Friday, April 13, 2012

Chevy to yank all 11 Indycar engines after testing failure, controversy ensues

Chevy to yank all 11 Indycar engines after testing failure, controversy ensues

The Associated Press reports General Motors has pulled all 11 Chevrolet IndyCar engines from testing after racer James Hinchcliffe blew one during testing at Sonoma. GM evidently was concerned enough about the 10 other engines having similar problems that it decided to swap them all and face the resulting sanctions. Under IndyCar's current rules, Hinchcliffe, driver of the GoDaddy.com will be penalized for the failure despite the fact that it had nothing to do with the driver. IndyCar prohibits engine changes until the units have reached a minimum of 1,200 miles, a figure that is set to jump to 1,850 miles after this weekend.

Autoblog, Chevy to yank all 11 Indycar engines after testing failure, controversy ensues

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