Dallara IR12

What came before the DW12?

Dallara had to go through the same process as other potential 2012 Indycar suppliers and develop a set of concepts that could be developed into a full car. These unbuilt or unraced concepts were titled the Dallara IR12.



Once Dallara was selected as the sole supplier of the 2012 it built up two concept cars, one in speedway trim and one in road course trim. The concepts were to not only show off what would eventually become the Dallara DW12 but also what the potential scope for the proposed aero kits could be.One area where teams and car manufacturers will be able to do something to improve this though is with the controversial aero kits. “At the end of the priority list came the style” explains Toso. “It has to be different; it has to please the fans.” The fans had demanded different cars but the ICONIC group decided not to leave the comfort zone of spec racing.They would however allow the teams and manufacturers a visual identity as Phillips explains “Wings, barge boards, side pod extensions, all those kinds of bit and pieces, the side pods the engine cover, these will all be within the realms of the aerokit. The aerokit is often perceived as just one configuration. That isn’t correct. The aerokit will allow the car to run on a superspeedway, a short oval and a road or street course. A wide variety of parts and different iterations of the same part. You obviously might need more front down force if you have a big road course wing on you back so you will generate that with either end fences, flap extensions, flaps themselves. Those are the kind of items that could be within that aerokit.”

The proposed aerokits have still to become reality but moves from Indycar could finally see them appear in 2015.

In part 3 we look at the English Indycar

A Lola twin body concept