SPEEDWAY, Ind. -- On Friday morning, barely 48 hours ahead of the 103rd Indianapolis 500, the media center at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway was buzzing with talk about what the race's cars will look like in 2020.
IndyCar president Jay Frye, sitting alongside five-time series champion Scott Dixon and a pair of Red Bull Racing executives, unveiled the aeroscreen, a titanium-framed, polycarbonate screen that will be mounted at the front of IndyCar cockpits beginning in 2020. The addition, still being developed by Red Bull Advanced Technologies, seeks to protect racers' heads from flying debris.
In 2015, Justin Wilson was killed when he was struck in the helmet by a piece of a car that had wrecked well ahead of him.