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Old July 17th 06, 10:45 PM posted to rec.autos.simulators
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Default May the best wind tunnel win


"Dave Henrie" wrote
> The twin towers are nothing new really. An American Indycarteam with a
> British designer tried something similar in the early 70's. The car had
> two small V shaped wings near the nose of the car and two larger wings
> protruding from where the airbox would be on a modern F1 at a similar
> angle
>
> The driver's didn't trust the concpet so the two rear wings were cut off
> and a standard rear wing was put in place. Here is one photo of the
> altered car, The front winglets are white and may not be easy to see
> against the yellow. The two rear dihedral wings would have angled up
> just behind the driver if they were still in place \ /
>
> http://www.oldracingcars.com/indy/


There was an Indy car as you describe at the Goodwood Festival of Speed this
year. I would have taken a photo if my battery hadn't died


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