Bamamav
Well-known member
It's official, in 2022 Indycar is going to hybrids. Think about that for a minute. Indycars, once the place where factory and independent mechanics invoked all their ideas into screaming gas burning engines to win a 500 mile race of endurance and speed, will now be powered by hybrids. Small gas engines and electric motors and batteries. Electric motors. Quiet electric motors. And probably lawnmower sized gas engines to power the electric batteries. What the heck is the world coming to?
Sure, they will still be fast, maybe even faster than they are now. But it won't be the same. I've heard there is nothing like being at the track during a race and hearing the scream of the gas engines at full throttle go roaring by you. But after 2021, that will be gone. It'll probably sound more like a bunch of flat out go carts instead of a Indycar.
Indy used to be the place for innovation, think Cummins with their diesel race cars in the 40's, the NOVI's that never won but had their own distinctive sound like a cat screaming at the moon, the quiet whoosh of the STP turbine cars in the 60's. Stock engines massaged to an inch of their life as well as full out custom designed racing engines, Indy was once the hotbed of performance that all others strived to compare to. But rules changes in the last 20 or 30 years have limited them to one or two accepted engines, thus limiting those innovations to just a few. Maybe going to hybrids is just another step up the ladder. Personally, I don't think so. I think it will kill Indy cars. Attendance may be good for a few races, then the novelty will wear off, and the crowds will drop.
I think this will be the end of Indy cars.
Can NASCAR and NHRA be far behind? I hope not.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/indycar...hybrid-in-2022
Sure, they will still be fast, maybe even faster than they are now. But it won't be the same. I've heard there is nothing like being at the track during a race and hearing the scream of the gas engines at full throttle go roaring by you. But after 2021, that will be gone. It'll probably sound more like a bunch of flat out go carts instead of a Indycar.
Indy used to be the place for innovation, think Cummins with their diesel race cars in the 40's, the NOVI's that never won but had their own distinctive sound like a cat screaming at the moon, the quiet whoosh of the STP turbine cars in the 60's. Stock engines massaged to an inch of their life as well as full out custom designed racing engines, Indy was once the hotbed of performance that all others strived to compare to. But rules changes in the last 20 or 30 years have limited them to one or two accepted engines, thus limiting those innovations to just a few. Maybe going to hybrids is just another step up the ladder. Personally, I don't think so. I think it will kill Indy cars. Attendance may be good for a few races, then the novelty will wear off, and the crowds will drop.
I think this will be the end of Indy cars.
Can NASCAR and NHRA be far behind? I hope not.
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/indycar...hybrid-in-2022
