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Improved fuel mileage changes IndyCar race strategy
Yet another 2018 bodywork-related theme has emerged at the opening of the Verizon IndyCar Series season. Fuel mileage has improved considerably with the 2.2-liter V6 engines produced by Chevy and Honda, and it comes as a result of the Universal Aero Kit 18. Compared to the high-downforce manufacturer aero kits that were used at St. Petersburg last year, downforce figures have been cut by approximately 20 percent and drag numbers are down 15 percent or in road and street course trim. And with less downforce to pull through the air, plus less aero resistance from the rest of the bodywork, engines are working less hard to accelerate. The benefit will come on Sunday where creative race...
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