCar program manager Chris Berube to claim in August that allowing Honda changes would “fly in the face of integrity” of competition.