INDYCARNATION

The annual Indianapolis 500-mile sweepstakes is more than the world’s greatest racing spectacle. Its colorful trappings are but the gorgeous panoply of an event of vital significance to the world’s progress. It is a crucible of engineering test and trial, in which the experiment of today is refined into the accepted law of tomorrow. – from the 1920 Indianapolis 500 souvenir program

Ninety years later, the words provided inspiration to the seven-member committee hand-picked to research, review and recommend the 2012 chassis/engine strategy, and created the backdrop for the IZOD IndyCar Series’ long-term competition objectives.