Handling Issues for 2004????

[Tim Northcutt]

In today's Indy Star, in the auto racing section, Scott dixon talked about some of his impressions concerning handling issues with the cars due to less downforce this year....to indirectly quote him, 200 lbs. less downforce makes a great difference in the handling of the cars this year...

To paraphrase, he says that his car is a "handful" to drive, and he expressed empathy for his teammate, Manning, who is getting his first exposure to the cars in this series....

I sure hope this doesn't create issues concerning accidents and such due to more rule tweaks to slow the cars down....

If slowing them down by reducing downforce creates a whole separate set of safety issues related to chassis stability, then the aero "solution" to reduce speeds (and thus make things "safer") doesn't accomplish its purpose -- more safety for the competitors...

Your thoughts???