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IndyCar to test windscreen at Phoenix

The first images of IndyCar's windscreen, which will make its testing debut next week on the one-mile Phoenix oval, have been revealed. The cockpit safety device, designed by the series and developed with Dallara, has been in the works for more than a year through the use of computer simulations, computational fluid dynamics software, and in a driving simulator. Made from a material named Opticor produced by PPG, the windscreen is said to be more durable than polycarbonates used in tests conducted by other series. Contrasting the Formula 1-style 'Halo' that makes use of composite tubes that raise over the cockpit like a wishbone, the see-through IndyCar windscreen is affixed in a...
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