1996 PPG INDYCAR WORLD SERIES
Chassis
How the TV, follow, chase and onboard cameras draw each 1996 chassis. Only documented, visible traits differ; the rest is the generic car. Drawn as the generic car: Penske PC-23 (1 entry).
Sources
- CART 1996 chassis regulations (motorsport.com, 1995): restrictions on "rear wing angles for the Superspeedways"; front wings and sidepod aero devices restricted for the short ovals and road courses
- CART, "Less Downforce on Short Ovals in 1999" (November 11, 1998): single-element superspeedway-type wings on all ovals from 1999; "traditionally" the one-mile ovals used "the same multi-element wings used on road circuits"
Same livery
1996 liveries
- Raised nose: the needle nose sits high above the front wing
- Wheelbase 3,050 mm on a 4,954 mm car; front track 1,760 mm, rear 1,640 mm
Sources and gaps
- Honda Racing Gallery, Reynard 96I Honda (#12 Vasser): dimensions and "a relatively high nose"
- Wikimedia Commons, "Reynard 96I left Honda Collection Hall" (#12)
- Getty Images 1904239197 (Vasser, Surfers Paradise, from above)
- Sidepod inlet shape, engine cover and rear wing are not documented beyond the generic car (Reynard's mid-season rear wing at Mid-Ohio is not modelled: no source found describing its shape)
- Wheelbase 116 in (2,946 mm) on a 190 in (4,826 mm) car
- Cockpit cowl curves down at the sides to open up the driver's view
Sources and gaps
- Motor Trend, "Brix/Comptech Indy Car - Rocket Sled on Wheels" (April 1996), Reynard 95I tech data and drive
- Nose, wings and sidepods are not documented for 1996's 95I entries, so they stay generic
- Extended needle nose with the front wing's centre section rising to meet it
- Lower engine cowl on the Ford-Cosworth cars
- Wheelbase 3,048 mm on a 4,978 mm car; front track 1,753 mm, rear 1,638 mm
Sources and gaps
- RM Sotheby's, 1996 Lola-Ford Cosworth T96/00 (Newman/Haas HU 14 and HU 05): "the central section of the front wing rose to meet an extended, needle-like nose"; "Ford-specification cars featured an engine cowl which sat at a lower profile"
- Wikipedia, Lola T96/00: dimensions
- Getty Images 1904238577 (Pruett, from above) and 1781964407 (C. Fittipaldi, side)
- The longer superspeedway wheelbase is not modelled
- Sidepods and rear wing stay generic
- Broad, rounded nose that comes down onto a straight full-width front wing
- Tall flat front-wing endplates
- Shortest wheelbase of the four: 2,972 mm on a 4,973 mm car; front track 1,730 mm, rear 1,630 mm
Sources and gaps
- Wikipedia, Penske PC-25: dimensions
- Getty Images 1869563750, 1869568064 (Unser Jr., Long Beach) and 1783998188 (Tracy, Long Beach): nose and front wing from the front
- Penske's own aero changes over the PC-24 were "hardly visible to the naked eye"; sidepods, engine cover and rear wing stay generic
- Slim nose reaching well ahead of a wide, flat one-piece front wing
- Wide sidepods that start just behind the front wheels
Sources and gaps
- Getty Images 1766821361 (Fangio II, Surfers Paradise, from above) and 1781966619 (Long Beach, from the front)
- Motor Sport, "Return of the Native" (February 1996): John Ward design
- No published wheelbase or track, so they stay generic
- Engine cover and rear wing stay generic