Teams take delivery of road/street and short oval aero kit

Teams aligned with either Chevrolet or Honda have taken delivery of the initial corresponding road/street course and short oval aerodynamic bodywork kits that will debut in competition in the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg on March 29. The window for team testing with aero kits opens March 13, and many teams will be on track either at NOLA Motorsports Park, Texas Motor Speedway or Sebring International Raceway ahead of the March 16-17 INDYCAR sessions at Barber Motorsports Park in Birmingham, Ala. Like others, CFH Racing personnel were split into groups last weekend "to move things along," according to team general manager Tim Broyles. "In the past you've had the whole winter to go back and do all the body fit work and it's being condensed into about 10 days before we have to have trucks loaded for our first test," Broyles said. "There will be a lot of lists and notes. There will still be a lot to learn for the drivers, whether they have to adjust their style or just the way the car feels so there will be a lot of work over the next few weeks for crews, engineers and drivers across the whole series." Following the Oct. 6-Jan. 18 manufacturer on-track test span, components were submitted to INDYCAR for homologation (the manufacturers' final work for the season). March 1 was the deadline for supplying teams with the road/street course and short oval package, and they'll receive the speedway package April 1. In addition to performance gains, the aero kit program will distinguish one manufacturer's approach from the other on the racetrack. Testing continues the following week at NOLA and Sebring before the March 27 Promoter Day on the 1.8-mile, 14-turn St. Petersburg street circuit. Practice and qualifying are March 28.

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