Continual progress is being made with IndyCar's new-for-2018 universal bodywork. The process began last year on the Phoenix oval and at the Mid-Ohio road course gave the series' technical department a chance to have teams run with and without a number of pieces on the cars to evaluate a new direction it had in mind. Three key items were set in motion based on the data and driver feedback generated at those tests: Shifting a significant portion of Road Course/Short Oval (RC/SO) downforce production away from using an abundance of wings atop the cars, reducing the overall RC/SO downforce, and reimagining the look of an Indy car emerged as directions the series would follow. Fewer wings will...
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