Just how slow are the Indy Cars? Real slow!

Just how bad is the Indy Car equipment? Well consider this, It may not mean much but 26 IRL cars have combined for 1,632 laps at St. Petersburg. The Dallaras have a 440-pound and 70-horsepower advantage over the Audi R10 TDI ALMS car. Still, Marco Werner is the fastest driver on the weekend. The sooner the IRL replaces that dog of a car the better. To have a heavy 'endurance' car outperform a special built open wheel race car is a black eye to say the least. The best solution? Take the Panoz Champ Car, have American company Panoz build some more (why is the money spent going overseas when better cars are available here in the USA?), badge the turbo engine a Honda, and presto next year the IRL can have a real race car for the fans to enjoy.