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FUTURE FAST? IRL asks Art Center students for cars and tracks of tomorrow.(Revs)
Byline: PETE LYONS
No rules. Just let your imagination run riot with potential race cars and racetracks of the future. Sound like a dream assignment? It's a real one that the Indy Racing League recently handed to students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.
Prodded by engine supplier Honda and its visionary U.S. racing boss, Robert Clarke, IRL officials are taking a long-leap look at what Indy could be in four years, when the Indianapolis 500 celebrates its centennial.
"I think we need to reinvent IndyCar racing, to become something new and very unique,'' explained Clarke, who came up with the plan and sold it to IRL head Tony George.
"New'' is certainly what the free-thinking designers delivered. Organized into four teams, 28 youngsters first attended this year's Indy 500 race as George's guests to soak in a spectacle that many knew nothing about. Then they spent about 10 weeks brainstorming.
"Transforming'' cars altered length and width between corners and straights. "Translucent'' coachwork showcased drivers at work. Inverted track ...
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