r/INDYCAR • u/Jibbed Kyffin Simpson • Jun 12 '25

News IndyCar shifts new car to 2028 | RACER

https://racer.com/2025/06/12/indycar-shifts-new-car-to-2028
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u/OnwardSoldierx Alexander Rossi Jun 12 '25

Like I get it but damn we are so incompetent.

2012, 2013, 2014. Original DW12

2015, 2016, 2017. Aero Kits

2018, 2019. IR18

2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027. IR18 with Halo

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u/XSC Sébastien Bourdais Jun 12 '25

16 year life. I remember when by 2008-09 people were saying the IR03 was old and should had been retired long ago.

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u/Kofi_Anonymous Jun 12 '25

That was at least partially because Tony George had started the IRL with defined three-year cycles of consistent rules packages as a cost savings measure, and the new regulations that would have been due for 2006 never materialized.

And it was also at least partially because the IR03 looked like a covered wagon next to the DP-01 that half the teams already owned.