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Old 18 Aug 2013, 17:00 (Ref:3291372)   #40
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Originally Posted by bjohnsonsmith View Post
Having read that article, I'm not surprised the teams want to delay aero-kits, if the initial cost of the DW12 has gone up from $385,000 to $600,000. Also teams have to buy replacement components from Dallara, which are more expensive than components from 3rd party suppliers.
There used to be a cottage industry of suppliers in indianapolis that would turn out parts for cars and those are either out of business or diversified elsewhere into other businesses.

It's the same with the teams. Most teams now have to lay off a good part of their workforce after the season because there is nothing to do. No new parts to test, no new developments to test, no new chassis like they used to get every year that was a development of the previous model.

So the workforce for these teams is a mix of young inexperienced people looking to build a resume so they can get a "real job" in Nascar or oldsters that have already made their money/pension and are working the circuit for half the year to make some money and still stay involved while having some retirement time the rest of the year.

Once the season ends here shortly(whenever that is as I have no idea what the schedule is), the indy racing league will enter a black hole for the next 6 months with no news at all to report.
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