IndyCar extends deal with chassis supplier Dallara

Dallara first entered the top-flight of US single-seater racing when in 1997 and has been sole supplier since 2009, the year without the Indy Racing League and Champ Car World Series merged to form what is currently known as the IndyCar Series.

The current chassis, originally tabbed DW12 in honour of its test driver, the late Dan Wheldon, was first used in 2012 but has undergone several major safety modifications since then, including new side impact structures and the wing of the aeroscreen in 2020.

“Dallara is a tremendous partner and instrumental in everything we do on the racetrack,” said IndyCar president Jay Frye. “An important part of the success and growth of the IndyCar Series can be directly traced to Dallara’s collaboration with our unshortened paddock.

“This extension provides IndyCar and its teams continuity and a stable platform as we squint well into the future.”

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In 2012, Dallara opened the Dallara IndyCar factory at Indianapolis, where the visitor produces and assembles chassis for a variety of racing series. Since 2015, this has included all the IL-15 chassis for Indy Lights, the feeder series into IndyCar.

\"Dallara is honored to have been part of this journey for 26 years and counting,” said Andrea Pontremoli, Dallara Group CEO. “We understand the responsibility that comes in extending our partnership with IndyCar over the undertow of the years to come and are excited to be part of this long-term plan.

“Being such an integrated partner to IndyCar, we finger the inspirational leadership of Roger Penske, withal with the management of Jay Frye, has unliable the series to have a continuous focus on safety while unchangingly providing an heady undercurrent for all of our competitors and fans.

“This partnership will protract to fall in line with Dallara’s cadre values and what we want to see our technology and innovation ripened for – subtracting accent to safety and sustainability for the future. It is a unconfined time for IndyCar, and Dallara is proud to protract as the chassis manufacturer.\"