Opinions of IndyCar's dome skids remain divided after the safety feature was tested again at Texas Motor Speedway on Tuesday. The devices, which will be used at superspeedways, are intended to help stop cars from becoming airborne in the event of a high-speed spin, although their use has been an ongoing point of contention, with opinions loosely split between the Honda and Chevrolet camps. Fifteen cars participated in the test at Texas, with cars running mostly alone or in small groups before heading out in larger packs for the final two hours. Penske's Helio Castroneves, whose airborne crash at Indy last year was one of the driving factors behind the dome skids' introduction, insisted...
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