Talk:Open-wheel car

message: The image of "Modern IndyCar" is from 1994; current 2006-design IndyCars, like their Formula One counterparts, no longer use turbochargers, a change noticable by the air-box now visible at the top of the car, a development the car in the image does not have; a new image is thus requested/invited. --Chr.K. 23:13, 30 December 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: *A new image would be better, but in the meantime I'm going to change the caption. It's confusing to have the 1993 Lola T93/00 labeled as being from 1993, when the 1994 Penske PC-23, only a year younger, is labeled "modern."
The Panoz DP01 could be useful too, the 2007 high-nosed champ car. Though there are no actual pictures yet, only mock-up drawings and the like.Helmetlad 19:52, 16 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Open-wheel car

message: Formula SAE should be included here.  It has been described as the largest engineering competition in the world.
Misterboston
— Preceding unsigned comment added by Misterboston (talk • contribs) 09:17, 22 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Formula SAE 

message: The history of the development of the open-wheel racing car is basically a history of automotive racing technology, and that of the cutting edge of motorsports in Europe and in America. The European technological dominance being lost to the Americans in the 1920s, and eventually being regained as U.S. groups focused more on the entertainment side of the sport, can likewise be told. Schematics on the current chassis make-ups for several open-wheel series can be given, to illustrate such matters as the differences inherent between the CCWS and IRL cars (including, most notably, the F1-like airbox and lack of turbocharger, on the latter, but the improved outright car capability of the former, giving rise to the question of whether driver talent is more important a focus than technology). Finishing out, there can be links to known speculation about the futures of open-wheel racing, both technologically, financially, and as a form of sport and/or entertainment. --Chr.K. 21:22, 22 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Article can be massively expanded 

message: Removed the link to Australian Formula 2 because there already is a listing for Formula 2, and a link to Australian F2 from the F2 page. If we listed every open wheel racing series ever the list would get longer than the article content and cause people to roll their eyes and ignore the list. --Falcadore 03:06, 2 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Aussie F2

message: Dating the two modern pic is a bit of overkill. Either use modern or the year - not both. It's bad language. --Falcadore (talk) 07:12, 2 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern 

message: See: http://www.indycar.com/news/story.php?story_id=10557  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.175.18.130 (talk) 23:11, 22 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI - Champ Car merger into IRL deal signed 

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thread_title: Image copyright problem with Image:Dp01.jpg

message: The external links section I added has been removed without comment. Actually I think this is probably a good idea, the one link there was of doubtful value and all I did was to move it from the text to comply with WP:MOS. Normally best to make some attempt at communication when reverting another person's work, however, especially as this particular edit removed two different people's efforts. Andrewa (talk) 21:54, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External links

message: On Amazon, I bought the book "Nigel Mansell's Indy-Car Racing,"  a great book which features photos and information about the 1993 Kmart-Texaco sponsored race team.    Mansell drove the #5 car;  Mario Andretti drove the #6 car.   Kmart had a logo on the spoiler.   But my question, which might be relevant enough for someone to work into this wikipedia article, is about the rear spoiler.    Some races, Mansell had a black spoiler, and some races, Mansell had a white spoiler.  Each spoiler had the Kmart logo.  The car was white, regardless of which spoiler was used.    Why the two different colors for the spoiler?  206.192.35.125 (talk) 18:50, 8 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Wikipedia isn't a place for Q & A. These talk pages are for discussing how to make the articles better. If you have more of these sort of questions its probably better you find a motorsport nostalgia forum like Autosport's forums or a specific Champ Car/CART forum. That having been said, paint is purely cosmetic. The normal reason for otherwise similar looking team mate cars having a small but distinctive difference is purely for identification purposes. So the team can easily a quickly identify which of their cars is on the TV screen or is coming down pitlane towards them. --Falcadore (talk) 09:51, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Re-read what I wrote:  Did I not say:  My question might raise a valid point which could possibly be re-worked into the article.   COnsidering one drove the #5, and one drove the #6, I question whether identification of the cars was the reason for a white spoiler versus a blakc spoiler.   Anybody ELSE want to give an opinion?   206.192.35.125 (talk) 13:00, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: No it wouldn't be a worthwhile addition. It's not something specific to opeen-wheel racing. You might notice for example Audi Le Mans cars have different coloured wing-mirrors for identification purposes. Its frequently used in all kinds of touring cars and motorcycles, and is not significantly different to the Dakar Rally Minis each being painted a different colour. It's happened in Air Racing, trucks and so on and so forth. In short, it isn't an Open-wheel car issue. --Falcadore (talk) 14:17, 9 May 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Rear Spoilers

message: Offenhauser is another open-wheel car. --Helium4 (talk) 21:31, 27 March 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Offenhauser 

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